Administrative Control Authority

The Administrative Control Authority (ACA), has been mandated to play the central coordinating role for detecting as well as fighting corruption in the government, the public business sector, and the private sector that is involved in public work, through exercising all types of control including financial, administrative, technical and criminal. It was established in 1964 as an independent organization affiliated with the Prime Minister following Law 54/1964. Furthermore, the ACA is responsible for ensuring the implementation of enforced laws, applied regulations and systems. According to Law 54/1964, the ACA is authorized to:  Study and reveal causes of negligence in work and production, and suggest means to prevent it and ensure that applied laws are adequate to achieve their desired objectives  Follow up on the implementation of laws, decisions and regulations  Reveal defects in administrative, technical and financial systems  Detect and prevent administrative and financial violations, and tendencies to abuse authority  Examine published media reports concerning deficiency in work or abuse of authority  Investigate public fund crimes committed by public servants  Examine citizens' complaints  Conduct investigations of candidates for top management posts  Submit reports to the Prime Minister  According to Law 92/1975, the ACA is also “authorized not only to investigate and examine the financial disclosures of public servants if they are suspected of illegal gain, but also to hand over suspects to the Illegal Gain Department to carry out its work in this regard”.