FINANCIAL CORRUPTION CRIMES AND MECHANISMS FOR COMBATING THEM IN THE SAUDI SYSTEM: A COMPARATIVE STUDY

Abstract

Corruption is a problem that all societies suffer from, and there are more forms of corruption, whether administrative corruption or financial corruption, which is one of the most serious crimes of corruption at all, as it is sometimes such as misuse of position or job or use of power for personal benefits through bribery or employees exceeding their limits in the use of position or power Or other financial corruption crimes, and the Kingdom has dealt with combating financial corruption firmly, and for this reason it entrusted the National Anti-Corruption Commission with supportive and complementary tasks to the Public Prosecution in this field, according to regular mechanisms that ensure the containment and elimination of corruption Therefore, this study was based on the problem of the extent of the effectiveness of the mechanisms and statutory apparatus that the regulator monitored in their relationship with the Public Prosecution in combating financial corruption, and the main question in the study became the extent of the effectiveness of cooperation between the regulatory agencies and the Public Prosecution in the criminal confrontation of financial corruption? The study aimed to achieve a set of goals, the most important of which is identifying the nature of the role of the National Anti-Corruption Authority in combating financial corruption, as well as clarifying the nature of the cooperative role between the Public Prosecution Office and the National Anti-Corruption Authority in investigating financial corruption cases. Mechanisms with the intent of understanding the various aspects of the subject, enabling us to clarify and define the images and elements of corruption crimes and their punishment, in order to identify the nature of these crimes, and what distinguishes them from other crimes. The analytical and comparative approaches were also adopted. The study concluded with a number of results, the most important of which is that the National Anti-Corruption Authority carries out large and many tasks in combating corruption, although it is not covered by the judicial capacity. The study made several recommendations, perhaps the most important of which is the necessity of clarity in the statutory texts of the provisions of criminal investigation in financial corruption crimes, the disciplinary capacity of the criminal investigation officer, his technical affiliation, and the oversight of his work.