- On 12June 1933, the Ministry of Interior issued its decree on establishing a bureau concerned with “Combating Money Counterfeit Offences” to be affiliated to the Public Security Department. In 1963, a unit entitled to combat money smuggling offences was established within the office structure. In 1965, a ministerial decree was issued to change the title of the bureau to “Monetary, Money Falsification & Counterfeit and Anti-Tax Evasion Section”. In 1972, a ministerial decree upgraded the level of the section to a department called “Public Fund Offences Combat Department”. A new section was added to the department called “Bribery and Embezzlement Offences combat and Investigations on Illicit Earnings” while the department continued being affiliated to the Public Security General Department.
- In 1979, the affiliation of the department was transferred to the Economic Security Sector, until a Presidential Decree was issued in 1984 on the establishment of the “Public Fund Offences Combat General Department”. In 1985, ministerial decree No. 167 was issued to organize the Public Fund Offences Combat General Department.
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