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ACRC Korea Annual Report 2022
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What the document holds
English annual report of the ACRC for 2022 (166 pages). Programme content: counselling by year and channel 2002-2022; corruption reports by year and monthly averages; handling; referral results and sanctions (totals); public-interest reports by year with monthly averages, handling by period and sector (2011-2019 combined, 2020-2022), results of referred cases; subsidy-fraud centre table 2013-2022 and results; protection requests by year and type for corruption and public interest 2008-2022 (revised series) and approval rates; 2022 overview (reports, 49 protective measures, KRW 6.2 billion paid); reward table 2012-2022 (year rows already in data; totals added); award caps; four cases (two with implausible printed units, amounts left out and flagged); July 2022 ACRC Act amendment; Graft Act violation reports and sanctions to end-2021 (p. 39) and Graft Act proxy reporting (June 2022); Conflict of Interest Prevention Act. Not recorded: laws covered (471), planned unification of reward rules (draft decree previewed Nov 2022, not yet in force), Public Funds Recovery Act enforcement figures (KRW 182.2 billion recovered by agencies 2020-H1 2022 and KRW 3.1 billion repayments recommended: agency inspections, not whistleblower reports), subsidy-centre AI project survey (KRW 6 billion, ACRC fact-finding), Clean Portal adoption (1,000+ institutions), CPI. The 2002-2022 discipline count jumps to 5,534 (2,067 in the 2020 report), recorded as printed. Rest of the report (complaints, appeals, integrity policy, dismissed officials) is out of scope.
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580 rows on this site come from this document. Each one opens with the page and the exact words.
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Other documents give different figures in 127 cases involving this one. Both are kept.
Numbers (571)
- Awards paid (amount)Category: CorruptionKRW 3,296,664 thousand2022 · Korea ACRC 2023Final figureSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Awards paid (amount)Category: Public interestKRW 2,255,828 thousand2022 · Korea ACRC 2023Final figureSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Awards paid (amount)Item: Awards rewards and reliefKRW 6.2 billion2022 · Korea ACRC 2023Final figureSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Awards paid (amount)Category: CorruptionKRW 3,549,132 thousand2021 · Korea ACRC 2023Final figureSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Awards paid (amount)Category: Public interestKRW 811,290 thousand2021 · Korea ACRC 2023Final figureSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Awards paid (amount)Category: CorruptionKRW 3,842,099 thousand2020 · Korea ACRC 2023Final figureSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Awards paid (amount)Category: Public interestKRW 1,560,901 thousand2020 · Korea ACRC 2023Final figureSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Awards paid (amount)Category: CorruptionKRW 2,312,974 thousand2019 · Korea ACRC 2023Final figureSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Awards paid (amount)Category: Public interestKRW 1,534,593 thousand2019 · Korea ACRC 2023Final figureSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Awards paid (amount)Category: CorruptionKRW 3,114,994 thousand2018 · Korea ACRC 2023Final figureSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Awards paid (amount)Category: Public interestKRW 2,213,658 thousand2018 · Korea ACRC 2023Final figureSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Awards paid (amount)Category: CorruptionKRW 2,108,374 thousand2017 · Korea ACRC 2023Final figureSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Awards paid (amount)Category: Public interestKRW 1,976,511 thousand2017 · Korea ACRC 2023Final figureSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Awards paid (amount)Category: CorruptionKRW 2,275,033 thousand2016 · Korea ACRC 2023Final figureSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Awards paid (amount)Category: Public interestKRW 1,603,578 thousand2016 · Korea ACRC 2023Final figureSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Awards paid (amount)Category: CorruptionKRW 1,426,658 thousand2015 · Korea ACRC 2023Final figureSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Awards paid (amount)Category: Public interestKRW 379,997 thousand2015 · Korea ACRC 2023Final figureSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Awards paid (amount)Category: CorruptionKRW 619,347 thousand2014 · Korea ACRC 2023Final figureSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Awards paid (amount)Category: Public interestKRW 397,340 thousand2014 · Korea ACRC 2023Final figureSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Awards paid (amount)Category: CorruptionKRW 951,210 thousand2013 · Korea ACRC 2023Final figureSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Awards paid (amount)Category: Public interestKRW 227,708 thousand2013 · Korea ACRC 2023Final figureSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Awards paid (amount)Category: CorruptionKRW 24,896,929 thousand2012-2022 · Korea ACRC 2023Final figureSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Awards paid (amount)Category: Public interestKRW 12,989,879 thousand2012-2022 · Korea ACRC 2023Final figureSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Awards paid (amount)Category: CorruptionKRW 1,400,444 thousand2012 · Korea ACRC 2023Final figureSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Awards paid (amount)Category: Public interestKRW 28,475 thousand2012 · Korea ACRC 2023Final figureSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Awards paid (number)Category: Corruption491 cases2022 · Korea ACRC 2023Final figureSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Awards paid (number)Category: Public interest261 cases2022 · Korea ACRC 2023Final figureSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Awards paid (number)Category: Corruption490 cases2021 · Korea ACRC 2023Final figureSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Awards paid (number)Category: Public interest297 cases2021 · Korea ACRC 2023Final figureSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Awards paid (number)Category: Corruption238 cases2020 · Korea ACRC 2023Final figureSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Awards paid (number)Category: Public interest249 cases2020 · Korea ACRC 2023Final figureSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Awards paid (number)Category: Corruption197 cases2019 · Korea ACRC 2023Final figureSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Awards paid (number)Category: Public interest211 cases2019 · Korea ACRC 2023Final figureSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Awards paid (number)Category: Corruption166 cases2018 · Korea ACRC 2023Final figureSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Awards paid (number)Category: Public interest277 cases2018 · Korea ACRC 2023Final figureSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Awards paid (number)Category: Corruption113 cases2017 · Korea ACRC 2023Final figureSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Awards paid (number)Category: Public interest1,710 cases2017 · Korea ACRC 2023Final figureSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Awards paid (number)Category: Corruption90 cases2016 · Korea ACRC 2023Final figureSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Awards paid (number)Category: Public interest2,476 cases2016 · Korea ACRC 2023Final figureSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Awards paid (number)Category: Corruption29 cases2015 · Korea ACRC 2023Final figureSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
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Cases and awards (4)
- Reward case: research organisation fraudulently obtained SME R&D funds (false researchers, duplicate evidence, reused outputs); KRW 319.73 million recovered; one of two reporters paid KRW 3.697 million.KRW 3,697,000Money collected KRW 319,730,000AwardedSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Reward case: consulting firm and certification body fraudulently obtained subsidies for an SME overseas-certification support project; illicit payments and fines recovered and a reward paid (amounts printed as KRW 432,265 million and KRW 9,653 million).AwardedSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Relief fund case: reporter of R&D fund embezzlement faced criminal charges and legal costs; ACRC granted KRW 4.4 million in relief funds.KRW 4,400,000AwardedSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Reward case: company claimed R&D funds (KEIT project) for technology already commercialised; amount recovered and 50% of the determined reward paid up front (amounts printed as KRW 57,793 million and KRW 6,045 million).AwardedSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
Reward rules (2)
- Maximum awardmonetary award (포상금) for corruption reports (ACRC Act)KRW 500,000,000Since Jul 2022 · Korea ACRC 2023South Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Maximum awardmonetary award (포상금) for public-interest reports, as described in the 2022 reportKRW 200,000,000Date not stated · Korea ACRC 2023South Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
Timeline (3)
- ACRC Act amendment: wider immunity, emergency relief fund, corruption award cap KRW 500 millionJul 2022Rule changeSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Proxy (non-real-name) reporting under the Graft Act8 Jun 2022Rule changeSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Conflict of Interest Prevention Act takes effect19 May 2022LegalSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
About the document
What it covers English annual report for 2022; reward and award statistics in the whistleblower protection and reward chapter (yearly tables).
Notes Board file name suggests upload 13 Jul 2023. English edition of the ACRC annual report (publications board bid=64).
Source id kor-acrc-ar-2022 · accessed 5 Oct 2026