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The Special Investigation Service or STT ( lt, Specialiųjų tyrimų tarnyba) is a law enforcement institution in
With growing awareness of corruption in 1990s and several scandals (most notable of them was linked to the Prime Minister
Official site
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Lithuania
Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...
serving under the Seimas and the President of Lithuania
The President of the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublikos Prezidentas) is the head of state of Lithuania. The officeholder has been Gitanas Nausėda since 12 July 2019.
Powers
The president has somewhat more executive authority tha ...
to combat corruption
Corruption is a form of dishonesty or a criminal offense which is undertaken by a person or an organization which is entrusted in a position of authority, in order to acquire illicit benefits or abuse power for one's personal gain. Corruption m ...
. With departments in Kaunas
Kaunas (; ; also see other names) is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the largest city and the centre of a county in the Duchy of Trakai ...
, Klaipėda, Šiauliai and Panevėžys, its objectives are to identify and investigate cases of corruption as well as to prevent it through education and introduction of improved procedures in the public sector.
History
With growing awareness of corruption in 1990s and several scandals (most notable of them was linked to the Prime Minister Adolfas Šleževičius
Adolfas Šleževičius (2 February 1948 – 6 December 2022) was a Lithuanian politician who served as Prime Minister from 1993 to 1996.
Previously a manager in a state dairy company, Šleževičius was appointed Prime Minister following the el ...
), the Homeland Union won 1996 Lithuanian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Lithuania in two stages on 20 October and 10 November 1996. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1201 All 141 seats in the Seimas were up for election; 70 based o ...
. The newly formed Lithuanian government, led by Gediminas Vagnorius, decided in 1997 to establish a separate organization for addressing the problem. It was done by government's decree.
Main task of the STT was detection and detention of corrupt and abusive of power officials (civil servants, judges and so).
The STT was accordingly established and for its first several years was overseen by the Ministry of the Interior. In May 2000, it came under the direct oversight of the President and Seimas.
Since 2008, the STT started bills' review.
See also
* Anti-corruptionReferences
External links
Official site
{{Authority control Government agencies established in 1997 Anti-corruption agencies Specialist law enforcement agencies of Lithuania