The Role of Government Institutions in Preventing Financial Crimes and Illicit Possession of Government Authorities

Currently, the significant increase in financial crimes of government authorities is a serious threat to the public interest of the state, which causes irreparable damage to the strength of the basis of government. Therefore, the fight against financial crimes of goverment authorities is very importance. The most important effective ways to prevent the unjust and illicit possession of goverment authorities are to fight corruption and monitor the property and assets of public authorities. Financial crimes of goverment authorities have reduced government control over economic policies and weakened the state's economic security. The existence of financial corruption of government authorities indicates the malfunctioning of public institutions. Articles 8 and 20 of the UN Convention against Corruption ask on member states to increase honest and responsibility among their officials and to make it a criminal offense for to have the illegal property of a government authorities. The writers in the present article address the role of government institutions in preventing financial crimes and misappropriation of government authorities. Monitoring the property and assets of government authorities and goverment officials is an effective step towards improving administrative health, increasing public confidence in officials and improving Iran's position in the International Transparency Organization.The research method is descriptive-analytical and the library method has been used to collect the issues of the subject and by taking notes from the materials and analyzing the materials.