YAOUNDE, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- Cameroon consolidated success against corruption in 2020 and new "remarkable" progress was achieved in the number of corruption complaints filed by citizens, according to statistics made public Thursday by the Cameroon Anti-Corruption Commission (CONAC).

"The number of corruption cases reported by the citizens increased from 400 in 2010 to over 23,000 in 2020. That is to say people are now becoming aware of their responsibility in connection with fighting corruption and checking the management of public funds," CONAC president Dieudonne Massi Gams told reporters in the capital, Yaounde during a media briefing to make public the 2020 Corruption Report in the Central African nation.

"We have already recovered billions in the anti-graft campaign and several people have been imprisoned for corrupt practices and are awaiting trial. The corruption fight will intensify," Gams added.

Despite the progress made, the country lost over 17 billion XAF (about 30.4 million U.S. Dollars) to corruption in 2020, according to the report.

The report identified the transport sector, land tenure and police force as the three most corrupt institutions in the country, adding corrupt practices were rampant in the Centre region where the capital, Yaounde is located and Littoral region that hosts the commercial hub, Douala.

CONAC, established in 2006, is a public independent body under the direct supervision of the head of state. Its mission is to monitor and evaluate the effective implementation of the government's anti-corruption program. Enditem

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