603- The National Agency for Financial Investigation (NAFI) received 2,081 suspicious transaction reports of subjected professions from 2014 to 2017 and forwarded 372 to the competent authorities. Forwarded files were especially on offences relating to money laundering, misappropriation of public property, corruption, and false pretences. Table 6: Suspicious transaction reports received and files forwarded by NAFI from 2014 a to 2017 No. Suspicious transaction reports of Number of files forwarded to Year subjected professions the competent authorities 521 60 2014 468 69 2015 474 71 2016 618 172 (88 to judicial authorities), 2017 84 (CONAC CONSUPE) Source: NAFI 604- The Financial and Budget Disciplinary Council (FBDC) received 88 files345 for disciplinary action from 2013 to 2018. An examination of the files resulted in the summoning of 224 managers or public agents before ANIF. At the end of the disciplinary action, the following sanctions were imposed: CFAF71,096,484,426346 as debit and CFAF129,400,000347 as special fines. (APPENDIX 14) Some decisions of the FBDC were appealed against before administrative courts348. 605- As part of administrative control, the Audit Bench of the Supreme Court produced 17 final observation reports from 2013 to 2016 at the end of the control of 67 public and semipublic enterprises. In 2017, the said enterprises produced 619 accounts. During the said year, the controls did not result in final observation reports. 606- With regard to judicial control, from 2013 to 2017, the Audit Bench of the Supreme Court delivered 215 final judgments of which 48 discharges and 131 establishing deficits against the public accountants with an amount accruing from the debit349 and fines350 estimated at about CFAF1,781,393,825351. Among the 42 appeals for review, 16 were declared inadmissible while 2 were discharged with cancellation of the deficits. The Joint Divisions of the Audit Bench also examined files forwarded by CONSUPE including 2 in 2016 and 5 in 2017. 607- Matters relating to misappropriation of public property, corruption and related offences were brought before criminal courts. In this regard, the Special Criminal Court (SCC), set up in 2012 to rule on serious matters of corruption, examined 247 matters at the level of judicial investigation from 2013 to 2017. Out of the 116 matters for which judicial investigation was closed, 409 persons were referred to the court while 111 others benefitted from a no case ruling (APPENDIX 15). 608- During the same period, at the trial phase, out of 256 matters enlisted, 148 judgments were delivered of which 235 persons were convicted and 161 others acquitted through a stop in the proceedings (Table in APPENDIX 16). 345 The word files means the number of Reports received by the FBDC. About 108 544 251,03 Euros. 347 About 197 557, 3 Euros. 348 That is, 48 appeals in 2014. In 2015, the courts upheld 8 decisions, in 2016, 8 decisions and 1 review; and 27 reviews in 2017. 349 Deficiency results especially from payment irregularities or non-recovery of income that leads to a financial prejudice for the State, the Council or the Public Administrative Establishment. 350 Fines sanction late production of management accounts. 351 About 2,719,685.3 Euros. 100 346