received 2915 tip-offs and complaints of which 1584 came under its jurisdiction. Investigations were subsequently launched in 405 cases. The FEACC‟s conviction rate for the year reached an impressive 96.6 percent. Seven of the nine Regional States have also established their own anticorruption commissions. 6. The Vital Events Registration Agency A Proclamation on the Registration of Vital Events and National Identity Card has been issued to create a mechanism for the registration of vital events in the country and for the keeping of proper data. It is believed that the establishment of a system of registration of vital events plays a key role in planning political, social and economic developments, in providing different social and economic services to citizens and in making the justice administration expedient and effective. On the basis of this proclamation, the Council of Ministers subsequently issued Regulation No. 278/2005 establishing the Vital Events Registration Agency. This is accountable to the Ministry of Justice and has the task of bringing together all the data available on births, deaths, marriages, divorces and declaration of absence scattered through different institutions. The agency is also working with regional governments to establish similar agencies in all the regional states. Currently a national council has been established to oversee and coordinate the works of the agency. 7. The Ministry of Justice The authority of federal prosecution is vested in the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) since the Public Prosecutor is formally part of the Ministry. Federal Prosecutors are appointed by the Minister of Justice. Candidate prosecutors at the federal level must be graduates from colleges with a law degree or a diploma in law. The Public Prosecutor is in charge of criminal investigation and has authority over the police. Other government offices such as Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission, Revenue and Customs Agency also have prosecutorial authority. At Regional state level, the Justice Bureau‟s functions as prosecutor and their mandate is comparable to that of the Federal Ministry of Justice. 8. Ministry of Federal Affairs The Ministry of Federal Affairs was re-organized pursuant to the definition of powers and Duties of the Executive organs of the FDRE (Proclamation no. 691/2010). The Ministry is responsible for 30