Based on a complaint made by a resident of Kantale, Investigation Officers of the Commission arrested a Senior Disciplinary Officer (Acting) and a Security Officer attached to the Sri Lanka Transport Board Eastern Province Regional Office over allegations of soliciting and accepting a bribe of Rupees One Hundred Thousand. The complainant, who was the conductor of a bus running on the Vavuniya- Trincomalee route, had been suspended from service for not issuing a ticket to a passenger and the Senior Disciplinary Officer has solicited and accepted the said bribe through a Security Officer in exchange for conducting the disciplinary inquiry against the complainant in a manner that does not cause any prejudice to him to ensure he is reinstated. Accordingly, the Senior Disciplinary Officer and the Security Officer were arrested at the SLTB Eastern Province Regional Office at 2.52 p.m. and 2.49 p.m. on 22nd April 2025.

Investigation Officers of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption arrested a businessman of Kanatthewewa, Kiriwanagaraya, on charges of aiding and abetting the commission of the offence of corruption by illegally importing a jeep into Sri Lanka and fraudulently registering it with the Department of Motor Traffic. The arrest was made in connection with the Commission’s ongoing investigation into corrupt practices at the Department of Motor Traffic involving illegal registration of vehicles that circumvented the Customs clearance procedure.

Investigation Officers of the Commission yesterday (24.04.2025) arrested the former Deputy Chief Secretary (Finance) of the Uva Provincial Council on charges of causing a loss to the Provincial Council by depriving it of the interest income as a result of withdrawing the fixed deposits maintained at the National Savings Bank Badulla branch prematurely.

Based on a complaint made by a businessman in the Kandy area, Investigation Officers of the Commission arrested the Quazi Judge of Gelioya over allegations of soliciting and accepting a bribe of Rupees Two Hundred Thousand. According to the complaint, the bribe was demanded to expedite and give the verdict of the divorce case of the complainant’s son on 19th April 2025 at the Quazi Court in the Kandy Court Complex, and issue a copy of the judgment and the divorce certificate.

On 01st, 02nd and 03rd April, the Commission seized 12 more vehicles (on an order issued by the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court) in relation to the ongoing investigation into malpractices associated with the registration of vehicles that had not undergone customs clearance by the Department of Motor Traffic. These vehicles include,

On 02nd April 2025, Colombo High Court No. 01 Judge Adithya Patabendige sentenced the former Chief Minister of the North Central Province S. M. Ranjith Samarakoon who committed the act of corruption in terms of Section 70 of the Bribery Act through malpractices in ordering fuel to his personal secretary’s vehicle while he was serving as the Chief Minister of the North Central Province.

At the invitation of the Ceylon Electricity Board, a Bribery and Corruption Programme was conducted for their officers on 18th March 2025. The programme was held in the auditorium of their Training Center at Piliyandala, and nearly 80 officers attended it.

At the invitation of the Department of Labour, a Bribery and Corruption Programme was conducted for their officers on 21st March 2025. The programme was held in the Department auditorium, and nearly 150 officers attended it.

CIABOC, in collaboration with SLT Mobitel PLC, conducts a series of Bribery and Corruption Prevention Programmes for SLT Mobitel PLC officers. One programme in this series was conducted on 4th March 2025 in the SLT Mobitel auditorium and was attended by 106 officers.

Based on two investigations conducted in relation to two complaints received by the Commission (accepting bribes of Rs. 200,000 and Rs. 150,000 pledging government jobs), the Investigation Officers of the Commission yesterday (26.03.2025) arrested the former Opposition Leader (United National Party) of Central Provincial Council Mr. Don Harindra Chanaka Ilapperuma. The arrest was made in Kandy at 9.15 a.m.

Parliamentarian Don Arthur Chamara Sampath Dassanayake was arrested at the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption on 27th March 2025 in connection to the commission of acts of corruption by requesting sponsorships from three state banks for Provincial Council projects and crediting the funds into an account of a foundation operated in his name when he was the Chief Minister of Uva Province.

Bribery and corruption are spreading fast in the country like a virus, and combatting the menace has become a timely need. Accordingly, the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption, in collaboration with the Water Supply and Drainage Board, arranged a series of Prevention Programmes to create a country devoid of bribery and corruption, and one programme of the series was conducted on 27 th February 2025 at the Water Supply and Drainage Board premises, Kadawatha.