The Anti-Fraud Office is an independent institution that works to enhance the integrity of the public sector in Catalonia by preventing and investigating corruption, such as the illegal use or allocation of public funds or any other irregular appropiation arising from acts involving conflict of interests or the use for private benefit of information derived from the inherent functions of personnel in the service of the public sector.
It is a public-law entity with a legal personality of its own and full capacity to act, created by Act 14/2008 of November 5th, on the Anti-Fraud Office of Catalonia.
The Office comes under Parliament, which legitimates it and guarantees its independence so as to carry out equably and effectively the functions entrusted to it.
