The head of Papua New Guinea's anti-corruption Investigative Task Force Sweep team says he is confident of that most of the cases being probed will result in convictions.
The taskforce, which was set up by the government in 2011 to investigate and prosecute white collar crimes, especially misuse of public funds in government departments, has initiated 59 arrests although no one has been convicted yet.
The Taskforce chairman, Sam Koim, says the challenge of prosecuting corruption within officialdom in PNG is a long process.
"Twenty-seven cases have proceeded beyond the committal stage and they're at the trial stage. I expect that most of our cases will give us a good result, meaning most of the persons that we have arrested and who are now before the courts for trial will be convicted."
The head of Papua New Guinea's anti-corruption Investigative Task Force Sweep team Sam Koim
