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Status of the granting of compensation and rewards to corruption reporters by year

Status of the granting of compensation and rewards to corruption reporters by year

● Source: Civil Rights White Paper 2024
● Investigating organization: ANTI-CORRUPTION AND CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION
● Investigation period: 2010. ~ 2024. 12. 31.
● The reward AND award system FOR reporters IS TO provide payment TO reporters whose reporting about corruption OR violation OF PUBLIC interest contributed TO promotion OF PUBLIC interest OR directly led TO recovery OF OR increase IN revenues OR decrease IN PUBLIC expenses. The system IS playing an effective function IN eradicating corruption AND preventing violation OF PUBLIC interest, which can encourage people’s voluntary participation IN corruption AND PUBLIC interest reporting by rewarding individuals’ acts OF courage done FOR PUBLIC interest despite diverse risks.
● BETWEEN 2010 AND 2023, 339.6 billion won was recovered AS a result OF corruption reports, AND 30.5 billion won IN award money was paid ON 2542 reported cases, WITH 12 million won IN rewards paid ON average. Reward rate TO amount recovered by PUBLIC institutions recorded 9.0% ON average.
● Since 2010, 1.26 billion won IN award money has been paid TO reporters ON 122 cases.

Statistical Data

(unit : 1,000won, case)

Status of the granting of compensation and rewards to corruption reporters by year
Division Total Compensation Structure
건수_계 지급액_계 cnt amount cnt amount
total 2,944 35,550,175 2,810 34,106,088 134 1,444,087
2008 24 428,175 18 328,175 6 100,000
2009 26 719,646 20 642,146 6 77,500
2010 33 662,641 23 603,641 10 59,000
2011 17 1,524,401 12 1,499,401 5 25,000
2012 54 1,480,444 40 1,400,444 14 80,000
2013 48 1,011,710 37 951,210 11 60,500
2014 36 695,003 30 619,347 6 75,656
2015 32 1,436,878 29 1,426,658 3 10,220
2016 101 2,326,065 90 2,275,033 11 51,032
2017 121 2,199,213 113 2,108,374 8 90,839
2018 175 3,193,494 166 3,114,994 9 78,500
2019 207 2,450,474 197 2,312,974 10 137,500
2020 244 3,870,099 238 3,842,099 6 28,000
2021 492 3,513,868 485 3,397,868 7 116,000
2022 487 2,974,590 480 2,863,390 7 111,200
2023 605 4,248,306 601 4,055,806 4 192,500
2024 242 2,815,168 231 2,664,528 11 150,640