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The Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) has recorded a historical precocious of 57 trap cases successful 2025, starring to the apprehension of 76 individuals, including nationalist servants and intermediaries.
The bureau recorded its astir intensive anti-corruption show to day past year, arsenic it registered a crisp emergence successful trap cases, arrests, investigations, and convictions. The bureau had recorded 40 trap cases successful 2024.
The Revenue section topped the database with 20 cases, followed by the Local Self-Government section with 12, according to authoritative statistics.
Trap cases were besides reported successful the General Education section and the Kerala State Electricity Board.
The VACB besides recorded a important displacement successful the standard of bribery. Several cases involving amounts moving into lakhs of rupees were reported. The inclination was successful crisp opposition to earlier years erstwhile bribes typically ranged betwixt ₹500 and ₹1,000.
In 2025, the bureau seized astir ₹15 lakh arsenic bribe money, including cases involving integer transactions done platforms specified arsenic Google Pay.
In summation to trap cases, the bureau registered 201 Vigilance cases, initiated 57 full-scale investigations, 300 preliminary inquiries, and 136 confidential probes. Based connected quality inputs, the VACB conducted 1,152 astonishment inspections successful authorities offices to observe and forestall corruption and irregularities. Of the 9,193 complaints received during the year, enactment was taken connected each applicable cases, the bureau informed.
The twelvemonth besides witnessed notable judicial outcomes, with 39 accused being convicted successful 30 cases. Besides, 12 people, who had evaded imprisonment contempt confirmed convictions by higher courts, were traced, arrested, and jailed.
As portion of Statewide enforcement drives, the VACB besides carried retired coordinated inspections nether assorted operations targeting onshore acquisition irregularities, amerciable onshore conversion, excise violations, unauthorised liquor sales, transport section malpractices, wood offences, and education-sector irregularities.
According to authoritative sources, an interior Vigilance mechanics was implemented crossed each authorities departments successful 2025. The inaugural made Kerala 1 of the fewer States with a structured reporting strategy for departmental anti-corruption oversight.
