The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is a statutory independent corruption prevention and corruption detective body of the state, operating under the Anti-Corruption Commission Act, 2004. It gains further vigor and impetus duly acceding to the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) on 27 February 2007.

The Commission is responsible for:

-enquiry and investigation into the scheduled offences on any allegation of corruption on own initiative, or upon an aggrieved person or by any person on his /her behalf;
-file and conduct cases on the basis of enquiry and investigation;
-promote the values of honesty and integrity in order to prevent corruption and take measures to build up mass awareness against corruption; and
-identify the sources of different types of corruption existing in Bangladesh against the backdrop of the country's socio-economic conditions and present any recommendations for appropriate action.

In respect of enquiry and investigation ACC is empowered to:

-issue notices to witnesses, ensure their appearance and interrogate them; cdiscover and present any document;
take evidence;
-call for public records or its certified copies from any court office;
-issue notices for the interrogation of witnesses and the examination of documents; and any other matter required for realsing and fulfilling the aims and objectives of this law.

Vision: To create a strong anti-corruption culture that permeates throughout the whole society.

Mission: To relentlessly combat, control, suppress and prevent corruption.

Strategic objectives:

- Combating corruption through punitive action
- Pre-empting corruption through systems review
- Preventing Corruption through education and advocacy 

These are supported by four supporting objectives:

- Designing organisational structure

- Designing operating mechanisms

- Providing human resource support and good internal governance

- Providing sound financial and logistical support