Corruption cases recorded by Cameroonian authorities caused the state a financial loss of FCFA 6.271 billion in 2025, according to the annual report of the National Anti-Corruption Commission presented on 8 October in Yaoundé.
The exact amount reached FCFA 6,271,017,456, compared with FCFA 4,061,806,711 in 2024. The increase amounts to FCFA 2,209,210,745, or about 54.4% year on year based on a calculation from the two published figures.
The total combines several categories of cases. In-depth investigations into corruption allegations identified a loss of FCFA 1,722,763,161. Decisions by the Budgetary and Financial Discipline Council and the Special Criminal Court add to this amount to reach the announced total.
The National Anti-Corruption Commission received 8,036 reports during the year, compared with 10,520 in 2024, or 2,484 fewer. The report partly links this decline to the proliferation of hotlines opened directly within administrations. The drop in referrals to the commission is therefore not, on its own, enough to establish a decline in corruption offences.
Recovery operations made it possible to recover FCFA 5,817,745,046 in 2025, according to the figures provided. This amount results from actions by the Special Criminal Court and the Cameroon Debt Recovery Company (Société de recouvrement des créances du Cameroun). It is presented separately from the recorded loss and cannot automatically be deducted from the total without details on the periods and cases concerned.
The annual report draws on 112 contributions from public administrations, private players and civil society organisations. It covers prevention, sanctions, anti-money laundering, asset recovery and cooperation between institutions.
The commission's teams deployed in the Adamawa and Littoral regions also arrested 23 people caught in flagrante delicto. These proceedings remain separate from the overall financial assessment, which measures the loss established by investigations and decisions handed down during the year.