In accordance with the "Regulations of the Anti-Corruption General Directorate with the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Azerbaijan", the General Directorate performs the following duties and rights: 

Duties:
- examines and investigates the information received on corruption offenses;
- initiates a criminal case and conducts preliminary investigation of corruption crimes;
- carries out search operations with the aim of preventing, detecting and disclosing corruption crimes, controls the implementation of laws in this area in the implementation of operational-search measures for corruption crimes by other subjects of operational-search activities on the basis of a written order from the General Directorate;
- takes measures provided by law to compensate for material damage caused by corruption crimes, as well as to ensure the confiscation of property that can be applied;
- studies the state of the fight against corruption, collects, analyzes, summarizes information on crimes related to corruption, and prepares proposals and recommendations to improve the effectiveness of the fight against corruption, if during the implementation of such activities in the regulatory legal acts and their projects, circumstances that create conditions for committing corruption offenses, then raises the issue before the Prosecutor General to eliminate them;
- ensures the adoption of measures to ensure the safety of witnesses, victims, convicted persons and other persons participating in the criminal process during the preliminary investigation of corruption crimes, as well as during the consideration of such cases;
- ensures the confidentiality of the person reporting information on corruption offenses in accordance with the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan "On Combating Corruption";
- through the Prosecutor General, regularly informs the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Commission on Combating Corruption of the Republic of Azerbaijan on measures taken in the field of combating corruption;
- cooperates with government agencies and other departments in the fight against corruption;
- organizes the maintenance of electronic centralized statistics of crimes related to the legalization of money or other property obtained by criminal means, and the financing of terrorism, ensures the operation of the information system for the collection, processing and transmission of statistical data on these crimes;
- statistical information provided for in clause 5.8-1 of these Regulations:
•    in order to supervise compliance with the requirements of the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan "On the fight against legalization of money or other property acquired by criminal means, and the financing of terrorism" dated March 4, 2016, as well as to assess the risks in the field of money laundering or other property received by criminal by way and financing of terrorism is provided to the supervisory bodies established by this Law;
•    along with the purposes stipulated by subparagraph 5.8-2.1 of this Regulation, in order to ensure participation in the formation of state policy in the field of combating money laundering or other property acquired by criminal means and financing of terrorism, is submitted to the Financial Monitoring Service of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
- ensures the adoption of measures to ensure the safety of employees of the Main Directorate and their close relatives;
- informs the public about the measures taken in the field of combating corruption, and ensures the transparency of its activities;
- carries out educational and preventive measures in the field of combating corruption. 

Rights:
- in cases and in the manner prescribed by law, requests and receives information, documents and other materials from individuals and legal entities, state bodies and their officials; in accordance with the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan "On the State Register of Real Estate" submits justified written requests for obtaining information from the State Register of Real Estate;
- conducts a preliminary check of the information received about corruption offenses, receives explanations, if necessary, takes measures to conduct inspections, inventories, examinations and other checks in organizations in the manner prescribed by law;
- carries out investigative and other procedural actions in criminal cases within its competence;
- conducts all search activities provided for by Article 10 of the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan "On operational-search activities", with the aim of preventing, detecting and solving corruption crimes in accordance with this Law; if necessary, instructs other subjects of operational-search activity to carry out operational-search measures in this area and receives information on the measures taken;
- applies the measures of the prosecutor's response provided by the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan "On the Prosecution Office" to eliminate the circumstances that create conditions for the commission of offenses related to corruption;
- if offenses related to corruption do not entail criminal liability, send information about these offenses and their perpetrators to the relevant state bodies, local self-government bodies, public legal entities and the Commission on Combating Corruption of the Republic of Azerbaijan;
- cooperates with anti-corruption and law enforcement agencies of other countries, works on the development of international cooperation in the field of anti-corruption, studies international experience in the field of anti-corruption and makes proposals on the use of effective methods and tools in this area;
- in order to increase the effectiveness of the fight against corruption, prepares proposals and recommendations to eliminate the causes and conditions conducive to corruption, as well as identified shortcomings in this area;
- makes proposals for improving anti-corruption legislation;
- ensures that measures are taken to protect workplaces and technical premises located in the General Directorate from information leakage, as well as to detect and neutralize data extraction tools;
- provides employees of the General Directorate with service weapons, ammunition, technical means and other necessary equipment, takes measures to protect them;
- carries out educational activities in the field of anti-corruption, promotes legislation, participates in the development and implementation of measures and programs related to anti-corruption issues;
- cooperates with international organizations, non-governmental organizations, mass media, experts in the field of combating corruption and involves them in the implementation of analytical and informational work;
- exercises other rights provided by law.