PUTRAJAYA -- Collaboration between prosecutors and investigators is essential to ensure that corruption cases are well prepared and organized from the start, opined United States (US) Federal Judge Frank Montalvo. "Investigators must not work alone. There needs to be collaboration between prosecutors and investigators; if not, it breeds inefficiency," said Montalvo during an interview with the press at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Headquarters on 24 April 2012. He advised the law-enforcers not to be too rigid in following the rules but to make adjustments so that they do not become a victim of the rules. Montalvo stressed that in order to prevent corruption, every country needs to develop its own home-grown solution, besides adopting the general principles. During his five-day working visit to Malaysia, Montalvo took the opportunity to visit the Attorney-General's Chambers, apart from giving talks to judges who handled corruption cases in the country. He pointed out that corruption is a problem that is faced by many other countries and the works and efforts dedicated by numerous organisations against corruption is always a work in progress. "Commitment and responsibility are essential in leading the fight against corruption and officers must constantly think of improving the approaches used to fight this crime," he explained. He observed that Malaysia is on the right track in fighting corruption and its anti-corruption officers were very dedicated in ...