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The US Department of Justice Now Uses Anti-Money Laundering and Civil Forfeiture Laws to Seize US Assets of Corrupt Foreign Government Leaders and Their Associates

17 December 2012, by Sandy Sierck. US Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecutors have long used civil and criminal asset forfeiture remedies to supplement criminal proceedings against drug dealers and mobsters. The concept is simple: US prosecutors seek not only to…

Power to the People: Parliamentarians, Citizens and Anti-Corruption

29 November 2012, by Priya Sood. GOPAC Session at the IACC “When political corruption rises to the level that it persistently undermines fundamental human rights, it should be treated as a Crime Against Humanity,” said Mr. Akaash Maharaj, COO of…

Going Beyond the Precepts

27 November 2012, by Maureen Kariuki. The East African Bribery Index (EABI) 2012, released by Transparency International in August 2012, shows that corruption continues to be deeply entrenched in East African society. This is despite the East African states signing…

Anger as four-year talks on trafficking review mechanism collapse

20 November 2012, by Caroline Robinson. UNODC Offices in Vienna Review mechanism: Dead end or just another road block? In 2009 I joined Transparency International and other UNCAC Coalition colleagues at the Third Session of the Conference of Parties to…

Transparency with a Punch

8 November 2012, by Eric Gutierrez. No less than the president of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, opened the 15th International Anti-Corruption Conference to a packed hall of over 1500 participants. In her speech, Rousseff exuded pride, not only because her country…

Corruption transnationale : l'OCDE confirme l'analyse de Transparence International France

26 October 2012, by Marina Yung, Transparence International France. L’OCDE a publié hier son troisième rapport de suivi de la mise en œuvre par la France de la Convention de l’OCDE sur la corruption d’agents publics étrangers. L’organisation internationale estime…

Cambodia's inclusive approach to the UNCAC's review process

26 October 2012, by Preap Kol. Cambodia is perceived to be one of the world’s most corrupt countries, ranked 164 out of 183 countries in Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index (CPI)i. However, it is interesting to note that the Royal…

German business CEOs join chorus calling for UNCAC ratification

9 August 2012, by Christian Humborg. This post was originally published on the Transparency International website. Photo credit: Flickr/Downing Street Now even the businesses. Less and less people in Germany understand why the ruling parties keep ignoring the need to…

A United Front Against Dirty Money

6 August 2012, by Eric Gutierrez. Call me naive, but wouldn’t the supply of corruption be substantially reduced if something like a ‘Finance Industry Transparency Initiative’ was organised? Many international anti-corruption initiatives exist today – known by acronyms as EITI,…

Conference of States Parties in Marrakesh: The Countdown

17 October 2011, by Gillian Dell. The final UNCAC Coalition preparations for the 4th Session of the UNCAC Conference of States Parties (COSP4) in Marrakesh, Morocco, 24 – 28 October 2011 are in full swing now. Planning is under way…

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