Anticorruption and Integrity

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Global Initiatives/Resources

Americas' Accountability/Anticorruption Project provides a comprehensive clearinghouse of information regarding anticorruption initiatives, events, case studies, and best practices.

Anticorruption Gateway for Europe and Eurasia offers primary materials and direct links to major information sources for anticorruption practitioners and analysts engaged in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union. It also serves as an easily accessible repository of anticorruption project documentation, legislation, regional and international agreements, news, survey results, reports, and research.

Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) is an international, 25,000-member professional organization dedicated to fighting fraud and white-collar crime. With offices in North America and Europe - and chapters around the globe - the Association is networked to respond to the needs of anti-fraud professionals everywhere. Since 1987, ACFE has published The White Paper, a bimonthly magazine devoted to timely, insightful articles on white-collar crime and fraud examination techniques.

Eldis is an information gateway hosted by the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, which aims to help disseminate the best in development policy, practice and research. It hosts a series of resource guides and publications on relevant topics including governance, accountability, corruption, and transparency.

Ethics and Corruption in Education (ETICO) is an information platform launched by the International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP), which was created by the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization Commission in 1963 to share knowledge.

Global Integrity is an independent, non-profit organization tracking governance and corruption trends around the world. Global Integrity uses local teams of researchers and journalists to monitor openness and accountability.

Global Witness is a UK-based NGO which investigates the role of natural resources in funding conflict and corruption around the world. In June 2007, it published Cambodia's Family Trees, a report which makes the case for greater efforts by the Cambodian government and the international community to strengthen the governance of forests and other public assets on which Cambodia's people depend.

Group of States Against Corruption (GRECO) evaluates, through a dynamic process of peer pressure, the compliance with undertakings contained in the legal instruments of the Council of Europe to fighting against corruption.

International Association of Auto Theft Investigators (IAATI) was formed in 1952 in order to improve communication and coordination among the growing family of professional auto theft investigators. It represents over 35 countries, including law enforcement agencies, as well as many others with a legitimate interest in auto theft investigation, prevention, and education.

International Anticorruption Conference (IACC) brings together practitioners and academics to exchange information and ideas to combat corruption.

International Chambers of Commerce (ICC) provides rules of conduct to combat extortion and bribery in international business. The ICC’s Anticorruption Commission encourages self-regulation by enterprises in confronting issues of extortion and bribery and provides business input into international initiatives to fight corruption. The site also provides links to related articles on corruption.

International Group for Anti-Corruption Coordination (IGAC) is dedicated to strengthening international anti-corruption coordination and collaboration in order to avoid undue duplication and to ensure effective and efficient use of existing resources, using systems already in place at the regional and national level.

International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI) is the professional organization of supreme audit institutions (SAI). SAIs play a major role in auditing government accounts and operations and in promoting sound financial management and accountability in their governments.

Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) provides technical advice through its own anticorruption activities and makes an active contribution to national and international technical discussions on anticorruption efforts.

One World Trust promotes education, training, and research into the changes required within global organizations in order to make them answerable to the people they affect and ensure that international laws are strengthened and applied equally to all. In 2007, it published the 2007 Global Accountability Report where ADB's overall accountability score is significantly higher than the average scores of any of the three sectors.

Organisation For Economic Co-Operation And Development (OECD) is an international organization helping governments tackle the economic, social, and governance challenges. OECD’s corruption site features documents and reports regarding bribery and export credits, corruption and development, ethics and corruption, fighting bribery and corruption, tax treatment of bribes, corporate governance, money laundering, and public governance and management. OECD has assumed a leading role in preventing international bribery and corruption through its Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials.

TRACE International is an international organization created to provide business intermediaries - sales agents, consultants, suppliers and subcontractors - with an opportunity to commit to an anticorruption policy and to submit voluntarily to an independent due diligence review.

Transparency and Anti-Bribery Initiatives provides links to 16 sites on combating bribery of foreign public officials (Full Text), recommendations of the OECD Council on Combating Bribery in International Business Transactions (1997).

Transparency International (TI) is a non-governmental organization dedicated to increasing government accountability and curbing both international and national corruption. TI’s annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) first released in 1995, is the best known of TI’s tools. It has been widely credited with putting TI and the issue of corruption on the international policy agenda. The CPI ranks more than 150 countries by their perceived levels of corruption, as determined by expert assessments and opinion surveys.

United Nations Crime And Justice Information Network (UNCJIN) is an electronic clearing-house of the culmination of several years of incremental efforts coordinated by the United Nations Centre for International Crime Prevention, Vienna.

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has developed guidelines and established protocols to help countries standardize definitions and appropriately adapt prevention and enforcement mechanisms to address corruption. Specifically, the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) provides a framework outlining specific provisions on codes of conduct for public officials, legal procurement practices, and management of public finances.

United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is the principal US agency to extend assistance to countries recovering from disaster, trying to escape poverty, and engaging in democratic reforms. USAID's Anticorruption Resource Site contains information about and links to the growing collection of anticorruption resources that are available on the internet, and descriptions of the anticorruption programs currently operated by USAID, other government agencies, and the many USAID partners who are active in the effort to combat corruption.

World Bank (WB) aims to disseminate knowledge about the latest anticorruption tools, techniques and resources, and to provide updates on the most recent developments in the World Bank's anticorruption efforts.

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Regional Initiatives/Resources

ADB/OECD Anticorruption Initiative for Asia-Pacific aims to help countries of the region that wish to do so to build effective anticorruption mechanisms and to lay the foundations for the sustained fight against corruption.

Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APGML) facilitates adoption, implementation, and enforcement of internationally accepted anti-money laundering standards, including assisting jurisdictions to enact laws, confiscation, forfeiture, and extradition. APG also provides guidance in setting up systems for reporting and investigating suspicious transactions, and helping in the establishment of financial intelligence units.

Australian Commonwealth Ombudsman investigates complaints about Commonwealth Government departments' and agencies' actions to see if they are unlawful, wrong, unjust, or discriminatory. The Commonwealth Ombudsman is also the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Ombudsman. The ACT Ombudsman investigates complaints about ACT Government agencies.

Pacific Basin Economic Council (PBEC) urges Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economies individually and collectively to place priority emphasis on implementation of Transparency Principles [ PDF ] in four areas, namely, trade facilitation, investment, government procurement, and trade in services.

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Country-level Initiatives/Resources

Anti Money Laundering Office - Thailand (AMLO) serves as the Financial Intelligence Unit for law enforcement agencies in Thailand which collects and analyzes reports by financial institutions and other information to identify subjects for investigation. AMLO also represents Thailand at international forums concerning money laundering.

Australian Development Gateway presents tools and expertise to identify and undermine the many forms of corruption that will maximize the interchange of development information, assist countries achieve sustainable development, and reduce poverty.

Center for Responsive Politics/Open Secrets.org (CRP) is a non-partisan, non-profit research group based in Washington, D.C. that tracks money in politics, and its effect on elections and public policy. The Center conducts computer-based research on campaign finance issues for the news media, academics, activists, and the public at large. The Center promotes greater transparency and accountability in politics and aims to create a more educated voter, an involved citizenry, and a more responsive government.

Central Vigilance Commission was set up by the Government of India in February 1964 to be the apex vigilance institution, free of control from any executive authority, monitoring all vigilance activity under the Central Government and advising various authorities in Central Government organizations in planning, executing, reviewing, and reforming their vigilance work.

Coalition 2000 is an initiative of a number of Bulgarian non-governmental organizations aimed at combating corruption through a process of cooperation among governmental institutions, NGOs and individuals drafting an Anticorruption Action Plan for Bulgaria, and implementing an awareness campaign and a monitoring system.

Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) is an independent body which investigates and aims to prevent corruption in the public and private sectors in Singapore.

Corruption Eradication Commission of Indonesia (KPK/CEC) is the primary government agency charged with combating corruption in Indonesia. The site provides an overview of relevant laws, ongoing activities, and resources e.g. case studies and publications about corruption in Indonesia.

Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC), Australia exposes and minimizes corruption in the New South Wales public sector through investigation, corruption prevention, and education.

National Counter Corruption Commission-Thailand is an independent organization that investigates and suppresses corruption, and promotes transparency and accountabilities to achieve equality and honesty in Thai Society.

National Fraud Information Center (NFIC) was originally established in 1992 by the National Consumers League to improve prevention and enforcement in curbing telemarketing fraud in the United States. NFIC offers a nationwide toll-free hotline for consumers to get advice about telephone solicitations and report possible telemarketing fraud to law enforcement agencies.

Independent Commission Against Corruption, Hong Kong/China (ICAC) is committed to fight corruption through effective law enforcement, education, and prevention to help keep Hong Kong fair, just, stable, and prosperous.

Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP) represents accountants employed in public practice, business and industry, and the public and private sectors in Pakistan. ICAP promotes ethical accounting standards and practices and works with national regulatory bodies to standardize enforcement mechanisms and curb corporate fraud in Pakistan’s financial sector.

Anti-Corruption & Civil Rights Commission (ACRC), Korea aims at resolving people's grievances, protecting their rights and fighting corruption.

Public Sector Integrity Canada (PSIC) handles disclosures concerning potential wrongdoing in Canada’s public sector, and ensures protection from reprisal for making such disclosures.

Serious Fraud Office investigates and prosecutes serious and complex fraud, deters fraud, and maintains confidence in the probity of business and financial services in the United Kingdom.

United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the principal investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice. It has the authority and responsibility to investigate specific crimes assigned to it. The FBI also is authorized to provide other law enforcement agencies with cooperative services, such as fingerprint identification, laboratory examinations, and police training.

United States Public Integrity Section of the Department of Justice (PIN) oversees the federal effort to combat corruption through the prosecution of elected and appointed public officials at all levels of government. The Section has exclusive jurisdiction over allegations of criminal misconduct on the part of federal judges and also monitors the investigation and prosecution of election and conflict of interest crimes.

Integrity in multilateral development banks

• African Development Bank
• European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
• European Investment Bank
• Inter-American Development Bank
• World Bank