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WELCOME TO THE ANTI-CORRUPTION AUTHORITIES (ACAs) PORTAL 

Welcome to the Anti-Corruption Authorities (ACAs) Portal. This portal creates a platform for sharing ideas and experiences between various ACAs, practitioners and international actors. This web based platform allows ACAs to articulate new ideas, collaborate with other practitioners and international actors and collectively address common challenges. The information provided is validated by ACAs' staff through the use of surveys and interviews. Each ACA has its own country profile page and can incorporate relevant materials on the site. The site will be constantly updated to include additional information as it becomes available and to correct factual errors. Please contact us if you have any questions or comments.

Country Profiles

To locate the profile on countries covered by the portal, click on countries which are shaded blue on the map, or select from the drop down menus below. Please note that only countries that have completed the survey are listed on the drop down menu. To include your country in this initiative please contacts us.

To locate the profile on countries covered by the portal, click on countries which are shaded blue on the map, or select from the drop down menus below. Please note that only countries that have completed the survey are listed on the drop down menu. To include your country in this initiative please contacts us.

What are the main functions and operations of your agency?

QUESTION #11 FROM OUR SURVEYS

  • A review of the literature on ACAs indicates that there is no standard approach or model when it comes to the establishment of an ACA and the definition of its mandate.
  • Some ACAs have been created from scratch, while others have built on existing ombudsman offices, special units within police departments, or justice departments.
  • The ACAs included in this initiative are no different. The majority of ACAs have some preventive and investigating functions, but prosecution is carried out by less than half.

VIEW THE COMPLETED DIAGNOSTIC SURVEYS

65%

OF COUNTRIES HAVE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION LAWS

FROM OUR COUNTRY CROSS-ANALYSIS

 

The existence of anti-corruption laws is the first step in addressing corruption and creating an enabling environment for ACAs to operate effectively. Anti-corruption laws and regulations such as freedom of information, conflict of interest legislation, whistle-blower protection and financial disclosure, can facilitate the investigative and prosecution functions of ACAs.

For this reason, many countries have introduced this type of laws, as the data collected highlights. This may appear encouraging for the seemingly widespread existence of a comprehensive legal system in support of ACAs activities. It is however important to stress that the data presented capture the existence of the laws (“de jure” system) and not whether the laws are implemented (“de facto”).

VIEW OUR ANALYSIS GRID

 

Dec 20, 2012

IACA Newsletter

Dec 20, 2012

The International Aid Transparency Initiative aims to make information about aid spending easier to find, use and compare. Those involved and interested in aid programmes will be able to better track...

Dec 20, 2012

The open.undp.org portal displays comprehensive project information—from income and expenditures to activities and results—on more than 6,000 active UNDP projects, along with more than 8,000 outputs...

Dec 19, 2012

Crime, corruption, and tax evasion cost the developing world $858.8 billion in 2010, just below the all-time high of $871.3 billion set in 2008—the year preceding the global financial crisis.

Dec 14, 2012

The FCPA Blog (www.fcpablog.com) has announced the hosting of an International Bribery Scholarship Database. Still in beta form, the database is designed to be an accessible source for anyone making...

Jan 31, 2013

The fourth Australian Public Sector Anti-Corruption Conference (APSACC) will be held in Sydney, Australia, in 2013. The biennial event is held to heighten the knowledge and skill levels of public sector leaders and managers for them to effectively...

Jan 30, 2013 to Feb 01, 2013

Half-Day Interactive Pre-Conference Workshop on: Investigating Internal Fraud, Corruption and Other Breaches of Business Integrity.

Jan 29, 2013 to Jan 30, 2013

Senior Government and industry decision-makers from US, German, European Regulators and Prosecutors will provide the latest insights into effective compliance strategies and current enforcement landscape.

Dec 04, 2012 to Dec 05, 2012

The American Conference Institute is organizing the inaugural Singapore Summit on Anti-Corruption Compliance and Risk Management from December 4 to 5, 2012.

Dec 03, 2012 to Dec 08, 2012

The CEELI Institute announces an anti-corruption training program for prosecutors, investigators, and judges. The 5-day course features some of the world’s most experienced anti-corruption prosecutors, forensic accountants, and practitioners from...

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Success Stories

Haiti

The Anti-Corruption Unit

The Anti-Corruption Unit has targeted 36 public enterprises for compliance investigations. It also uncovered a widespread HTG 100 million corruption scheme in the National Office for Old Age Insurance and, as a result, the agency‘s executive director has been jailed.

Sierra Leone

The Power to Investigate and Prosecute Corruption

Under the country‘s newly revised Anti-Corruption Act, the Anti-Corruption Commission has been able to recover the equivalent of $1.2 million in stolen assets and to oversee the conviction of 2 government ministers.

Latest Profiles

Nov 12, 2012

Nigeria

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was established in 2003, partially in response to pressure from the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF), which named Nigeria as one of 23 countries non-cooperative in the... Read More

 

Nov 06, 2012

Mozambique

In 2004, a new anti-corruption law was approved, which set out provisions for a new body in the form of the Central Office for Combating Corruption (Gabinete Central de Combate à Corrupção, GCCC). The GCCC was established within... Read More

 

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

World Bank AC

Group of States Against Corruption

Civil Society Against Corruption

International Anti-Corruption Academy

Global Integrity

Global Witness

OECD Anti-Bribery Convention

Transparency International

TRACE International

U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre

United Nations Convention against Corruption

TRACK

Business Anti-Corruption Portal

State Integrity

 Municipiosy Transparencia

Open Government Partnership

Global Organization of Parliamentarians Against Corruption (GOPAC)

International Corruption Hunters Alliance 2010

International Corruption Hunters Alliance 2012

 Conquering Corruption: Members of the World Bank’s International Corruption Hunters Alliance Break Down Their Individual Silos