Interpol's anti-graft experts meet in Hong Kong
2003-1-20
The ICAC Commissioner, Mr Ambrose Lee Siu-kwong, today (Monday) welcomed the Interpol Group of Experts on Corruption (IGEC), who arrived in Hong Kong to hold its 12th meeting and to participate in the upcoming ICAC-Interpol Conference.
The IGEC is an advisory body to the Interpol on anti-corruption programmes for its 181 member countries. Hong Kong's ICAC has been elected a founding member of the Group since its establishment in 1999.
In welcoming Mr Justice Barry O'Keefe of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, Australia, who chairs the two-day IGEC meeting, Mr Lee highly praised the Group for its achievements attained within the relative short time that it had existed.
Mr Lee noted that two sets of guidelines - the " Library of Best Practice" and the " Global Standards to Combat Corruption in Police Forces/Services " - produced by the IGEC, as well as many other projects undertaken by the Group were proving significantly in changing international attitudes towards corruption.
The " Library of Best Practice" , which aims at enhancing integrity in law enforcement, is to be launched at the ICAC-Interpol Conference.
Apart from the ICAC, the IGEC comprises senior representatives of law enforcement agencies from Canada, Kenya, Malaysia, the Netherlands, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Other members include Mr Justice O'Keefe; representatives from international organisations dedicated to combating corruption, including Transparency International, the United Nations and the World Bank; a representative from the financial services communi ty as well as a prominent academic.
Experts and representatives from the IGEC will also share their graft fighting experience at the ICAC-Interpol Conference, entitled " Partnership Against Corruption ", to be held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre from Wednesday to Friday (January 22 to 24, 2003).
Jointly organised by the ICAC and the Interpol for the first time in Hong Kong, the three-day Conference has attracted more than 500 delegates, including over 300 from 59 jurisdictions outside Hong Kong, as well as nine international organisations includi ng the United Nations, the European Commission, the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, and the World Customs Organisation.
The IGEC is an advisory body to the Interpol on anti-corruption programmes for its 181 member countries. Hong Kong's ICAC has been elected a founding member of the Group since its establishment in 1999.
In welcoming Mr Justice Barry O'Keefe of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, Australia, who chairs the two-day IGEC meeting, Mr Lee highly praised the Group for its achievements attained within the relative short time that it had existed.
Mr Lee noted that two sets of guidelines - the " Library of Best Practice" and the " Global Standards to Combat Corruption in Police Forces/Services " - produced by the IGEC, as well as many other projects undertaken by the Group were proving significantly in changing international attitudes towards corruption.
The " Library of Best Practice" , which aims at enhancing integrity in law enforcement, is to be launched at the ICAC-Interpol Conference.
Apart from the ICAC, the IGEC comprises senior representatives of law enforcement agencies from Canada, Kenya, Malaysia, the Netherlands, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Other members include Mr Justice O'Keefe; representatives from international organisations dedicated to combating corruption, including Transparency International, the United Nations and the World Bank; a representative from the financial services communi ty as well as a prominent academic.
Experts and representatives from the IGEC will also share their graft fighting experience at the ICAC-Interpol Conference, entitled " Partnership Against Corruption ", to be held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre from Wednesday to Friday (January 22 to 24, 2003).
Jointly organised by the ICAC and the Interpol for the first time in Hong Kong, the three-day Conference has attracted more than 500 delegates, including over 300 from 59 jurisdictions outside Hong Kong, as well as nine international organisations includi ng the United Nations, the European Commission, the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, and the World Customs Organisation.