INTERPOL Becomes Growing Force in Anti-Corruption Efforts

INTERPOL is becoming a growing source of information on anti-corruption.

They hosted an International Conference on Corruption Related Crimes in 1998 in France.

They have a website section focused on Corruption HERE.

They also established a group of experts on corruption (IGEC) and are in the process of setting up the INTERPOL Anti-Corruption office (IACO) plus they are in the midst of raising $15-million to establish a 3-year budget for an Anti-Corruption Academy which will be in Austria.

It isn't clear to me whether they are just focusing on reduction of corruption in Police departments, which is a huge problem (i.e. an officer asking for a bribe to forgive a traffic ticket), or will they focus on the broader focus and incorporate anti-corruption into standard police work standards (and compete with established anti-corruption agencies in most countries).

See the website for more info: http://www.interpol.int/Public/Corruption/corruption.asp
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