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. Are you new to the site? Click here to get started.

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

 

May 21, 2013

The Embassy of Sweden in Bangkok will host a Regional Workshop on Anti-Corruption on 22-23 May 2013.

May 21, 2013

Read the short story outlining the findings of two studies on anti-corruption measures in the private sector in India recently conducted by UNODC South Asia.

May 20, 2013

Bribery scandals have dominated headlines in several countries in recent months, among them India and Nigeria.

May 20, 2013

Making All Voices Count Fund Manager consortia: 

May 15, 2013

Latest news from la Oficina Anticorrupción, Argentina.

Jul 10, 2013 to Jul 11, 2013

This seminar is the third in a series. It is designed for anti-corruption experts, business and government executives, leaders of civil society organizations and academics who are interested in improving the design management, and sustainability of...

Jun 24, 2013 to Jun 28, 2013

The American University Washington College of Law (WCL) in Washington, D.C., is organizing a summer course on "UN Convention against Corruption Peer Review & Reform". The aim of the Course is two-fold: to teach about the main features...

May 28, 2013 to May 29, 2013

This will be an intensive training workshop that will be conducted by highly experienced facilitators on international laws and anti-corruption compliance in order to conduct corporate activity and ethical business and commercial transactions, fund...

May 15, 2013

The International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA) is promoting an anti-corruption panel discussion. "Measuring Corruption - How Close Have We Come to Reality?". This panel discussion will feature a comprehensive approach to measuring and...

May 07, 2013

On May 7, 2013, The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation will be honoring the best government –related investigative reporting in the Midwest. The Awards recognize the importance of investigative journalism in advancing the principles of democracy.

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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

Apr 03, 2013

Australia

The Corruption and Crime Commission (CCC) was established on 1 January 2004 following proclamation of the Corruption and Crime Commission Act on 30 December 2003. The CCC Act, which the CCC operates pursuant to, has two purposes; (1) to improve... Read More

 

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

 

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