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”).

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May 17, 2012

The United Nations Public Service Awards is the most prestigious international recognition of excellence in public service.

May 13, 2012

Vietnam’s Central Steering Committee for Anti-Corruption has launched websites to better provide people with information about the situation in the field. The websites are: www.phongchongthamnhung.vn...

May 13, 2012

There is an invitation for actors from civil society, the public and private sectors, journalists, activists, academics, students and young people from all around the world to submit proposals for...

May 01, 2012

Chut Wutty, the director of the Natural Resource Protection Group and one of Cambodia’s leading campaigners against illegal logging and land grabs, was shot dead by military police on Wednesday.

Apr 30, 2012

China's anti-corruption agencies will tighten supervision over domestic companies that attempt to engage in commercial bribery as part of overseas investment projects.

Oct 06, 2012 to Oct 13, 2012

The Economics of Corruption, a lecture and workshop on Good Governance and Reform, will take place from October 6-13, 2012 at the University of Passau. The program links long-term experience in teaching and training with state-of-the-art expertise...

Oct 04, 2012 to Oct 07, 2012

The Sixth Annual Conference and General Meeting of the International Association of Anti-Corruption Authorities (IAACA), which will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 4th to 7th October 2012, with the gracious and generous support from the...

Jul 02, 2012 to Jul 14, 2012

The International Anti-Corruption Academy in Laxenburg, Austria, is inviting new applications for its 2012 summer school. Interested candidates can apply Online at the Official Website between 02.01.2012 to 03.15.2012, 24:00 (CET).

Jun 07, 2012 to Jun 08, 2012

Covering the issue since the 1970s, one of world´s top authorities in the anti-corruption arena, US Yale Law and Economics Professor, Susan Rose-Ackerman, will discuss the evolution of her thinking on the roles of international actors and nation...

Apr 18, 2012 to Apr 19, 2012

UNODC and the Global Compact Network India are organising a 'National Consultation on Transparency and Anti-Corruption Measures in Procurement in India'. The consultation aims to bring up major issues of concern, challenges and...

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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

Jan 30, 2012

Slovenia

Following the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) report in December 2000, a few steps towards implementing some form of anti-corruption mechanisms were made by recommending that Slovenia adopt a national anti -corruption strategy and... Read More

 

Jan 17, 2012

Montenegro

The Government of Montenegro adopted the regulation for establishing the Agency for Anti-Corruption Initiative in January 2001. The Agency was the first anti-corruption state body in Montenegro, and was responsible for corruption prevention and... 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