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Tag: Corruption

  • Cooperation against Organized Crime

    Cooperation against Organized Crime Build International Capacity, Cooperation, and Partnerships against Transnational Organized Crime Sustainable progress against transnational organized crime (TOC) requires both political commitment and effective law enforcement and criminal justice capacities on a worldwide basis. Transnational organized crime threatens the security and well-being of people around the world and jeopardizes the functioning of…

  • Transnational Organized Crime Rewards Program

    Transnational Organized Crime Rewards Program in 2013 United States views on international law [1] in relation to Transnational Organized Crime Rewards Program: As discussed in section 3.C.1.a., in this world legal Encyclopedia, President Obama signed the Department of State Rewards […]

  • White Collar and Organized Crime

    White Collar and Organized Crime Explained References See Also Criminal Law (in international or comparative law) Criminal Procedure (in international or comparative law)

  • Anti-Corruption

    Anti-Corruption Introduction By Anne Peters The 172 ratifications of the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC), which was adopted in 2003, shows that States around the world are – at least verbally – committed to the international fight against corruption… In the 1990s, the United States achieved adoption of a treaty to criminalize foreign bribery, namely…

  • Political Corruption

    Political Corruption Definition Passas [1] wrote that political corruption comprises “public officials acting in the best interest of private concerns, regardless of, or against, the public interest. Therefore, corruption can be defined as the covert privatization of government functions.” Kaufmann and Vicente (2011) make a similar case and contend that corruption need not be exclusive…

  • List of the Most Corrupt States in the World

    List of the Most Corrupt States in the World List of the Most Corrupt States in the World, ranked in Order The list is the Transparency International annual Corruption Perceptions Index, which ranks 175 countries on their levels of public sector corruption. Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) of Transparency International The Corruption Perceptions Index ranks States,…

  • Counter Corruption Commission

    Counter Corruption Commission in Constitutional LawFrom the Comparative Constitutions Project: An institution set up to eliminate or prevent corruption in government.

  • List of International Organized Crime Entries

    List of International Organized Crime Entries Main Entries Albanian organized crime (Albania) Triads (China) Medellà­n Cartel (Columbia) Indian mafia (India) Yakuza (Japan) Bratva (Russia/Ukraine) Transnational organized crime: the list Note: see List of United States Organized Crime Entries here. List of International Organized Crime Entries starting with A Arturo Acuna (see Operation Foxhunt) Patrick Adams…

  • International criminal law: Organized Crime and Narcotics

    International Criminal Law :Organized Crime and Narcotics 1. Major Treaties and Documents United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, 1988. United Nations Draft Convention against Transnational Organized Crime. Council of Europe, Convention on laundering, search, seizure and confiscation of the proceeds from crime of 8 November 1990, ETS No. 141.…

  • Europe Criminal Law Convention on Corruption

    Council of Europe Criminal Law Convention on Corruption and the Additional Protocol Title of Treaty Council of Europe Criminal Law Convention on Corruption. The Additional Protocol on arbitrators and jurors also forms part of this Command Paper. About the Criminal Law Convention on Corruption The Convention was opened for signature on 27 January 1999. It…

  • United Nations Convention Against Corruption

    Treaties : United Nations Convention Against Corruption On 14 December 2005 the United Nations Convention Against Corruption entered into force. The Convention seeks to prevent and combat corrupt practices of public officials, and, in some instances, the Convention also addresses corruption in the private sector. Adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in October 2003,…