Category: MEA

Measuring corruption: importance, developments and added value of Anti-Corruption Working Group 2021

G20

April 21, 2021

Corruption, in addition to undermining the concept of the rule of law and trust in institutions, damages international credibility, distorts competition and reduces investment, especially foreign one. According to the World Bank, corruption is the biggest obstacle to a country’s social and economic development. The G20 Anti-Corruption Working Group highlighted this negative correlation between corruption and growth as early as 2014, with the High-Level Principles on Corruption and Growth, negotiated under the direction of the Italian co-presidency.

East Africa: INTERPOL counter-terrorism border operation detects suspects, bomb-making chemicals

Interpol

April 21, 2021

LYON, France – Boosting the ability of frontline officers at air, land and sea border crossings to detect a traveler as a potential terrorist or criminal was the focus of an operation coordinated by INTERPOL across Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. With local and regional terrorist networks preying on insecure borders, Operation Simba III (19 – 28 March) saw the seizure by Ugandan authorities at the Mutukula border point of some 25 kg of ammonium nitrate and other materials used by terrorists to manufacture improvised explosive devices.