Corruption

(asked on 22nd June 2021) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to tackle global corruption.


Answered by
Nigel Adams Portrait
Nigel Adams
This question was answered on 28th June 2021

Tackling global corruption is a top priority for FCDO, as set out in the Foreign Secretary's recent speech at the UN General Assembly Special Session on Corruption. Our new Global Anti-Corruption sanctions regime, launched in April 2020 to prevent and combat corruption, allows the Government to impose travel bans and asset freezes on corrupt individuals and their enablers around the world. In our first tranche of designations we targeted 22 individuals from six countries - and more will follow. From our Official Development Assistance budget we continue to support the National Crime Agency's International Corruption Unit, which has restrained, recovered or returned over £300 million of assets stolen from developing countries since 2018. We are championing beneficial ownership transparency as a key anti-corruption initiative: promoting it in our G7 Presidency; and supporting all inhabited Overseas Territories to implement their commitments to publicly accessible registers, publishing a draft Order in Council setting out the Government's minimum requirements in this regard. In addition we have committed new resources to support independent media and investigative journalists, who play such a vital role exposing corruption in countries around the world.

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