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A three-member team consisting of Secretary, Department of
Personnel and Training, Shri A.N. Tiwari, Director, CBI, Shri
U.S. Misra and Secretary, Central Vigilance Commission, Shri
Sujit Banerjee has reached Brazil's Capital Brasilia for participating
in the IVth Global Forum on Fighting Corruption and Safeguarding
Integrity. The meeting will take place from 7th to 10th June,2005
under the theme"From Words to Deeds". Representatives
of Government and from about 100 countries are participating
in this meet, besides International and non-governmental organisation
and civil society entities.
During the forum meeting, a series of panels, lectures and
workshops will be held to discuss issues ,such as money laundering,
conflicts of interest and public procurement. Money laundering
is likely to be the focus at the forum meeting where experts
and officials will assess the effectiveness of international
cooperation measures, discuss the new investigative strategies
and share successful experiences in the recovery of embezzled
funds. At the recent United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention
and Criminal Justice held in April in Bangkok, Thailand, money
laundering was identified as a problem with the potential
to compromise national development and economies, jeopardize
international trade and increased poverty. This particular
crime basically involves resources deriving from the bribery
of public officials and the embezzlement of state funds. The
Indian team will share its experience and expertise in the
fields of investigation of various crimes and also gain experience
from their interaction with other countries.
The global forum on fighting corruption and safeguarding
integrity is a multilateral gathering held every two years
and brings together Govt. representatives, specialists and
academics from various parts of the world to discuss and enhance
measures for fighting corruption. The global forum primarily
aims at promoting and facilitating international exchanges
through periodic meetings and permanent forum for debate.
The first meeting of the forum took place in Washington D.C.
in the year 1999, while the second forum was held in the Hague,
Netherlands in 2001. The third global forum which took place
in Seoul, South Korea in 2003 was devoted to the theme "Growing
Challenges, Shared responsibilities".
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