This year’s twentieth anniversary of the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) is an opportunity for reflection. With 190 parties as of October 2023, the UNCAC is the only legally binding international anti-corruption agreement. The treaty’s framework sets forth a comprehensive set of measures to prevent and combat corruption, calls for criminalization of the most prevalent misconduct, and requires member states to return assets obtained through this crime to the country from which they were stolen. The convention further calls for sanctions to be extended to those who participate in an attempt to commit corruption.
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Like many other young people around the world, young Nigerians want a country where the leaders and people are accountable, transparent and with integrity. They are aware that functional institutions are key to boosting trust and confidence in the government, as well as rekindling their hope and drive to dream and thrive. Young Nigerians want to be groomed globally but stay in their home country to grow globally. Corruption hinders these aspirations that young Nigerians have and many of them are activating
IFAD’s anticorruption policy establishes zero-tolerance towards prohibited practices, such as fraud and corruption, in IFAD-funded or managed operations and activities.
The anti-corruption investigation office has demanded the prosecution indict former Defense Minister Song Young-moo over suspicions of abuse of power, officials said Monday.