why notjust, say, strengthen the existing laws, implement them properly, and then we don t need your court? that would be nice. but it hasn t happened, has it? the international community has been far too content to see if the necessary laws are on the books and inadequately interested in assuring that they re enforced. and that s not my personal, idiosyncratic view. it s a criticism or a comment of transparency international and many others. but you say that it s countries where kleptocrats. ..you know, reign and they carry out these acts of corruption. but i put it to you, even in countries such as the uk, established democracies with strong regulatory environments, they turn a blind eye to financial misconduct. a house of commons foreign affairs select committee injune this year, talking about london and its role in money laundering as a hub, said that there has been little commitment of
a house of commons foreign affairs select committee injune this year, talking about london and its role in money laundering as a hub, said that there has been little commitment of successive governments to tackle the problem of illicit flows of money from russian kleptocrats . and i fully agree with that. it s a major reason that i m here again after the pandemic. the international anti corruption court would operate on the principle of complementarity, so would prosecute only officials of countries that are unwilling or unable to do so themselves. it would create an incentive for the uk, among others. so would you have pursued former british prime ministers? because parliamentary committee says that successive governments have basically turned a blind eye to this. if. there would be a process for determining fairly whether a country was unwilling
in a lot of countries. why notjust, say, strengthen the existing laws, implement them properly, and then we don t need your court? that would be nice. but it hasn t happened, has it? the international community has been far too content to see if the necessary laws are on the books and inadequately interested in assuring that they re enforced. and that s not my personal, idiosyncratic view. it s a criticism or a comment of transparency international and many others. but you say that it s countries where kleptocrats. ..you know, reign and they carry out these acts of corruption. but i put it to you, even in countries such as the uk, established democracies with strong regulatory environments, they turn a blind eye to financial misconduct. a house of commons foreign affairs select committee