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The Inter-American Convention Against Corruption (IACAC) was adopted by the member countries of the Organization of American States on 29 March 1996; it came into force on 6 March 1997. It was the first international convention to address the question of corruption. According to Article II of the convention's text, it has two goals:
The Metropolitan Police acknowledged that it was borne of other investigations, but described it as a new strategic approach to corruption, rather than a single operation. [ 2 ] The Parliamentary Home Affairs Committee has published a redacted copy of a summary of the investigation, with a lengthy annexe detailing other earlier corruption ...
The stated goal of the Anti-Corruption Act is to serve as "model legislation that sets a standard for city, state and federal laws, [3]" that prevent money from corrupting American government. Organizations such as Represent.Us advocate for state and local laws that reflect the provisions of the AACA, often using the ballot initiative process ...
Wolf-PAC introduced its first convention call in Texas in 2013 [8] and passed its first call in Vermont in 2014. [9] As of 2019 [update] , five states have passed Wolf-PAC's call for a convention to propose an amendment to reform the U.S. campaign finance system, and 24 more introduced the resolution for consideration in 2019. [ 10 ]
Anti-corruption collective action is a form of collective action with the aim of combatting corruption and bribery risks in public procurement. It is a collaborative anti-corruption activity that brings together representatives of the private sector, public sector and civil society.
Graft, as understood in American English, is a form of political corruption defined as the unscrupulous use of a politician's authority for personal gain. Political graft occurs when funds intended for public projects are intentionally misdirected in order to maximize the benefits to private interests.
NACC may refer to: . National Anti-Corruption Commission (Australia) National Anti-Corruption Commission (Thailand) National Anti-Corruption Commission; National assessment on climate change, a multidisciplinary effort to study and portray the potential effects of human-induced global warming on the United States
In early 2004, the German anti-corruption NGO Transparency International released a list of ten self-enriching leaders in the two decades previous to the report. Transparency International acknowledged that they were "not necessarily the 10 most corrupt leaders" and noting that "very little is known about the amounts actually embezzled".