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SPECIALISED SERVICES FOR FIGHTING AGAINST CORRUPTION ?

SPECIALISED SERVICES FOR FIGHTING AGAINST CORRUPTION ?. Jean Pierre BUEB Central Agency for Prevention of Corruption (France). THE FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION. endless fight and obligatory fight. ENDLESS FIGHT. Secret Ancient phenomenon Considered as a normal practice

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SPECIALISED SERVICES FOR FIGHTING AGAINST CORRUPTION ?

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  1. SPECIALISED SERVICES FOR FIGHTING AGAINST CORRUPTION ? Jean Pierre BUEB Central Agency for Prevention of Corruption (France) J. P. BUEB - Conseiller au SCPC

  2. THE FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION endless fight and obligatory fight J. P. BUEB - Conseiller au SCPC

  3. ENDLESS FIGHT • Secret • Ancient phenomenon • Considered as a normal practice • Without any consequences • Using more and more sophisticated tools J. P. BUEB - Conseiller au SCPC

  4. OBLIGATORY FIGHT • To increase and develop international commercial exchanges • To give the population confidence in its leaders • To follow evolution of mentalities : moral, ethics, deontology • To reduce the risks • To be efficient J. P. BUEB - Conseiller au SCPC

  5. IS A SPECIALISED UNIT THE APPROPRIATE TOOL? Objectives Action plan Disposable means J. P. BUEB - Conseiller au SCPC

  6. WHAT IS A SPECIALISED UNIT ? • An Element of a global strategy for fighting against corruption • A Means to an end, not an Objective • A Tool which must be efficient and in conformity with the needs • A large range of solutions J. P. BUEB - Conseiller au SCPC

  7. STRATEGY :1 - DEFINING THE OBJECTIVES J. P. BUEB - Conseiller au SCPC

  8. OBJECTIVES ? • Which priority: fighting corruption, money laundering, organised crime... • Who is concerned ? Criminals, leaders, politicians, civil servants… • To which problem is the public opinion more sensitive? • Which measures are imposed by the international organisations ? J. P. BUEB - Conseiller au SCPC

  9. STRATEGY :2 - ELABORATING AN ACTION PLAN J. P. BUEB - Conseiller au SCPC

  10. ACTION PLAN (1) • Choosing the priorities • acting simultaneously to sanction, prevent and educate the population • Creating a legislative corpus • Applying the law • Reducing the risks • Measuring the results J. P. BUEB - Conseiller au SCPC

  11. ACTION PLAN (2) • Taking into account short, medium and long term • Obtaining the adhesion of the public and changing its mentality • Creating, using or reinforcing the service(s) or department(s) adapted to the objectives VERY LARGE RANGE OF SOLUTIONS J. P. BUEB - Conseiller au SCPC

  12. STRATEGY :3 - TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE DISPONIBLE MEANS J. P. BUEB - Conseiller au SCPC

  13. DISPONIBLE MEANS • Specificities of the national context • Measuring the capacities of the existing entities • Measuring the perception of these entities by the population Having the courage to limit his ambitions J. P. BUEB - Conseiller au SCPC

  14. TOWARDS A TYPOLOGYOF SPECIALISED SERVICES J. P. BUEB - Conseiller au SCPC

  15. 1 - « Classical » entity • Fighting unit • against economic and financial frauds (not only corruption) • Attached to the Police or Justice • Multi-disciplinary specialists with people from taxation services, banks… • Investigating and sanctioning J. P. BUEB - Conseiller au SCPC

  16. 2 - « Organised Crime » unit • Fighting unit • Against organised crime and money laundering • Using methods of secret services • Investigating mainly on funds movements and illicit benefits • Receiving an help by financial specialists J. P. BUEB - Conseiller au SCPC

  17. 3-«Exchange of information» • Exchange of all existing information’s • Exchanges between national or international agencies • exchanges between : Customs, Taxation, social Welfare, Anti-drug units… • possibility of confiscation or stopping transfer of properties J. P. BUEB - Conseiller au SCPC

  18. 4 - Education of the population • Objective : corruption is no more accepted as a fatality • Films • Training courses in schools and universities • Development of taking personal responsibility J. P. BUEB - Conseiller au SCPC

  19. 5 - Prevention Units • Collecting information's • Studying mechanisms • Researching risked situations • Training for employees (ethics) • Implementation of control measures • Giving advises on documents or situations... • Helping investigators and judges J. P. BUEB - Conseiller au SCPC

  20. CONCLUSIONS Diversity of situations Diversity of solutions No unique model J. P. BUEB - Conseiller au SCPC

  21. CONCLUSION Only one unique obligation : Simultaneously Sanction, Prevent, Educate and inform the public J. P. BUEB - Conseiller au SCPC

  22. Thank you for your attention Jean Pierre BUEB SERVICE CENTRAL DE PREVENTION DE LA CORRUPTION 129, rue de l ’Université 75007 PARIS tel : - (33) 1 43 19 81 83 fax : - (33) 1 43 19 81 72 Email : conseiller7.scpc@justice.gouv.fr Or : jp.bueb@tiscali.fr J. P. BUEB - Conseiller au SCPC

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