Thailand anti-bribery guidelines / Assets recovery guidelines / Afghanistan education sector

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Video on Thailand anti-bribery guidelines for juristic persons. Thailand's National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) makes available a Quick Start Infographic Video to accompany its "Guidelines on Appropriate Internal Control Measures for Juristic Persons to Prevent Bribery of State Officials, Foreign Public Officials and Agents of Public International Organisations".

Quick Start Infographic Video: 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UJ_53rrzjqf8po_f7V-yX8FKSPHI1wAN/view

NACC Anti-Bribery guidelines: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4EqHTtPIUhbUmpKRmhOU2VCcWc/view

NACC Notification on Anti-Bribery Measures for Juristic Persons, published in Government Gazette on 15 December 2017 (in Thai): http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2560/A/125/11.PDF

Thank you to Ms. Orawan Phuwatharadol, International Affairs Officer, Bureau of International Affairs, Office of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) of the Kingdom of Thailand, for sharing this information.

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Guidelines for the Efficient Recovery of Stolen Assets.  The Practical Guidelines are a set of international good practices intended to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of requesting and requested states in the asset recovery process.

International Centre for Asset Recovery: https://guidelines.assetrecovery.org/

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Tackling Corruption in Afghanistan's Education Sector (opinion).  "A major new report from the Afghanistan Anti-Corruption Monitoring and Evaluation Committee (known as MEC), carried out at the request of the Minister of Education, evaluates the corruption vulnerabilities across the education system and how they need to be addressed."

Mark Pyman, Senior Fellow at the London Institute for Statecraft, who also served as Commissioner of the Afghanistan Joint Independent Anti-Corruption Monitoring and Evaluation Committee until November 27, 2017/Global Anticorruption Blog: https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2018/01/04/guest-post-tackling-corruption-in-afghanistans-education-sector/

Korea minister's vow / Nepal biggest case / Indonesia bad timing

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Korea Justice Minister vows efforts to root out corruption.  Justice Minister Park Sang-ki promised Monday to continue efforts next year to fight corruption and address the wrongdoings of past governments.

Yonhap News Agency: http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2017/12/31/0200000000AEN20171231000700315.html

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Biggest corruption case in Nepal's history.  On July 16, the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) filed cases against three members of the Tax Settlement Commission (TSC) at the Special Court on the charge of embezzling Rs10.02 billion in what is the biggest corruption case in Nepal's history. 

Prithvi Man Shrestha/The Kathmandu Post: http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2017-12-31/biggest-corruption-case-in-nepals-history.html

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Indonesia Police to put on hold plan to set up own anti-corruption unit.  A plan by Indonesia's National Police to establish a special anti-corruption unit has been put on hold indefinitely due to "bad timing," Police Chief Gen. Tito Karnavian said 

Sheany/Jakarta Globe: http://jakartaglobe.id/news/bad-timing-forces-police-put-hold-plan-establish-anticorruption-unit/

Singapore corporate corruption / Myanmar public urged / Vietnam holiday gifts

Oil, bribes, politicians: what happened to 'clean' Singapore?  Known for its stout anti-corruption ethos, the Lion City is reeling from its biggest corporate corruption scandal

Bhavan Jaipragas/South China Morning Post: http://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/2126198/oil-bribes-politicians-what-happened-clean-singapore

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Myanmar public urged to report corruption at latest peace talk.  State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi urged the public not to be afraid to complain if they spot any wrongdoing by ministers and civil servants during her fifth public "peace talk" in Loikaw, the capital of Kayah State.

Nyein Nyein/The Irrawaddy: https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/public-urged-report-corruption-latest-peace-talk.html

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Gov't leader refuses holiday gifts as Vietnam pledges tough corruption fight.  Vietnam's government leader asked officials across the country not to come to Hanoi bearing gifts in the coming Lunar New Year, the biggest festival in Vietnam when bribes are usually offered in holiday wrappings.

VN Express: https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/gov-t-leader-refuses-holiday-gifts-as-vietnam-pledges-tough-corruption-fight-3691722.html

Stolen asset database / New India think-tank / Afghanistan tonnage scales

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StAR Corruption Cases Database (Asset Recovery Watch & Settlements Database).  The StAR Asset Recovery Watch database tracks efforts by prosecution authorities worldwide to go after assets that stem from corruption.

Stolen Asset Recovery Initiative/The World Bank & UNODC: https://star.worldbank.org/corruption-cases/

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Economic Development Society will focus on war against corruption in India.  Alarmed by the galloping corruption derailing development on all fronts, a large army of socially conscious educationists and entrepreneurs in India have come together to launch the Economic Development Society, a 'think-tank' promising efforts to force transparency in governance, with fighting corruption a top priority

Deccan Chronicle: https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/161217/economic-development-society-will-focus-on-war-against-corruption.html

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Afghan Public Works Ministry to Close High Tonnage Scales on Roads.  The control of high tonnage scales on Afghanistan's roads will be transferred to the Ministry of Finance in an effort to end corruption and embezzlement at freight weighing stations, a spokesman for the Ministry of Public Works (MoPW), Mahdi Rohani, said.

Zabiullah Jhanmal/TOLO News: http://www.tolonews.com/business/mopw-close-high-tonnage-scales-roads

ICC booklet launch / Pakistan social impediment / Australia new survey

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ICC booklet on financial investigations and asset recovery.  "While the International Criminal Court ("ICC" or "Court") does not have jurisdiction over financial crimes as such (e.g. money laundering or corruption), clear links exist between the mandate of the Court and the efforts of the international community to combat these crimes."

International Criminal Court: https://www.icc-cpi.int/iccdocs/other/Freezing_Assets_Eng_Web.pdf

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Corruption termed major social impediment in Pakistan.   Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal said corruption was not just a moral hazard but a major hindrance in establishing a just, peaceful and prosperous society during his remarks at "United Against Corruption for a Just, Peaceful and Prosperous Pakistan", a seminar organised by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) in collaboration with United Nations Development Programme. 

Daily Times: https://dailytimes.com.pk/159199/corruption-termed-major-impediment-establishing-peaceful-prosperous-society/

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Poll shows PM backing a winner on Australian national anti-corruption body.  New polling results released by The Australia Institute show 88% of Australians now support a federal ICAC, increasing from 80% in March 2017 and 65% in March 2016.

The Australia Institute: http://www.tai.org.au/content/poll-shows-pm-backing-winner-national-anti-corruption-body

Thailand loyalty test / Philippine zip lane / Australia foreign bribery

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Loyalties of head of Thailand anti-graft agency to be put to test.  National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) president Pol Gen Watcharapol Prasarnrajkit faces a tough test to prove he and the anti-graft agency will handle the case involving Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon, his former boss, without fear or favour.

Nattaya Chetchotiros & Kornchanok Raksaseri/Bangkok Post: https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/politics/1374691/watcharapols-loyalties-to-be-put-to-test

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Need documents from the gov't? The Philippine Post Office's 'Zip Lane' is waiting.  The 'Zip Lane,' based in Philippine Postal Corporation stations, can accept requests for and print documents from the National Bureau of Investigation, Social Security System, Philippine Health Insurance Corp., and Philippine Overseas Employment Administration in less than an hour

Rappler: https://www.rappler.com/nation/190801-post-office-zip-lane-faster-government-transactions?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nation

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Reform of Australia's foreign bribery laws, and introduction of deferred prosecution agreements.  On 6 December 2017, the Attorney General, Senator Brandis, introduced to the Senate the Crimes Legislation Amendment (Combatting Corporate Crime) Bill 2017, which introduces two significant, and previously foreshadowed, measures to address challenges associated with detecting and addressing serious corporate crime: Expanding foreign bribery offences; and, introducing a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) scheme for serious corporate crime.

Rani John & William Thompson/DLA Piper: https://www.dlapiper.com/en/us/insights/publications/2017/12/reform-of-australias-foreign-bribery-laws/

Sri Lanka perceptions / Hong Kong forum / Large whistleblower award

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Corruption and Complicity: Perceptions from across Sri Lanka. People from Jaffna, Ampara, Colombo, Deniyaya and Maskeliya were asked what the word "corruption" meant to them and whether they recognized their own complicity in corruption when, for instance, paying a bribe.

Groundviews -- Journalism for Citizens: http://groundviews.org/2017/12/15/corruption-and-complicity-perceptions-from-across-sri-lanka/

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Asian Legal Business Hong Kong Anti-Corruption Forum 2018.  This annual forum gathers legal experts, in-house compliance professionals and government leaders together to discuss pertinent issues, corruption investigations and enforcement trends across Hong Kong and the Greater China. 

Asian Legal Business: http://www.legalbusinessonline.com/conferences/hk-anticorruption-2018

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Large Whistleblower Award to Non U.S. Person -- Lessons for Anti-Corruption Compliance Programs.  On December 5, 2017 the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") awarded more than $4.1 million to a whistleblower -- a company insider who is a non-U.S. national working overseas -- for alerting the SEC to a multi-year securities fraud engaged in by his employer.

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP - Aaron R. Hutman and Moushami P. Joshi/Lexology: https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=60f0055f-9766-4f26-89bb-e97f96e1e37b