ICAC seeks deeper UN anti-graft partnership
Bastillepost · 2 SOURCESabout 2 hours ago2 MIN
Summary
ICAC Commissioner Danny Woo Ying-ming completed a five-day visit to Vienna and held his first bilateral meeting with the new Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. He said the ICAC and UNODC are discussing a higher-level new international anti-corruption cooperation programme to be launched in Hong Kong next year, with the aim of strengthening global anti-graft efforts.
Key Points
- Woo said the ICAC and UNODC are each other's closest partners and have jointly advanced more than 20 projects over the past three years.
- During the visit, Woo attended an anti-corruption workshop under the GlobE Network meeting run by UNODC in Vienna.
- Woo and senior ICAC officers briefed more than 130 experts from about 70 anti-corruption, law enforcement and regulatory bodies on the new Pegasus system.
- The Pegasus system has been under development by the ICAC since last year, using artificial intelligence for data organisation, analysis, computer forensics and forensic accounting support
- The ICAC delegation also met Yin Haigang, chargé d'affaires ad interim of China’s mission to the UN and other international organisations in Vienna.
Why It Matters
If the proposed programme goes ahead in Hong Kong next year, the city would host a higher-level international anti-corruption platform tied to the UNODC-ICAC partnership. The ICAC’s promotion of the Pegasus system also points to a stronger role for technology in future corruption investigations and cross-border enforcement cooperation.