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5 Trends Org. Crime 1 (1999-2000)

handle is hein.journals/trndorgc5 and id is 1 raw text is: OVERVIEW This issue of Trends in Organized Crime highlights recent developments in the international fight against corruption. A special focus is the Global Fo- rum on Corruption, a meeting convened and chaired by the Vice President of the United States, Albert Gore, in Washington, D.C., on 24-26 February, 1999. The Global Forum was one of the key initiatives that emerged from the 1998 International Crime Control Strategy of the United States. The Forum ad- dressed the issue of safeguarding integrity among justice and security offi- cials, those public officials charged with upholding law and order. There continue to be many gatherings to discuss corruption, usually within the context of commercial transactions and the most common manifestation of corruption, bribery. However, the Global Forum was the first high level meeting specifically to examine corruption among public officials, those who may use, demand, or accept advantage for actions associated with their offi- cial positions in the security and justice systems. The three-day meeting, in which almost 500 representatives from more than ninety countries partici- pated, examined the economic, social, and cultural complexities of the climate in which corruption exists and reviewed existing programs and proposals to combat it. The participants included elected officials, ministers responsible for security and justice, experts in public ethics and anticorruption, academ- ics, and lay and clerical representatives of many of the world's religions. The Forum addressed both regulatory and cultural approaches to enhancing the integrity of national security officials, customs agents, the judiciary, and other 'gatekeepers' in national systems. A selection of the presentations summa- rized in the Final Report of the Forum are included here. Key documentation on corruption was also assembled for the Global Forum and published as a Source Book by Forum organizers. The Source Book is widely available on U.S. Government websites accessible via the Internet. In an exclusive interview with Roy Godson, the Editor of Trends, Leon Fuerth, Assistant to the Vice President for National Security Affairs, who played a key role in organizing the Global Forum, spells out the U.S. strategy for tackling corruption worldwide. He maintained that one size does not fit all, but emphasized the importance of working toward comprehensive common definitions of effective anticorruption principles and practices, and encourag- ing countries to adopt those elements that have particular relevance to their own issues. He also stressed the importance of the international framework to combat corruption. The U.S., he said, is involved with anticorruption efforts by the United Nations, the OECD, the OAS, the European Union, the Council of Europe, and the World Bank, as well as private sector initiatives. The U.S. is also promoting mechanisms for mutual evaluation of progress and provid- OVERVIEW OVERVIEW 1

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