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APEC 2017: Workshop shares experience in corruption asset recovery

The APEC Network of Anti-Corruption Authorities and Law Enforcement Agencies (ACT-NET) held a workshop on intensifying cooperation in revoking corruption assets among law enforcement agencies on August 18 in Ho Chi Minh City.
APEC 2017: Workshop shares experience in corruption asset recovery ảnh 1Philippine delegates to the workshop (Source: VNA)

HCM City (VNA) – The APEC Network ofAnti-Corruption Authorities and Law Enforcement Agencies (ACT-NET) held aworkshop on intensifying cooperation in revoking corruption assets among lawenforcement agencies on August 18 in Ho Chi Minh City.

The workshop, held within the framework of the APEC 2017third Senior Officials Meeting (SOM3), attracted the participation of manyexperienced speakers in the anti-corruption field, in both public and privatesectors.

The event offered a chance for member economies to discussand share experience and information about difficulties, challenges as well ascooperation between law enforcement agencies in taking back assets related tocorruption cases.

Vietnam’s Deputy Inspectorate General Nguyen Van Thanh saidthat corruption is causing the country’s resources losses, reducing theefficiency of public investment, eroding trust of investors and weakeningnational competitiveness and businesses.

Therefore, the recovery of corruption assets is an importantfactor to assess the success of the fight against corruption and one of themain purposes of the work, he added.

The outcomes of the workshop  are expected to help the ACT-NET and the APEC Anti-corruptionand Transparency Working Group to carry out orientations and commitments toincreasing the effectiveness of anti-corruption work in general and asset recoveryin particular.-VNA
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