VIENNA, 9 December (UN Information Service) — Up to 1.7 trillion US$ is estimated to be wagered on illicit betting markets each year, according to a new report released today by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Offering a playbook to effectively tackle crime and corruption in sports by setting out a […]
December 9, 2020, BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The current COVID-19 pandemic has put into sharp focus the thorny and constantly evolving nature of corruption, and how it can reverse development gains in the Caribbean. President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Dr Wm. Warren Smith sounded this warning today as he opened the inaugural Caribbean Conference on Corruption, Compliance, and Cybercrime, jointly […]
October 28, 2020 – Prime Minister, Dr. the Right Honourable Keith Mitchell, has reaffirmed Government’s commitment to anti-corruption efforts and to the country being a Centre of Excellence for training intended to build regional capacity in this regard. Addressing the start of the annual Senior Leadership and Management Training Programme organised by the office of […]
Countries’ response to Covid-19, their long-term development and the meeting of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are all threatened by the “invisible infection” of corruption, the Commonwealth Secretary-General has warned. Speaking to the annual conference of the Commonwealth Caribbean Association of Integrity Commissions and Anti-Corruption Bodies (CCAICACB), Patricia Scotland laid bare the devastating impact criminal acts […]
September 10, 2018 – Grenada is hosting the historic 1st China-Caribbean Conference on Anti-Corruption Law Enforcement Cooperation here this week. Prime Minister and Minister for National Security, Dr. the Right Honourable Keith Mitchell welcomed the historic meeting saying it signals a combined resolve to “fight corruption and to jointly tackle the issue of cross-border corruption […]
ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA, 31ST JULY, 2018, GIS: — An investigation will be conducted into the operations of the Marketing and National Importing Board (MNIB) over the last five years. At its most recent meeting on Monday, July 30, Cabinet endorsed a recommendation for a thorough investigation, which was put forward by Prime Minister and Minister of […]
Grenada’s Integrity Commission (IC) and the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) acknowledge the news of Grenada’s ranking (52), in the 2017 Transparency International Corruption Perception Index, as Grenada remains above the median level over the last two years since the limited re-introduction to this process with only 3 sources of information applied. Perception indices such as […]
World Justice Project (WJP) Releases 2017-2018 WJP Rule of Law Index WASHINGTON, DC (31 January 2018) – The World Justice Project (WJP) today released the 2017-2018 WJP Rule of Law Index® which measures rule of law adherence in 113 countries worldwide based on more than 110,000 household and 3,000 expert surveys. Featuring primary data, the […]
ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA, NOV. 16, 2017: Lady Avril Anande Trotman-Joseph, Chairman of the Integrity Commission of Grenada, announced that Grenada’s anti-corruption system has been recognized as a regional best practice. She made the announcement during an address to the second Educational Outreach Seminar, for political parties, at the Kirani James Athletic Stadium, on November 10, […]
