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05 Dec

The International Anti-Corruption Day

Posted by The AACI Certification, Ethics, Governance, Internal Control, Learning Programs, Opinions, Principles of Fighting Corruption, The AACI's View, Types of Fraud and Corruption

9 December, 2020 Technical staffDecember 4, 2020 On the ninth of December every year, the world celebrates the International Anti-Corruption Day. Since the launch of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) in 2005, the United Nations and countries celebrate this day. But what do countries celebrate? Celebrate Achievement Many […]

18 Nov

The First International Anti-Corruption Conference in Lebanon

Posted by The AACI Conference, Ethics, Governance, Principles of Fighting Corruption

November 18, 2020 The American Anti-Corruption Institute (AACI) cooperates with the Lebanon Certified Anti-Corruption Managers (LCACM) in celebrating the Anti-Corruption Day on December 9, 2020. Interested individuals may fill and submit the online application below. LCACM is the organizer of this international conference. The conference would be conducted via Zoom. […]

15 Nov

مكافحة الفساد في القطاع العام – المبادئ العشرة لمكافحة الفساد وتطبيق معاهدة الأمم المتحدة ضد الفساد

Posted by The AACI Academia, Business Ethics, CACF, CACM, Certification, Costs of Corruption, Governance, Human rights, Internal Control, Principles of Fighting Corruption

النقيب جينا الشمّـاس رئيسة جمعية مدراء مؤهلون لمكافحة الفساد – لبنـان ومستشارة المعهد الأميركي لمكافحة الفساد في منطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفرقيا مشاركة النقيب جينا الشمّاس في المؤتمر الأول للعدالة للبنان وشعبه بدعوة من ملتقى متّحدون من أجل العدالة للبنـان وشعبه في ٧ تشرين الثاني 2020 – اوتيل ليريتاج عاليه […]

12 Nov

The London Bullion Market Association (LBMA): Dubai and Other Countries – Meet Our Standards or Blacklisted.

Posted by The AACI Africa, Dubai, Ethics, Governance, Human rights, Types of Fraud and Corruption, whistleblowing

Technical StaffNovember 12, 2020 Reuters reported an exclusive story about one of the dirtiest schemes of money laundering: Conflict Gold. Dubai is at the core of the letter that was issued by The London Bullion Market Association (LBMA). The London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) What Is All About? It is […]

11 Nov

Disrupt and Expose Corruption

Posted by The AACI Africa, Costs of Corruption, Human rights, whistleblowing

Technical StaffNovember 11, 2020 Last month, the Economist, the British famous magazine; broadcasted on YouTube a documentary entitled “how to tackle corruption.” The documentary presented several corruption stories covering many countries. South Africa, Ukraine, and the UK were among what presented in the documentary. The estimated annual direct cost of […]

10 Nov

FinCEN Files: MENA Region

Posted by The AACI Africa, Arabic Video Series, FinCEN Files, Governance, Types of Fraud and Corruption

Technical StaffNovember 10, 2020 It appears that investigative journalistic investigations are still ongoing in many parts of the world. The ICIJ website has published a report on suspected huge money-laundering operations in several Arab countries, including Morocco, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and the United Arab Emirates. The aforementioned report, published […]

31 Oct

Anti-Money Laundering: A Broken Global System

Posted by The AACI Costs of Corruption, Ethics, FinCEN Files, Opinions, whistleblowing

October 31, 2020Technical Staff An ICIJ’s investigation has shown that major international banks facilitate money laundering for criminal organizations, politicians, and others. This investigation has generated reactions from many international actors as well as specific recommendations to increase the effectiveness of anti-money laundering. However, we want to clarify what we […]