INL-Funded Anticorruption Programs for Fiscal Years 2004 and 2005

African Affairs (AF)

Mozambique

Anticorruption Unit ($275,000 FY 04 INCLE)
This program provides OPDAT advisory assistance, computers and software to the Anticorruption Unit. It also provides support for five Law Scholarships for prosecutors and for public education/civil society ombudsmen through a local NGO.

Nigeria

Financial Fraud Program ($200,000 FY 05 INCLE)
This program provides training and technical assistance to the new Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), which is playing a lead role in implementing Nigeria’s 2002 legislation on prosecuting rampant financial fraud and money laundering. Among other notable cases, the EFCC indicted the former Inspector General of National Police for corruption, forcing his resignation. Funding for this project in FY 2005 will be combined with FY 2004 funding and spent in coordination with other funding coming available for EFCC.

Assistance to the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission ($220,000 FY 05 INCLE)
A DOJ-OPDAT Resident Legal Advisor is stationed at the ICPC for at least ten months to provide legal advice and skills development activities. Technical advisors will train ICPC investigators and prosecutors on the intricacies involved in the investigation and prosecution of corruption cases. Funds will also be used to procure equipment for training purposes and administrative capacity building. Training will include promoting cooperation between the various government agencies, including between the ICPC and the EFCC.

G-8 Anticorruption Pilot Assistance ($1,700,000 FY 05 INCLE)
Provides assistance and training through USAID and relevant federal agencies to the Accountant General and EFCC.

South Africa

Financial Crimes Investigations Program ($265,000 FY 04 INCLE/$191,200 FY 05 INCLE)
This program provides financial crimes assistance to the South African Government. Special teams of investigators work closely with prosecutors at the National Prosecutions Authority, providing advisory assistance and mentoring on preventing, detecting, and investigating financial crimes.

Support for the National Prosecutions Authority ($465,000 FY 04 INCLE/$395,000 FY 05 INCLE)
A senior U.S. prosecutor is working directly with the NPA on important cases, focusing mainly on complex fraud. Also includes an asset forfeiture specialist assigned to work with the UNODC regional office. 

East Asian and Pacific Affairs (EAP)

Indonesia

Anticorruption Assistance Project ($651,243 FY 04 ESF)
As part of Phase IV of the Indonesian National Police (INP) Assistance Program, the Anticorruption Assistance Program focuses on the enforcement of anticorruption laws and the institution of preventive measures within the INP. The development of an INP anticorruption strategy and the development of regional alliances to combat corruption are integral parts of the project. Through this program, ICITAP provides technical assistance and special skills training and, following the completion of a needs assessment, ICITAP also will provide technology and equipment.

Thailand

Measures of Corruption ($200,000 FY 05 INCLE)
American Bar Association received a grant to work with Thai lawyers, prosecutors and judges on developing codes of professional conduct and ethics. ABA will hold a series of seminars and workshops, collect data, draft new code recommendations, and submit them to the Thai Supreme Court for its review and approval. 

European and Eurasian Affairs (EUR)

Albania

DOJ/ICITAP Police Professionalization Project ($4,285,000 FY 04 SEED/ $4,270,000 FY 05 SEED)
This program strengthens internal police controls through the modernization of the Ministry of Public Order (MoPO) and the Albanian National Police (ANP). Activities include a reorganization of MoPO and ANP, which is targeting personnel management, budgeting, internal auditing, and asset controls.

DOJ/OPDAT Resident Legal Advisor ($780,000 FY 04 SEED/ $840,000 FY 05 SEED)
A part of the RLA program focuses on assisting the Albanian judiciary. The project supports anticorruption efforts and assists with drafting legislation on trafficking in persons.

Armenia

OPDAT Resident Legal Advisor ($750,000 FY 2005 FSA)
This program includes assistance by the RLA in the enactment of COE and FATF compliant anti-money laundering legislation and assistance to increase prosecutions using new anti-trafficking amendments and anti-corruption provisions.

Azerbaijan

DOJ/OPDAT Resident Legal Advisor ($800,000 FY 2005 FSA)
The principle focus of the RLA is supporting the GOAJ in developing a comprehensive anti-terrorism regime, namely the drafting, passage, and implementation of laws to address terrorism, terrorist financing and money laundering.

ABA/CEELI Criminal Law Reform Project (250,000 FY 2005 FSA)
Part of this program includes working with the RLA and local NGOs with anti-corruption portfolios to help organize their activities and assist them in more effectively demanding transparency and accountability from the GOAJ.

Police Accountability Project ($400,000 FY 2005 FSA)
This project will support a full-time advisor in Azerbaijan to assist a newly formed anti-corruption unit within the MVD. This project will develop 1) recommendations for staffing and managing the unit, 2) standard operating procedures, 3) and an information handbook that describes the ethical and legal responsibilities of law enforcement officers.

Bosnia

DOJ/ICITAP Police Reform Project ($9,500,000 FY 05 SEED)
This program is a comprehensive police reform program that include anti-corruption initiatives throughout its sub-projects.

DOJ/OPDAT Resident Legal Advisor ($1,300,000 FY 05 SEED)
The project supports anticorruption efforts and assists with drafting legislation on trafficking in persons.

Bulgaria

DOJ/OPDAT Resident Legal Advisor ($735,000 FY 04 SEED/ $770,000 FY 05 SEED)
A part of the RLA program provides assistance in drafting legislation and refining the criminal procedure code.

Croatia

DOJ/ICITAP Police Professionalization Program ($975,000 FY 04 SEED/ $1,435,000 FY 05 SEED)
A part of this program provides training and equipment to improve the professionalism of the Croatian police force. The program focuses on improving police personnel management and standard operating procedures and on strengthening the police internal affairs section’s capacity to enforce professional standards.

Georgia

G-8 Anticorruption Pilot Assistance ($1,000,000 FY 05 INCLE)
Assistance through USAID to develop a civil registry, reform public procurement systems, and support a land registration office in Tbilisi.

DOJ/OPDAT Resident Legal Advisor ($1,000,000 FY 2005 FSA)
To establish an effective criminal justice system based on the rule of law, part of this project will develop and implement a GOG anti-corruption initiative and deliver programs to combat money laundering and terrorist financing.

ABA/CEELI Criminal Law Reform Project ($350,000 FY 2005 FSA)
A part of this program is assistance on conducting anti-corruption initiatives including enhancing the public’s knowledge of GOG agencies responsible for investigating complaints of corruption.

AU/TraCCC Project ($100,000 FY 2005 FSA)
This program will provide expertise and develop the capacity needed to implement new legislation on money laundering and financial crimes, and provide expertise and develop the capacity of Georgian officials to prevent, detect, investigate and prosecute organized crime and corruption.

Macedonia

DOJ/ICITAP Police Program ($1,450,000 FY 04 SEED)
A part of this program supports the implementation of a police internal affairs office (the Professional Standards Unit) along with the development of a system for citizen complaints.

DOJ/OPDAT Resident Legal Advisor ($693,418 FY 04 SEED/ $800,000 FY 05 SEED)
Parts of this RLA program include developing standards of professional responsibility and ethics and enhancing the capacity of Macedonian justice sector officials to combat money laundering.

Moldova

DOJ/OPDAT Resident Legal Advisor ($500,000 FY 2005 FSA)
Part of this program will provide guidance and counsel to investigators, prosecutors and judges on anti-corruption laws and include interactive courses delivered at the Judicial Training Center that are designed to improved the skills and knowledge on anti-corruption initiatives.

ABA/CEELI Criminal Law Reform Project ($200,000 FY 04 FSA)
Part of this program will facilitate the implementation of Moldova’s new National Anti-Corruption Strategy and raise community awareness on TIP, corruption and legal reform.

ABA/CEELI and the DOJ/OPDAT Resident Legal Advisor ($215,000 FY 04 FSA)
ABA/CEELI and the RLA worked with defense lawyers, prosecutors and judges to identify legislative issues related to the Criminal Code and to develop solutions to deter corruption. Anticorruption efforts focused on educating the citizenry and developing and implementing a Code of Conduct for Public Officials.

Romania

DOJ/OPDAT Resident Legal Advisor ($1,250,000 FY 04 SEED/ $825,000 FY 05 SEED)
A part of this program helps the GOR implement its strategy to combat corruption and strengthens the GOR’s ability to address emerging crimes such as financial crimes.

Russia

American U./Transnational Crime &Corruption Centers ($230,000 FY 04 FSA)
TRACC centers in Saratov, Vladivostok and Irkutsk, as well as affiliates in underserved regions, host regional summer schools on issues of organized crime and corruption with the participation of international experts. Participants include junior-level scholars, lawyers, law enforcement officials and government officials. TraCCC centers conduct grants competitions to mentor up-and-coming scholars in the field of organized crime and corruption and to attract original research into regional trends in organized crime and corruption. Other activities include legistative advocacy and curricula review on corruption related topics at law schools in Saratov, Irkutsk, Vladivostok and other underserved cities.

Serbia and Montenegro

ICITAP Police Training Program ($800,000 FY 05 SEED)
This program educates and trains the Montenegrin Police on democratic principles, respect for human rights, and modern policing techniques.

Kosovo

Kosovo Training Program ($41,000 FY 04 SEED)
A part of this project incorporates anticorruption training into the training program for judges, prosecutors, and police.

Tajikistan

DOJ/ICITAP Police Program ($700,000 FY 04 FSA/ $800,000 FY 05 FSA)
A part of this program supports the implementation of a police internal affairs office (the Professional Standards Unit) along with the development of a system for citizen complaints.

ABA-CEELI Criminal Law Liaison ($300,000 FY 05 FSA)
A part of this program provides technical assistance and training to help the GOTI implement its strategy to combat corruption. Activities include holding and participating in seminars and workshops, working with legal clinics and resource centers, and assisting Tajik legislators in drafting appropriate legislative amendments.

Ukraine

ABA/CEELI Assistance Program ($344,000 FY 04 FSA)
ABA/CEELI will focus on combating corruption under a new set of procedures in the soon to be adopted Criminal Procedure Code (CPC). ABA/CEELI will coordinate with the Supreme Court of Ukraine and the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine to define a series of training programs for judges on the newly developed criminal laws and procedures. The training programs will incorporate anticorruption programs. CEELI will work closely with the ABA/CEELI Regional Anticorruption initiative to identify specific ways to promote judicial integrity and independence through roundtable discussions and seminars.

Uzbekistan

ABA-CEELI Criminal Law Liaison ($200,000 FY 04 FSA/ $300,000 FY 05 FSA)
A part of this program provides technical assistance and training to help the GOU implement its strategy to combat corruption. This program also helps support the public and NGO sector’s role in deterring corruption. Activities include supporting the internal investigating unit for the MVD, helping to refine legislation, running training workshops, and introducing plea-bargaining and the use of cooperating witnesses.

DOJ/OPDAT Resident Legal Advisor ($700,000 FY 04 FSA/ $740,000 FY 05 FSA)
A part of this program provides technical assistance and training to help the GOU implement its strategy to combat corruption and strengthens the GOU’s ability to address emerging crimes such as financial crimes. Activities include supporting the internal investigating unit for the MVD, helping to refine legislation, running training workshops, and introducing plea-bargaining and the use of cooperating witnesses.

Internal Investigation Project ($300,000 FY 04 FSA)
This project is designed to deter prisoner abuse in detention facilities and to improve detection and investigation of abuse. 

Near Eastern Affairs (NEA)

Iraq

DOJ/ICITAP Iraq Commission on Public Integrity-Anticorruption Investigative Training ($1,870,978 FY 04 IRRF)
This program provides specialized investigative training and equipment to Commission investigators working on public corruption issues.

DOJ/ICITAP Iraq Commission on Public Integrity-Special Investigative Unit ($965,483 FY 04 IRRF)
This program provides specialized investigative training and equipment to Commission and Special Investigative Unit investigators working on public corruption issues.

ABA Judicial Integrity Program ($5,453,799 FY 04 IRRF)
This program provides support and technical assistance to build the capacity of Iraq judges through training, strategic planning, and development of an independent judiciary.

Culture of Lawfulness ($1,000,000 FY 04 IRRF)
This project will work with education-policy-makers to develop a rule of law curriculum for Iraqi schools and train master teachers who can promulgate it nationally. 

South Asian Affairs (SA)

Afghanistan

Anticorruption Initiative-Afghan Police Program ($110,000,000 FY 04 Supp + $50,000,000 FY 04 INCLE (DERF)
This program supports the international reconstruction effort for the Police Sector led by Germany. Specific activities include a training program through which INL has It has trained and equipped over 32,000 police (National, Highway and Border Police) at six regional training centers, a comprehensive Ministry of Interior reform program implemented by 30 senior U.S. police advisors, provision of office supplies, infrastructure support and salary support via the United Nations Development Programme Law and Order Trust Fund for Afghanistan (LOTFA).

Afghanistan Justice Program ($3,000,000 FY 05 INCLE + $21,500,000 FY 05 Supp)
This program supports the Italian led justice sector reform effort. It focuses on criminal justice sector efforts including activities such as legal education and training, institutional capacity building and coordination, correctional facility reform, professionalization of the legal field and public access and legal awareness programs. Additionally, it supports counternarcotics efforts by providing assistance to CN Prosecution.

Nepal

Law Enforcement Program ($5,619,000 FY 04 INCLE)
INCLE funds are used to enhance law enforcement capacities and to encourage more effective law enforcement cooperation within the Government of Pakistan, as well as with the U.S. and other countries. Training, technical assistance, and equipment are provided to expand investigative skills and forensics capacities, build accountability and internal control structures, enhance police training institutions, and improve managerial and leadership expertise.

Sri Lanka

Law Enforcement Development Project ($250,000 FY 04 ESF)
This program is designed to enhance the professionalism of Sri Lanka’s law enforcement sector and to improve police-community relations in an effort to promote institutional change that is embraced by both the police and civil society. The program focuses on expanding existing professionalization projects within the Sri Lankan Police and Police Narcotics Bureau, as well as continuing community policing efforts, in part to address underlying ethnic tensions that resulted in two decades of civil strife. This program seeks to support the peace process by fostering an environment conducive to freedoms of assembly, association, press, and speech. 

Western Hemisphere Affairs (WHA)

Bolivia

Office of Professional Responsibilty ($620,000 FY 04 ACI)
This program provides direct supports for the office responsible for addressing corruption and disciplinary problems within the Bolivian National Police and the Special Drug Police Force and for counteracting the constant pressure by narcotraffickers to compromise counternarcotics forces.

Administration of Justice Program ($700,000 FY 04 ACI)
This program will provide technical assistance and training to create an integrated capacity within the Government of Bolivia to recognize, denounce, and successfully prosecute corruption. Activities will focus on strengthening enforcement institutions’ ability to investigate and prosecute acts of corruption; supporting civil society organizations’ efforts to monitor and challenge corrupt practices; enhancing institutional capacity and government leadership; and promoting implementation of a law providing greater access to information.

Colombia

Transparency and Accountability Program ($12.5 million, FY 04 ACI)
This program works to bolster government financial management and control systems and to strengthen public participation.

Haiti

Support to the Inspector General and North Central Plateau Anti-Corruption Initiative ($800,000K FY 05 ESF)
Investigative training and material support to the Inspector General function within the Haitian National Police, and a program to bring together prosecutors, police and judges to fight drug-related corruption in the North Central Plateau region of Haiti.

Mexico

Anti-Corruption Program ($50,000 FY 04 INCLE/ $46,000 FY 05 INCLE)
This program provides direct operational support to the Internal Affair Offices of the Federal Attorney General’s Office (PGR) and Secretariate of Pulci Service federal police.

Culture of Lawfulness ($450,000 FY 04 INCLE/ $450,000 FY 05 INCLE)
This program involves implementing a standard curriculum, including anticorruption, in public schools to promote greater respect for the rule of law. The program’s curriculum focuses on personal and social ethical decision-making and the rationale for the rule of law. Recently, the program expanded to incorporate the culture of lawfulness curriculum into police training.

Law Enforcement Professionalization and Training ($2,500,000 FY 04 INCLE/ $2,480,000 FY 05 INCLE)
This program promotes professionalism in Mexico’s law enforcement sector by supporting infrastructure development and providing training to police investigators, prosecutors and forensic laboratory personnel. Training covers areas such as Ethics in Government, Anticorruption/White Collar Crime, Management and Leadership courses, as well as modern specialized courses in investigations and the gathering, preservation, and presentation in court of crime scene evidence. This program also works to improve the police academy curriculum and offers Train the Trainer courses.

Anti-Money Laundering ($500,000 FY 04 INCLE/$992,000 FY 05 INCLE)
This program provides direct operational support to the financial investigative units of the PGR and Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit to help identify and analyze suspicious cash transactions.

Nicaragua

DOJ/OPDAT Anticorruption Resident Legal Advisor ($745,000 FY 04 INCLE/ $350,000 FY 05 INCLE)
Placement of DOJ advisor to assist the Nicaraguan Attorney General with building capacity to prosecute anticorruption offenses, and help the police and prosecutors create an anticorruption task force.

Peru

G-8 Anticorruption Pilot Assistance ($1,000,000 FY 05 INCLE)
Assistance through USAID to support a hemispheric procurement network and develop internet connectivity among municipalities. 

Multilateral and Regional Programs

Financial Action Task Force ($165,000 FY 04 INCLE /$176,820 FY 05 INCLE)
Dues to 33-member intergovernmental body responsible for standard setting in the area of anti-money laundering and terrorist financing.

FATF-Style Regional Bodies ($370,000 FY 05 INCLE)
Contributions to four regional FATF-style bodies, including the Asia/Pacific Group, Caribbean Financial Task Force, South America FATF, and Council of Europe’s Moneyval.

FATF-Style Regional Bodies ($485,000 FY 04 INCLE)
Contributions to five regional FATF-style bodies, including the Asia Pacific Group, Caribbean Financial Task Force, South America FATF, Council of Europe’s Moneyval, and the Eastern and Southern Africa Money Laundering Group.

Pacific Islands Forum ($60,000 FY 05 INCLE/$1,500,000 FY 05 INCLE)
Establishment of a new regional anti-money laundering program administered by this group of sixteen South Pacific island jurisdictions.