Specialised Training for Prosecutors on Anti-Corruption

Buenos Aires, 5-6 December 2005

This two-day anti-corruption training seminar for prosecutors focused on capacity-building for specialised prosecutors handling corruption cases on a regular basis. The seminar, hosted by the Government of Argentina, was organised in cooperation with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime as well as the Inter-American Development Bank. It was held immediately prior to the High-Level Anti-Corruption Seminar for Latin American and Spanish-speaking Caribbean Countries to promote the ratification and implementation of the United Nations Convention against Corruption.

The purpose of the seminar was to train and build capacities of the over 40 participating specialized prosecutors and investigators handling corruption cases in Latin American countries. In particular, the objective of the seminar was to:

1. Develop and implement effective measures to detect, investigate, punish and control corruption, including the use of evidence-gathering and investigative methods;
2. Improve tracking, freezing, and confiscation of proceeds of bribery offences (and pursuing repatriation of assets under the UNCAC);
3. Improve and increase international cooperation through mutual legal assistance and extradition.

Documentation

• Draft Agenda [ English / Spanish ]
• Investigating and Prosecuting Corruption: A Practical Approach, Alan Bacarese, Crown Prosecution Service, United Kingdom
• Corruption Investigations: Some practical guidance on improving procedures for Mutual Legal Assistance, Alan Bacarese, Crown Prosecution Service, United Kingdom
• A Prosecution Perspective in Relation to an Investigation and Prosecution in a Case of Organised Crime and Corruption 

• OECD Convention Against Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions [in Spanish]
• Policy Brief: Fighting Bribery in International Business Deals [ Spanish ]
• UNODC / UNCAC
• IADB

OECD contact

For questions regarding anti-corruption activities in Latin America, please contact:

Ms. Nicola Ehlermann-Cache, OECD Anti-Corruption Division, Paris
Tel: 00 33-1 45 24 17 48; nicola.ehlermann-cache@oecd.org