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Dec 6, 2021 · Recognizing corruption’s ability to corrode democracy, on June 3, 2021, President Biden established the fight against corruption as a core U.S. national security interest.
- Modernize, Coordinate, and Resource Efforts to Better Fight Corruption. Corruption threatens U.S. national security by eroding citizens’ faith in government, distorting economies, and enabling authoritarians to weaken democratic institutions.
- Curb Illicit Finance. The Biden-Harris Administration has pledged to lead efforts internationally to bring transparency to the U.S. and international financial systems, including by reducing offshore financial secrecy, seizing stolen assets, and making it more difficult for those who steal to hide behind anonymity.
- Hold Corrupt Actors Accountable. The Biden-Harris Administration is committed to taking new steps to hold accountable corrupt individuals, transnational criminal organizations, and other actors engaged in illicit activity.
- Build International Partnerships. As part of its commitment to strengthening America’s alliances and partnerships, the NSSM directs departments and agencies to work with like-minded international partners through the UN, G7, Financial Action Task Force (FATF), and similar bodies to counteract strategic corruption emanating from autocratic and kleptocratic governments, foreign state-owned or affiliated enterprises, and transnational criminal organizations.
- Modernizing, Coordinating, and Resourcing U.S. Efforts to Fight Corruption. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) established a dedicated Anti-Corruption Center within the new Bureau for Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance to make anti-corruption a durable Agency priority.
- Curbing Illicit Finance. The Department of the Treasury (Treasury) furthered efforts to prevent corrupt and other illicit actors from laundering funds through anonymous companies.
- Holding Corrupt Actors Accountable. Today, President Biden issued a Presidential Proclamation on the Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Persons Enabling Corruption.
- Preserving and Strengthening the Multilateral Anti-Corruption Architecture. The State Department coordinated with partners to preserve and strengthen implementation of the multilateral anti-corruption architecture.
Aug 11, 2023 · Anti-Corruption Sites. U.S. Government. Department of Commerce – Office of General Counsel. Department of Commerce - Trade Compliance Center. Department of State – Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs. Department of State – Bureau of Energy, Economic, and Business Affairs.
Mar 28, 2023 · The United States has a unique obligation to tackle corruption. Corrupt actors from around the world continually attempt to exploit the vulnerabilities in the U.S. framework—for countering money laundering, terrorist financing, and others forms of illicit finance.
Jan 1, 2010 · African exchange student, Stan Rohamba arrives in the U.S., excited to be a part of the "model democratic system". While campaigning for a powerful American senator, Stan uncovers a host of dishonest activity leading directly back to his home country of Mombaire.
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Dec 19, 2023 · By the simplest definition, corruption is the abuse of entrusted power that undermines stable, secure, and functioning societies. To help mitigate this damage, in 2003 the United Nations adopted its Convention Against Corruption, an international anti-corruption treaty ratified by 187 states.
