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3rd ECAN meeting on corruption, economic crimes held in HK

Xinhua, May 14, 2015 Adjust font size:

The 3rd Annual Meeting of Economic Crime Agencies Network (ECAN) was launched on Thursday in Hong Kong with 20 law enforcement experts from 11 agencies from around the world gathered to discuss practical issues on enforcement work.

The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) of Hong Kong played host to the two-day meeting. Welcoming delegates at the ICAC Headquarters Building this morning, ICAC Commissioner Simon Peh Yun-lu said fostering partnerships on an international basis was a common goal among graft-fighters worldwide.

Peh noted that the meeting was held back-to-back with the 6th ICAC Symposium to bring forward the momentum of the exchanges and deliberations in the Symposium.

Apart from the Hong Kong ICAC, the 11 agencies attending the 3rd ECAN meeting are the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), World Bank Group's Integrity Vice Presidency, Australian Federal Police, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, The Corruption Eradication Commission of Indonesia, Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission, Serious Fraud Office of New Zealand, Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission of Nigeria, Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau of Singapore and Serious Fraud Office of the United Kingdom.

Delegates also tour various ICAC facilities, including the Identification Parade Room and a Video Interview Room during the two-day meeting.

The 1st ECAN meeting was held in February 2013 in New Zealand, while the 2nd meeting was held in Singapore last year.

ECAN is an international network for promoting practical cross- jurisdiction cooperation among member agencies to disrupt, prevent, investigate and prosecute economic crimes, including fraud, bribery and corruption. Endi