Developing Countries: Corruption

(asked on 24th June 2022) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on support for the prosecution of senior officers of UK companies who have been found guilty of corruption in (a) African and (b) other developing countries.


Answered by
Vicky Ford Portrait
Vicky Ford
This question was answered on 4th July 2022

Decisions on prosecutions, including those of any senior officers in UK companies, are made by UK law enforcement agencies such as the Serious Fraud Office and the Crown Prosecution Service and are not a matter for the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs.

However, tackling corruption in Africa and other developing countries is a priority for the Secretary of State and the FCDO provides support to the National Crime Agency (NCA) to investigate corruption in the UK which has a connection to developing countries. This support includes funding for the International Corruption Unit at the NCA to investigate cases where corrupt individuals have laundered money in the UK which has been stolen from developing countries, or where UK companies or individuals have engaged in corruption in developing countries. The FCDO also supports the work of the International Anti-Corruption Co-ordination Centre at the NCA, which co-ordinates an international response to corruption cases affecting developing countries.

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