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David Cameron opens London summit describing corruption as 'a cancer' – live | David Cameron opens London summit describing corruption as 'a cancer' – live |
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Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter says his government is committed better restitution for victims of corruption, he says there is £100m a day leaving developing countries due to corruption. | |
If the money comes to us, then we have to make every effort to return [it] to the right owners, to the people. That’s what the Swiss government wants to do, what we are trying to do already. | |
Developed countries have already returned $5bn, and 40% of that has come from Switzerland. | |
In doing so we have learned a lot, it is a partnership. There is strong political will but it is very difficult to achieve [practically]. We have to know it [the assets] will come, at the end, to the people. | |
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Afghanistan's president calls corruption 'enabler of political violence' | |
Ashraf Ghani, the Afghan president, says there has to be a rule of law-based approach that tackles the impunity of those companies and structures favoured by “the rules of the game”. He says corruption in Afghanistan is an enabler of political violence. | |
We have to have the courage to name the problem. If there is no national ownership and constant denial or blame games, we are not going to get anywhere. | |
Ghani says one key thing needed is credible international partners, in particular with drug trafficking, which flows through Europe from Afghanistan. | |
We are asking you and all of Europe to go after drug money, we need very credible action because as long as the criminal economy persists, the networks, the actions we do [will not work]. | |
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Cameron says powers to protect whistleblowers is an important step that needs to be taken. | |
He says asset recovery needs additional powers, being announced today by 21 countries. There will be a new global forum for asset recovery, but Cameron also wants to work on disbarring corrupt companies from operating internationally. | |
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The next session is chaired by David Cameron on ‘How do we tackle corruption’. He says he wants this to be focused on punishing the corrupt, redress for victims, and how to break the cycle of poverty and corruption. | |
Speakers on the panel are | |
The sessions seem to be running about 40 minutes behind schedule at the moment. | |
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Masahiko Shibayama, representing the government of Japan, says as a host country for the Rugby world cup and Olympics it will continue to work closely to improve transparency in sport and pledges to put anti-corruption at the heart of the G7 summit. | |
It’s a long-winded statement which also doesn’t touch on the alleged seven-figure payment from the Tokyo Olympic bid team to the son of Lamine Diack, the disgraced former world athletics chief. | |
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The Guardian’s Juliette Garside, one of the team on the Panama Papers, says pressure is building on British Virgin Islands over its stance on sharing beneficial owner information. | The Guardian’s Juliette Garside, one of the team on the Panama Papers, says pressure is building on British Virgin Islands over its stance on sharing beneficial owner information. |
Cayman, Jersey and Bermuda signed up to sharing beneficial owner information, and Guernsey in due course - that leaves BVI isolated | Cayman, Jersey and Bermuda signed up to sharing beneficial owner information, and Guernsey in due course - that leaves BVI isolated |
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Chris Holmes, the Paralympic swimmer, says there must be more athlete-centred governance in sport, which will help avert corruption. | |
Whether it’s grassroots, through to governance, the changing room to the board room, athletes have to be at the centre of sport. Every decision needs to pass that test, is it athletes at the heart of that decision? | Whether it’s grassroots, through to governance, the changing room to the board room, athletes have to be at the centre of sport. Every decision needs to pass that test, is it athletes at the heart of that decision? |
I believe we have one simple question for every sporting body to ask itself, every second of every day, will this make a better experience for the athlete? | I believe we have one simple question for every sporting body to ask itself, every second of every day, will this make a better experience for the athlete? |
Will it enable them to fulfil their potential? If it won’t, why are we doing it? | Will it enable them to fulfil their potential? If it won’t, why are we doing it? |
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Sport's 'self-governance is not an excuse for bad governance' | Sport's 'self-governance is not an excuse for bad governance' |
The OECD’s Angel Gurria says sport being autonomous of government interference is no reason for corruption. | The OECD’s Angel Gurria says sport being autonomous of government interference is no reason for corruption. |
Self-governance is not an excuse for bad governance. We cannot have that as an excuse, because it affects public morale, credibility and the problem of trust that we are having. | Self-governance is not an excuse for bad governance. We cannot have that as an excuse, because it affects public morale, credibility and the problem of trust that we are having. |
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This from the Guardian’s David Pegg on the reticence of the British Virgin Islands to sign up to the automatic exchange of beneficial ownership. | This from the Guardian’s David Pegg on the reticence of the British Virgin Islands to sign up to the automatic exchange of beneficial ownership. |
Cayman Islands signing up to automatic exchange of beneficial ownership is significant in one key respect - BVI is now effectively isolated… | Cayman Islands signing up to automatic exchange of beneficial ownership is significant in one key respect - BVI is now effectively isolated… |
@davidtpegg … in holding out against transparency. A Cayman/BVI alliance led the OTs resistance to more transparency. BVI now on its own. | @davidtpegg … in holding out against transparency. A Cayman/BVI alliance led the OTs resistance to more transparency. BVI now on its own. |
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Pâquerette Girard Zappelli, ethics director at the IOC said the committee had learnt a lot from the corruption scandal at Salt Lake City in 2002 and is now very proud of its ethics procedures. | Pâquerette Girard Zappelli, ethics director at the IOC said the committee had learnt a lot from the corruption scandal at Salt Lake City in 2002 and is now very proud of its ethics procedures. |
We are pushing all the other sports organisations, including Fifa, to achieve a similar level of good governance. It’s something that is very strong. | We are pushing all the other sports organisations, including Fifa, to achieve a similar level of good governance. It’s something that is very strong. |
However, she hasn’t yet addressed the alleged seven-figure payment from the Tokyo Olympic bid team to an account linked to the son of the disgraced former world athletics chief Lamine Diack, apparently made during Japan’s successful race to host the 2020 Games. | However, she hasn’t yet addressed the alleged seven-figure payment from the Tokyo Olympic bid team to an account linked to the son of the disgraced former world athletics chief Lamine Diack, apparently made during Japan’s successful race to host the 2020 Games. |
The suggestion that votes could have been bought is hugely embarrassing for the IOC. | |
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