U.S. Strategy to Internationalize Efforts Against Kleptocracy

"High-level corruption by senior government officials, or kleptocracy, is a grave and corrosive abuse of power and represents the most invidious type of public corruption. It threatens our national interest and violates our values. It impedes our efforts to promote freedom and democracy, end poverty, and combat international crime and terrorism. Kleptocracy is an obstacle to democratic progress, undermines faith in government institutions, and steals prosperity from the people. Promoting transparent, accountable governance is a critical component of our freedom agenda."  -- President George W. Bush, August 10, 2006

• 11/17/06 -- Workshop: Addressing Impunity -- Denying Safe Haven and Fighting Kleptocracy; Diane Kohn, Chair, Anticorruption Advisor, U.S. Department of State; Remarks at International Anti-Corruption Conference
• 11/15/06 -- Final Report: 12th International Anti-Corruption Conference
• 08/10/06 -- The President's New International Initiative to Combat Kleptocracy; Josette Sheeran Shiner, Under Secretary for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs; On-the-Record Briefing
• 08/10/06 -- National Strategy Against High-Level Corruption: Coordinating International Efforts to Combat Kleptocracy   PDF version   
• 08/10/06 -- National Strategy to Internationalize Efforts Against Kleptocracy
• 08/10/06 -- U.S. Strategy to Internationalize Efforts Against Kleptocracy: Combating High-Level Public Corruption, Denying Safe Haven, and Recovering Assets
• 08/10/06 -- Statement by the President on Kleptocracy
• 07/12/06 -- Fighting High Level Corruption
• 01/12/04 -- Presidential Proclamation: To Suspend Entry as Immigrants or Nonimmigrants of Persons Engaged in or Benefiting From Corruption
• 12/09/05 -- Prosecuting Kleptocrats: Denying Safe Haven to Corrupt Officials and Their Illicitly-Acquired Assets; David M. Luna, Director for Anticorruption & Governance Initiatives; Remarks at the "International Recovery of the Proceeds of Corruption" Seminar, American Bar Association (ABA) Section of International Law Anticorruption Initiatives & Compliance Issues Committee