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The G20 Anti-Corruption Working Group's third and final meeting will be held in Kolkata from August 9-11, with a focus on issues such as extradition of fugitive economic offenders and recovery of their assets from foreign jurisdictions, according to a statement issued on Tuesday..
It will be followed by the G20 anti-corruption ministerial meeting on August 12, which will be chaired by Union Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Jitendra Singh, it said..
These pragmatic and action-oriented highest-level commitments will contribute towards prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of corruption offences, strengthening domestic anti-corruption institutional frameworks, extradition of fugitive economic offenders and recovery of assets of such offenders from foreign jurisdictions, the statement said...
The high-level principles on strengthening law enforcement related international cooperation and information sharing for combatting corruption is a six-point plan to enhance inter-agency cooperation and international cooperation through information sharing among law enforcement agencies and countries, it said.. "It will ensure timely and effective action against corruption offences, prosecution of offenders and recovery of proceeds of crimes," the statement said...
The third ACWG meeting in Kolkata will give direction to the future work of the group and further the commitments made on law enforcement cooperation, strengthening asset recovery mechanisms, and enhancing integrity and effectiveness of anti-corruption authorities during India's G20 presidency, it said...
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