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On Indias request, a G20 working group on fighting corruption will discuss how graft impacts women..
The role of audit institutions and attempts to build a consensus on a common definition of economic offenders are also among the topics that will be discussed at the second G20 anti-corruption working group meeting scheduled to begin in Rishikesh on Thursday, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Wednesday...
The Minister said that India is organising a unique event on exploring G20s perspective on synergizing gender sensitivity with anti-corruption strategies on Thursday on the sidelines of the second G20 ACWG meeting...
S. Radha Chauhan, Secretary, Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) said the meeting will focus on how G20 countries can come together and build an informational as well as an operational framework for networking, sharing information and preventing the creation of safe havens that fugitive economic offenders can exploit...
The Minister added that the G20 countries committed to explore the links between corruption and other economic crimes and ways to tackle them, including through cooperation on the return of persons sought for such offences and stolen assets, consistent with international obligations and domestic legal systems..
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