In September 2016, ICAR kicked off a new 3.5 year program of work in support of Malawi’s key law enforcement agencies and their efforts to tackle serious corruption and related financial crimes. Financed with a grant from the UK Department for International Development, the program is a continuation and expansion of the already on-going work of ICAR - also funded by DFID - in Malawi, in the course of which two embedded experts were supporting Malawi authorities in the investigation and prosecution of the so-called Cashgate scandals. The latter continues to be a priority.

Other specialists will now be added to the team, with expertise in financial investigation, prosecution of corruption, international cooperation and related specialised anti-crime fields, and the range of beneficiary institutions will be expanded to include the Malawi Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) and the Drug Theft Investigation Unit (DTIU). The experts will be supported by a local program manager and program assistant as well as by ICAR staff from Headquarters.