This report discusses the different contexts and processes through which a High Level Reporting Mechanism (HLRM) has been designed and implemented in Colombia, Ukraine, Panama and Argentina, as well as initial interest in the HLRM model in Peru.
Its aim is to understand the specificities of each case and draw lessons applicable to future projects in other countries, whilst respecting the commitment to develop an HLRM that takes account of the specific country’s context.
The responsibility for governments to address bribe solicitation derives from internationally recognised anticorruption standards all of which prohibit the ‘demand side’ of bribery, namely, the solicitation by a public official of an undue advantage.
Our Managing Director, Ms Gretta Fenner, recently spoke to The Ukrainian Week about ICAR’s cooperation with, and technical assistance to the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine in investigating financial crimes of the Yanukovych regime, highlighting key operational tools and cooperation mechanisms for successfully tracing and recovering illegally obtained assets.