Pacific Anti-Corruption Updates (19 August 2016) – Fiji, PNG, Vanuatu, Regional

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From the UN Pacific Regional Anti-Corruption (UN-PRAC) Project, a joint initiative of the United Nations Development Programme and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, with support from the Australian Government. Updates shared by Mihaela Stojkoska, Luisa Senibulu, and Samita Singh.

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Fiji:

Government ministries should be held accountable: UNDP.  Fijian Government ministries should always be held accountable for the funds they use.

http://www.pina.com.fj/?p=pacnews&m=read&o=35942296457acf3eb5f7b037eea72a

Financial Intelligence Unit to monitor MPs and state officials’ income.  All Fijian government ministers and parliamentarians income will now be closely monitored by commercial banks next year.

http://www.pina.com.fj/?p=pacnews&m=read&o=187383403957acf6884564e64fc72d

PNG:

New laws aim to stamp out corruption.  PNG's government has made amendments to its Public Finance Management Act in a moves to try and stamp out corruption.

http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/311156/new-laws-in-png-aim-to-stamp-out-corruption

Vanuatu:

Disgraced Vanuatu MPs guilty of conspiracy.  Eleven former Vanuatu MPs, already serving jail terms for corruption, could now be facing much longer sentences after being found guilty of conspiring to defeat the course of justice.

https://pasifik.news/disgraced-vanuatu-mps-guilty-conspiracy/

Regional:

Money lost to illegal fishing tops $600 million US. The money Pacific countries loss to illegal, unreported and unregulated tuna fishing in the region is estimated at $616 million, according to figures provided by the Forum Fisheries Agency.

http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/310998/money-lost-to-illegal-fishing-tops-$600-million-us

For more information about the UN Pacific Regional Anti-Corruption (UN-PRAC) Project, please get in touch with:

Mihaela Stojkoska, Anti-Corruption Specialist - Pacific, UNDP, mihaela.stojkoska@undp.org

Luisa Senibulu, Governance Programme Associate, UNDP/UNODC, luisa.senibulu@undp.org

Samita Singh, Programme Assistant - Anti-Corruption, UNDP/UNODC, samita.singh@undp.org

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