On the occasion of International Anti-Corruption Day, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, today opened the event “The commitment of Italian foreign policy in the fight against corruption and transnational organised crime”, in collaboration with the Ministries of Justice and the Interior. The Minister of the Interior, Matteo Piantedosi, the Minister of Justice, Carlo Nordio, and the Secretary General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Mathias Cormann, also spoke.
“It was an opportunity,” the Minister affirmed, “to reflect on the legal and security diplomacy action that the Government is carrying out with strong teamwork between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, the Interior and Justice, with a crucial operational role for our Law Enforcement Agencies.”
“We are committed,” the Minister continued, “not only in terms of prevention and contrast, but also to promoting and developing the culture of legality, transparency and integrity at the national, European and international levels. Corruption is, indeed, a phenomenon with an increasingly strong transnational dimension: in the face of these challenges, no country can act alone.”
Tajani then stressed the importance of coordinated actions and programmes to support judicial and jurisdictional activity at the international level, consolidating the commitment of Italian foreign policy to the protection and promotion of the principles of the rule of law at the global level: “We have placed this issue among the priorities of the Italian Presidency of the G7, promoted the adoption at the Borgo Egnazia Summit of a policy document based on our methodology of technical assistance in the matter of combating corruption, given impetus to European and Italian assistance programmes in Latin America and the Caribbean and activated new programmes for the fight against organised crime, corruption and cybercrime in favour of ASEAN countries”.
The Italian model of combating corruption and transnational organised crime will be further enhanced through the launch of three programmes of technical assistance in favour of Latin American countries, entrusted to the Carabinieri, the Guardia di Finanza and the Italian State Police.