Suspension
Invite you to a panel discussion on a recent publication
Bribery and Extortion: Undermining Business, Governments, and Security
by Alexandra Addison Wrage
Bribery lies at the core of international criminal activity. Terrorists,
money-launderers and smugglers pay bribes. Those who traffic in people,
narcotics, and illegal arms pay immigration officers not to ask, customs
officials not to inspect, and police officers not to investigate.
Drawing on her travels in more than seventy countries, the author has gathered
these stories of bribe solicitation, collusion and resistance. She peels back
the mystique to expose the damage bribery inflicts on societies, corporations
and individuals. The book shows how bribes undermine good corporate governance,
but also how they undercut security and the prospects for democracy in all
countries.
"Bribery and Extortion should be required reading?and it's lively reading?for
all of those concerned with maintaining the rule of law, spurring economic
development, and in restoring trust in governments? local, national, and
international."
- Paul A. Volcker, Former Chairman of
the U.N. Oil for Food Programme Independent Inquiry Committee
Thursday, May 22, 2008
12:00 - 2:00 pm
World Bank J Building, Auditorium J1-050
701 18th Street NW
Washington, DC
For non bank staff, please RSVP to infoshopevents@worldbank.org
MODERATED BY
Pascale Helene Dubois
Sanctions Evaluation and Suspension Officer, The World Bank
PRESENTED BY AUTHOR
Alexandra Wrage
President, TRACE
Alexandra Wrage is the president of TRACE, an international non-profit
membership association working with companies to raise their anti-bribery
compliance standards, while lowering the cost of compliance. An international
attorney, she has created international due diligence programs for the retention
and training of international sales representatives, consultants, suppliers,
distributors and subcontractors and has drafted corporate anti-bribery policies
and audited compliance programs. Ms. Wrage is Chair of the Women in
International Regulatory Law ("WIRL") Steering Committee, co-chair of the
American Bar Association's Anti-Corruption Committee, vice-chair of the
Association of Corporate Counsel?s International Legal Affairs Committee, and a
member of the Working Group for the United Nation's Global Compact 10th
Principle. She speaks frequently on topics of international law, anti-corruption
initiatives and the hidden costs of corruption.
COMMENTS BY
Lisa Bhansali
Senior Public Sector Specialist, The World Bank
Lisa Bhansali is a lawyer and senior public sector management specialist,
working on justice administration and broader governance projects in the Public
Sector Reform and Capacity department in the Africa Region of the World Bank.
She works on a variety of areas, including legal and judicial reform,
decentralization, anticorruption, and institutional strengthening. Her most
recent publication was "Measuring the Impact of Criminal Justice Reform in Latin
America" in Promoting the Rule of Law Abroad: In Search of Knowledge (Carothers,
ed., Carnegie, 2006). Ms. Bhansali has been an Adjunct Professor of Law since
2000 and currently teaches at Georgetown University Law School as well as the
Washington College of Law, American University in Washington, DC. She has
spoken at numerous international conferences, including annual meetings of the
International Bar Association, the American Bar Association, and the American
Society of International Law.
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