On December 6, 2021, the Biden-Harris Administration released the first-ever United States Strategy on Countering Corruption (Anti-Corruption Strategy). The Anti-Corruption Strategy outlines a whole-of-government approach to elevate the fight against corruption and establishes the fight against corruption as a core U.S. national security interest. The objectives of the Anti-Corruption Strategy are to improve the U.S. Government’s ability to prevent corruption, more effectively combat illicit finance, better hold corrupt actors accountable, and strengthen the capacity of activists, investigative journalists, and others on the front lines of exposing corrupt acts.
The U.S. Government will organize its anti-corruption efforts around five mutually reinforcing pillars of work:
Modernizing, coordinating, and resourcing U.S. Government efforts to fight corruption;
Curbing illicit finance;
Holding corrupt actors accountable;
Preserving and strengthening the multilateral anti-corruption architecture; and
Improving diplomatic engagement and leveraging foreign assistance resources to advance policy goals.
The Anti-Corruption Strategy includes recommendations to enlist whistleblowers to combat corruption, including the following:
Bringing aggressive enforcement action, including relevant tax enforcement, against money launderers and those who enable launderers as appropriate, considering new legislation expanding criminal substantive law as needed, and expanding...
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