Riyadh - The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, in partnership with the Control and Anti-Corruption Authority in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, organized by video call today, Wednesday, the first meeting of the work of the expert group concerned with the work of establishing the "Riyadh Initiative" network aimed at strengthening international cooperation between law enforcement authorities concerned with combating corruption about The world, in the presence of representatives of the states party to the United Nations Convention against Corruption, and more than 25 international organizations related to combating corruption.

The group of participating experts will discuss the establishment of a global network of law enforcement authorities concerned with combating corruption under the umbrella of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the creation of a secure global platform to facilitate the exchange of information between law enforcement authorities concerned with combating corruption, the launch of a capacity-building program within the network for employees of the anti-corruption authorities Corruption, especially in developing countries.

This meeting comes in implementation of Riyadh’s initiative to strengthen international cooperation between law enforcement agencies concerned with combating corruption, which was welcomed by the leaders of the G20 countries, in the Riyadh statement to the leaders of the countries of the group, which was held under the chairmanship of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz. The twenty concerned people concerned with combating corruption chaired by the Chairman of the Control and Anti-Corruption Authority Mr. Mazen bin Ibrahim Al-Kahmous during the first ministerial meeting of its kind for the G20 countries in October 2020 AD, and the initiative is also supported and supported by all international organizations related to combating corruption, including Interpol and the Financial Action Task Force. (FATF), Financial Intelligence Units (Egmont Group), and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.