UNITED STATES STRATEGY ON COUNTERING CORRUPTION PURSUANT TO THE NATIONAL SECURITY STUDY MEMORANDUM ON ESTABLISHING THE FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION AS A CORE UNITED STATES NATIONAL SECURITY INTEREST DECEMBER 2021
TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 4 THE IMPACTS OF CORRUPTION .............................................................................................. 6 OUR APPROACH .......................................................................................................................... 8 STRATEGIC PILLARS ................................................................................................................. 9 PILLAR ONE: Modernizing, Coordinating, and Resourcing U.S. Government Efforts to Better Fight Corruption ............................................................................................... 9 PILLAR TWO: Curbing Illicit Finance .................................................................................... 10 PILLAR THREE: Holding Corrupt Actors Accountable ........................................................ 11 PILLAR FOUR: Preserving and Strengthening the Multilateral Anti-Corruption Architecture ............................................................................................................................... 13 PILLAR FIVE: Improving Diplomatic Engagement and Leveraging Foreign Assistance Resources to Advance Policy Objectives ................................................................ 13 THE WAY FORWARD ............................................................................................................... 16 APPENDIX: Lines of Effort to Effectively Counter Corruption................................................. 17 PILLAR ONE: Modernizing, Coordinating, and Resourcing U.S. Government Efforts to Fight Corruption ........................................................................................................ 17 Strategic Objective 1.1: Enhance corruption related research, data collection, and analysis............................................................................................................................ 17 Strategic Objective 1.2: Improve information sharing within the U.S. Government, with non-U.S.-Governmental entities, and internationally .................................................... 18 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE 1.3: Increase focus on the transnational dimensions of corruption.............................................................................................................................. 18 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE 1.4: Organize and resource the fight against corruption, at home and abroad .................................................................................................................... 18 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE 1.5: Integrate an anti-corruption focus into regional, thematic, and sectoral priorities............................................................................................................. 19 PILLAR TWO: Curbing Illicit Finance ................................................................................... 20 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE 2.1: Address deficiencies in the snti-money laundering regime .................................................................................................................................... 20 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE 2.2: Work with partners and allies to address deficiencies ............... 24 PILLAR THREE: Holding Corrupt Actors Accountable ........................................................ 25 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE 3.1: Enhance enforcement efforts ..................................................... 25 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE 3.2: Update tools available to hold corrupt actors accountable at home and abroad ............................................................................................ 26
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE 3.3: Work with partner countries to bolster anti-corruption enforcement to amplify the use of tools ................................................................................ 27 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE 3.4: Strengthen the ability of foreign partner governments to pursue accountability in a just and equitable manner ........................................................ 29 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE 3.5: Bolster the ability of civil society, media, and private sector actors to safely detect and expose corruption, increase public awareness, and pursue accountability......................................................................................................................... 30 PILLAR 4: Preserving and Strengthening the Multilateral Anti-Corruption Architecture ...... 32 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE 4.1: Bolster existing anti-corruption frameworks and institutions ............................................................................................................................. 32 Strat
