Corruption hinders sustainable development, erodes confidence in democratic governance, and facilitates transnational crime and terrorism. The LCC Resident Program focuses on

promoting greater confidence, stability and effectiveness among government institutions. Through direct interaction with policy makers, prevention experts and law enforcement officials dedicated to combating corruption, course attendees will gain skills that help raise awareness about public corruption, explore mechanisms for improving national efforts to prevent, detect, investigate and prosecute corrupt practices, and understand the international legal framework for combating corruption and the interplay of national law and policy within that framework.

Recommended Attendees:

This program is intended for mid- and senior-level government officials engaged in activities intended to prevent, detect, investigate and prosecute corruption in the national defense sector or in other areas of government service.

Course Focus:

Themes for the LCC Resident Program include:

• Mechanisms of Transparency and Accountability
• Public Sector Management and Standards of Conduct
• Investigation and Prosecution of Corruption Offenses
• the International Legal Framework for Anti-Corruption Programs
• International Cooperation and Assistance.

The LCC program uses headline case studies from the international and domestic settings and scenario-driven practical exercises to enable participants to apply the practical skills discussed in the lecture components of the course. Recent case studies in this course have included the UN Oil for Food Program, the case of former U.S. Air Force procurement executive Darleen Druyun, and the case of former U.S. Congressman Randall Cunningham, enabling seminar members to understand practical and real world examples of the course themes. Recent exercises have focused on drafting standards of conduct, structuring reporting mechanisms, planning a corruption investigation, and establishing a national anti-corruption agency.

Seminar participants benefit from the proximity DIILS has to Washington, D.C. and Boston, as the program includes visits to key policy makers and practitioners at international, federal, and state anti-corruption agencies in the region.

Recent LCC adjunct faculty: The United States Attorney for the District of Rhode Island; a former Director of the FBI’s Public Corruption Unit; General Counsel of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics; Chief Counsel of the U.S. Senate Ethics Committee; Deputy Manager and Investigative Staff of the World Bank Department of Institutional Integrity; Senior Staff of the U.S. Government Accountability Office; an Assistant Inspector General from the U.S. Department of Defense; Executive Director of the U.S. National Procurement Fraud Initiative and Task Force at the U.S. Department of Justice; a former member of the U.S. Congress; the Executive Director and Staff of the Rhode Island Ethics Commission; an award-winning journalist responsible for helping to uncover the corruption machine of a prominent U.S. Mayor; and a former forensic accountant from the U.N. Oil-for-Food Investigation Team.

LCC is approved for Expanded IMET. CTFP funding may be used if authorized.