HONG KONG, Oct. 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Representatives from 22 anti-corruption agencies (ACAs) across 16 jurisdictions globally yesterday (October 22) completed a 10-day “Professional Development Programme on Empowering Integrity: Mastering Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Technologies in Anti-Corruption”, jointly organised by the ICAC, the Hong Kong International Academy Against Corruption, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and its Global Operational Network of Anti-Corruption Law Enforcement Authorities (GlobE Network). The course provided an international platform for worldwide graft fighters to exchange and collaborate in technologies in order to advance the anti-corruption cause and achieve the common goal of a future free of corruption.
“Technology is a game-changer. Corruption today is no longer confined to traditional methods. Graft fighters need to equip ourselves with advanced solutions to fight technology crimes,” ICAC Commissioner Woo Ying-ming told the participants during the course.
GlobE Network Coordinator of the Corruption and Economic Crime Branch of the UNODC, Rositsa Zaharieva, noted that the course showcased how the ICAC effectively leveraged AI and digital tools to tackle corruption, and in doing so, enhanced public trust. She hoped that the course would inspire participants to leverage technologies in anti-corruption work in their own jurisdictions.
A total of 22 ACAs from 16 jurisdictions participated in this professional training, including Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Benin, Botswana, India, Kazakhstan, Republic of Korea, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mongolia, Montenegro, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Thailand and Zambia. Also attending the programme were officials from the National Commission of Supervision and the Commission Against Corruption, Macao, SAR. Locally, representatives from the Hong Kong Police Force, the Customs and Excise Department, the Competition Commission and the ICAC also joined the programme.
The ICAC attached great importance to this international training course. The Commission’s technology experts, intelligence analysts, investigators and officers from the Corruption Prevention Department were in full force to share their experience with participants. They demonstrated how the effective use of facial matching, AI summary, instant generated transcript and high-tech covert surveillance tools in investigation, evidence collection, surveillance and interviews could greatly expedite and enhance the efficacy of investigative work.
