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By Ron Corben
Bangkok
18 April 2007

Interpol and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime are placing new emphasis on combating financial crime, including money laundering¹ and corruption³. Ron Corben reports from Bangkok that also officials say they are gaining ground in the fight against money laundering in Asia.

Ronald Noble, left, answers a question during a news conference as Akira Fujino, a representative of UNODC, looks on, 17 April, 2007

The international police agency, Interpol, has focused in recent years on such issues as terrorism, drug trafficking and organized crime. Interpol Secretary-General Ronald Noble says the agency is now making financial crime, including corruption, a priority.

At a three-day congress in Bangkok, Noble told why financial crime deserves such high-level attention.

"Financial crime, though it receives far less attention from the media than violent crime, has a devastating⁴ impact on individuals, industries, governments and societies," he said. "It is estimated by the World Bank that over $1 trillion (U.S.) is implicated⁵ in corruption each year."

Noble announced Tuesday that Interpol plans to set up an anti-corruption academy in Vienna, as part of what he called a "long hard battle" against bribery⁶ and other forms of graft⁷. He says the academy is due to open in 2009.

Akira Fujino, East Asia and the Pacific representative for the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime, or UNODC, says emphasis also has to be placed on the fight against threats to financial systems and institutions through the use of high technology.

"We are dealing⁸ with a scenario⁹ where legal business activities and institutions - such as information technology, banking¹⁰, financial markets and services - are increasingly exposed to criminals.," he said "This calls for a comprehensive response including the banking industry, government institutions and law enforcement and criminal justice."

Fujino says Interpol and its 186 member countries are in a high-tech¹¹ race with criminals.

"If money is oxygen for terrorists, criminals and corrupt² officials, how can we deprive them of it? We need synergy among experts - for example information technology," he said. "Our networks have to be better than the networks of criminals."

The UNODC says Asia is making gains against another of the organization's main targets, money laundering. An official says 31 Asian countries have signed onto the Asia-Pacific Group on Money Laundering, and are committed to putting financial crime laws into place.

1 laundering   

n.洗涤（衣等），洗烫（衣等）；洗（钱）v.洗（衣服等），洗烫（衣服等）( launder的现在分词 )；洗（黑钱）（把非法收入改头换面，变为貌似合法的收入）

参考例句：

• Separate the white clothes from the dark clothes before laundering. 洗衣前应当把浅色衣服和深色衣服分开。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He was charged with laundering money. 他被指控洗钱。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 corrupt   

v.贿赂，收买；adj.腐败的，贪污的

参考例句：

• The newspaper alleged the mayor's corrupt practices.那家报纸断言市长有舞弊行为。
• This judge is corrupt.这个法官贪污。

3 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

4 devastating   

adj.毁灭性的，令人震惊的，强有力的

参考例句：

• It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。
• Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。

5 implicated   

adj.密切关联的；牵涉其中的

参考例句：

• These groups are very strongly implicated in the violence. 这些组织与这起暴力事件有着极大的关联。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Having the stolen goods in his possession implicated him in the robbery. 因藏有赃物使他涉有偷盗的嫌疑。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

6 bribery   

n.贿络行为，行贿，受贿

参考例句：

• FBI found out that the senator committed bribery.美国联邦调查局查明这个参议员有受贿行为。
• He was charged with bribery.他被指控受贿。

7 graft   

n.移植，嫁接，艰苦工作，贪污；v.移植，嫁接

参考例句：

• I am having a skin graft on my arm soon.我马上就要接受手臂的皮肤移植手术。
• The minister became rich through graft.这位部长透过贪污受贿致富。

8 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

9 scenario   

n.剧本，脚本；概要

参考例句：

• But the birth scenario is not completely accurate.然而分娩脚本并非完全准确的。
• This is a totally different scenario.这是完全不同的剧本。

10 banking   

n.银行业，银行学，金融业

参考例句：

• John is launching his son on a career in banking.约翰打算让儿子在银行界谋一个新职位。
• He possesses an extensive knowledge of banking.他具有广博的银行业务知识。

11 high-tech   

adj.高科技的

参考例句：

• The economy is in the upswing which makes high-tech services in more demand too.经济在蓬勃发展，这就使对高科技服务的需求量也在加大。
• The quest of a cure for disease with high-tech has never ceased. 人们希望运用高科技治疗疾病的追求从未停止过。