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China Launch - Books on Corruption, Fraud & Economic Crime

Consultants 21 (Publications) Ltd.
2011-07-13 19:42 1742

Author Nihal Sri Ameresekere, FCA, FCMA, CMA, CFE

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, July 15, 2011/PRNewswire-Asia/ -- At the 3rd Seminar of the International Association of Anti-Corruption Authorities (IAACA) held in Shanghai on July 3 - 6, 2011, Sri Lanka's leading public interest activist, Nihal Sri Ameresekere, FCA, FCMA, CMA, CFE, launched the following six Books on combating corruption, fraud and economic crime. Ameresekere having released in Washington, New York, Miami and Los Angeles, five Books in May 2011, released in Shanghai his 6th Book titled - 'Fiscal Mismanagement - Lack of Public Accountability'. He announced that the next Book on the 'United Nations Convention Against Corruption' would be released shortly. The Books are published and marketed by US Publisher, AuthorHOUSE.

  1. "IMF, World Bank & ADB Agenda on Privatisation - Sri Lanka Insurance Privatisation, handled by PricewaterhouseCoopers and Ernst & Young - Annulled as Unlawful & Illegal by Supreme Court" -- Author reveals absence of law enforcement, disclosing also the conduct of Chamber of Commerce and Chartered Accountants' Institute
  1. "Transparency & Public Accountability - Fiscal Mismanagement & Lack of Public Accountability - Case Study - Sri Lanka, a Country under the Purview of IMF, World Bank, ADB" -- Author deals with Constitutional mandates and social contract, rule of law and Attorney General and judiciary
  1. "Derivative / Hedging Deals by Citibank, USA, Standard Chartered Bank, UK, Deutsche Bank, Germany, with Sri Lanka Government's Petroleum Corporation - Dubious & Illegal?" -- Author deals with unequal treatment before the law, raising issues of contempt of court and judicial bias
  1. "Colombo Hilton Hotel Construction - Fraud on Sri Lanka Government - Sri Lanka's First Derivative Action in Law" -- (Reported in Commonwealth Law Reports 1992) involving Mitsui & Co. Ltd., Taisei Corporation and Yozo Shibata Associates Architects, all of Japan, with KPMG Ford Rhodes Thornton & Co., as Auditors
  1. "IMF, World Bank & ADB Agenda on Privatisation - Colombo Port Bunkering Privatisation - Annulled as Illegal & Fraudulent by Supreme Court" - involving UN Global Compact Company -- Author reveals the subsequent Judgments of a 7 Judge Supreme Court Bench, shockingly disclosing 2 material pages of a dissenting Judgment having been deleted by cannibalization
  1. "IMF, World Bank & ADB Agenda on Privatisation - Pillage of the Plantations in Sri Lanka" -- Author deals with absence of accountability and rule of law

Dr. Ye Feng, Secretary General of IAACA had endorsed that -- "IAACA was pleased that one of its Members, Nihal Sri Ameresekere, in keeping with the objectives of IAACA, had taken a step to author and publish a series of Books, dealing with real case studies in combating the global cancerous menace of economic fraud and corruption, which threatens good governance and the well being of people. The contents of this series of Books would, no doubt, be of material relevance and of educational value to anti-corruption authorities globally."

The UN Convention Against Corruption was adopted by the General Assembly in October 2003, and came into force in December 2005, upon the ratification by 30 countries. Today 152 countries have ratified the UN Convention. The UN Convention deals with combating corruption, fraud and economic crime, in the public and private sectors.

To promote and facilitate the implementation of the UN Convention, IAACA was inaugurated in Beijing in October 2006 as an international organization. At IAACA's inauguration, over 900 delegates from international anti-corruption authorities and others involved in combating fraud and corruption from 137 countries, and over a dozen international organizations participated.

Dimitri Vlassis, Chief, Corruption & Economic Crime Division, United Nations Office on Drugs & Crime (UNODC) at the 3rd IAACA Seminar in Shanghai in July 2011, as reported in China Daily had reiterated -- "Since its inception in Beijing in October 2006, the IAACA has worked to promote the effective implementation of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption, leading to closer international cooperation. Now, more than ever, it is necessary to join forces to face common challenges, to constantly adapt to the sophisticated nature of corruption and the inherent difficulty of finding the most appropriate ways to fight it."

Ameresekere also made a presentation on July 8, 2011 to the highly respected and reputed, Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) in Hong Kong. He was received by ICAC's Executive Director, Gerry Osborn and its head, Commissioner, Dr. Timothy H.M. Tong, to whom Ameresekere presented a set of Books. These Books are to be included in the prestigious Library of the ICAC, which is regularly visited by international fraud and economic crime investigation organizations.

The United States Association of Certified Fraud Examiners' President & CEO, James D. Ratley has also commended Ameresekere's Books -- "I am amazed at the amount of effort and research that it must have taken to write these important works. We are adding these to our Fraud Library here at the ACFE Headquarters in Austin, Texas. They are a worthy addition to our library. It is heartening to know that we have members such as you, who give of their time and talents in the ongoing fight against fraud and corruption."

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Source: Consultants 21 (Publications) Ltd.
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