PILON Corruption Working Group Webinar - Gift Giving vs Corruption - Where is the line?

On Thursday 22 June 2023, the PILON Corruption Working Group delivered a webinar on “Gift giving vs Corruption - where is the line?”. The webinar featured Mr Johnson Toribiong, former President of Palau, Mrs Mele Lemaki Tagivakatini from the Office of the Solicitor General (Nauru), and Commissioner Rashmi Aslam from the Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption. Speakers shared their observations and experiences on the difficulties that Pacific law and justice officials encounter when seeking to differentiate between the longstanding practice of gift giving and corrupt behaviours such as fraud or bribery.