B. Interim progress of the concluding observations on the “Initial Report Under the United Nations
VI. Promoting training and joint training for professional personnel
(I) Promoting training for processional personnel by AAC (Measure 9)
Measure 9：The commitment to the training of specialised staff is reflected in the AAC’s conducting of 115 courses for 7,772 personnel from 2013-2017.
1. Training for new AAC personnel
A. In 2019 the AAC organized two sessions of training for new personnel, with contents including general courses and the human rights generation education course, civil service ethics general course, civil service ethics professional competence course, support sources, and training preparation, including the course for the Accredited Purchasing Specialist. The table below shows training activities in the last 3 years.
Year Number of Sessions Total Number of Training Hours
Number of Participants
2017 2 966 142
2018 2 959 132
2019 2 952 107
B. Between February 3 and May 8, 2020, the AAC organized the “44th AAC Personnel
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Training Program” with a total of 469 hours for a total of 83 new AAC personnel.
2. Strengthening the professional competence of in-service Ethics official
In 2019, the AAC organized four sessions of in-service training on the “Information Security Management Audit Specialist Course” and the “SOE Anti-Corruption Specialist Course” to strengthen professional competence training for Ethics official. The AAC also organized two training activities for grade nine personnel at the junior rank to enhance the leadership management and communication competencies of officers at medium and senior levels, three sessions of the combating corruption specialist course, four sessions of the anti-corruption work specialist course, and five sessions of the maintenance business specialist course to enhance the professional competencies of in-service Ethics official. The table below shows training activities in the last 3 years.
In-Service and Officer
Training
Year Number of
Sessions Training Hours Number of Participants
2017 2 107 61
2018 2 137 95
2019 6 272 308
Fighting Corruption
Specialist Course
Year Number of
Sessions Training Hours Number of Participants
2017 4 124 234
2018 3 91 177
2019 3 92 155
Corruption prevention
Work Specialist
Course
Year Number of
Sessions Training Hours Number of Participants
2017 7 92 430
2018 4 45 286
2019 4 50 326
Maintenance Business Specialist
Course
Year Number of
Sessions Training Hours Number of Participants
2017 4 4 267
2018 5 6 430
2019 5 3 923
3. Recommending Ethics official for to participate in international training workshop (1) During May 13-22, 2019, the AAC sent personnel to participate in the “7th International
Anti-Corruption Training Course” which held by South Korea, and to exchange anti-corruption experience with those who came from the anti-corruption institutions in
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other countries.
(2) During September 9 to November 15, 2019, the AAC sent personnel to complete the course and acquire the certificate at the American International Institute of Polygraph (AIIP) in Georgia, USA. In 2020, the AAC expects to keep recommending personnel receive the training of lie detection in the USA in order to develop their professional talents and enhance the expertise and credibility of lie detection.
(II) Training of related specialized staff (Measures 23 and 46)
Measures 23：Establishment of specialised authorities to combat corruption (A. 36), the AAC and MJIB, with trained central and regional staff to prevent and combat corruption.
Measures 46 ： The Review Committee recognises Taiwan’s commitment to the training of specialised staff as mentioned above.
1. Enhancing the prosecutors’ professional competence in investigating corruption cases
(1) Every year the MOJ organizes the “Anti-Corruption Business Seminar” for the (Head) prosecutors, administrative prosecutors, AAC resident (Head) prosecutors, agents, and the investigators of the MJIB. The table below shows the training situation in the last 3 years.
Date Seminar Training
Hours
Number of Participants November 9-10, 2017 2017 Anti-Corruption
Seminar 14 56
December 17-19, 2018 2018 Anti-Corruption
Seminar 14 78
May 8-10, 2019 2019 Anti-Corruption
Seminar 17 75
(2) The MOJ hires the Academy of the Judiciary to organize the “GPA Specialized Training Certificate Course for Judicial Personnel” for in-service prosecutors to enhance the professional competence of prosecutors and administrative prosecutors in GPA case investigation, reduce the gap about the procurement corruption cases involved in criminal laws between Prosecutors Office and engineering personnel. The “GPA Specialized
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Training Certificate Advanced Course for Judicial Personnel” and the “GPA Specialized Training Certificate Elementary Course for Judicial Personnel” were completed in February and July in 2019 respectively, and the professional certificates were issued by the MOJ.
2. Training for the specialized staff of MJIB
(1) Every year the MJIB cadre training center organizes the one-year and half-year training programs according to the “Training Program for Newcomers from the Civil Service Special Examination for Investigation Agent of Investigation Bureau.” In 2019, it organized the 56th Investigation Agent Training Program and the 6th Investigation Assistant Training Program for 118 newcomers;while in 2020, the 57th Investigation Agent Training Program for 96 newcomers had been held.
(2) The AMLD encourages employees to improve expertise by taking the Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) test and organizes in-house study groups. In 2019, 20 agents passed the CAMS test, accounting for 86.95% of all (23) ADLD agents.
(3) The table below shows the seminars and training activities on anti-corruption, economic crimes, and AML organized by the MJIB in 2019 to enhance the professional competencies of personnel.
Date Activity Number of
Participants
March 26-May 30
The Principle of Secret Investigation and Press Release Seminar (northern, central, southern, and eastern Taiwan sessions)
450
April 22-25 Financial and Banking Elementary Certificate
Course 50
May 13-June 25 AML Traveling Workshop (18 sessions) 955 July 1-August 9 Financial and Banking Intermediate Certificate
Course (2 sessions) 60
July 24 Seminar for Investigating Economic Crimes
Derived from the Rise of Virtual Currency 100
September 26-October 30
Seminar on the Investigation Districts of the 2020 Presidential and Legislative Elections (northern, central, southern, and eastern Taiwan sessions)
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(4) The table below shows the seminars and training activities organized by the MJIB in
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2020.
Date Activity Number of
Participants January-April 2020 Investigation Work GIS Traveling Workshop 336 Late July 2020 Economic Crimes Prevention Specialist
Workshop 80
Late October 2020 Anti-Corruption Work Specialist Workshop 90 (5) Every year, the MJIB sends 1-3 personnel to pursue a master‟s or PhD degree overseas
according to the “MJIB Directions for Selecting Agents for Further Study Overseas” and encourage anti-corruption agents to apply for further study overseas according to the Directions. From September 2-14, 2019, the MJIB sent two agents to participate in the
“USA FBI‟s 31st Pacific Training Initiative” in Bangkok, Thailand. MJIB plans to send agents to participate in the “USA FBI‟s 32nd Pacific Training Initiative” in Bangkok, Thailand, in 2020. The MJIB also strives to send agents to participate in the anti-corruption training courses held by the International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) of Bangkok in 2021.
3. Enhancing the AML competence of related law-enforcement entities, financial institutions, and the non-financial institutions or personnel designated by the
“Money Laundering Control Act”
(1) The AMLD constantly shares information on the cases and patterns of AML and anti-corruption overseas with law-enforcement entities and financial institutions. In 2019, it published the “Anti-Money Laundering Annual Report 2018” and volumes 1 and 2 of the AMLD Newsletter on November 11, 2019 and February 2020.
(2) Please refer to section B-IV-(II)-5 Organizing education and training activities, meetings, and seminars for combating money laundering in this report for information regarding the AMLD‟s declaration assistance institutions and declaration institution self-regulation groups in organizing education and training activities on legal compliance, such as forums and seminars.
4. Promoting the “Anti-Corruption Guidelines”
Please refer to section B-II-(II)-2-(6) Other Preventive Actions for Anti-Corruption in
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this report for how AAC optimized the “Anti-Corruption Guidelines” in collaboration with government employee ethics units for the risky business.
(III) Initiating joint training programs and participating in international conferences (Measures 47)
Measures 47：Taiwan has implemented successful projects to share anti-corruption expertise in the region. For example, Taiwan led a project with APEC member economies on best practices for whistle-blower legislation and systems. Taiwan should continue to explore the possibility of initiating joint training programmes with anti-corruption agencies in other countries and participation in regional or international anti-corruption workshops.
1. Participating in international anti-corruption conferences
Between 2017 and 2019, the AAC participated in a series of anti-corruption conferences, including 6 Anti-Corruption and Transparency Experts Working Group (ACTWG) meetings of the APEC, the 8th Anti-Corruption Agency Forum (ACA Forum), and the 18th International Anti-Corruption Conference (IACC) organized by the TI. At these conferences, the AAC actively reported Taiwan‟s latest progress in promoting the UNCAC, other corruption prevention measures, and the “Whistleblower Protection Act,”
as shown in the table below.
Time Conference Place
February 17-21, 2017 The 24th ACTWG Meeting of the APEC
Nha Trang, Vietnam May 23-26, 2017 The 8th International Anti-Corruption
Authority Conference
Malaysia
August 17-23, 2017 The 25th ACTWG Meeting of the APEC
Ho Chi-Minh City, Vietnam
November 14-18, 2017 2017 The 9th Regional
Anti-Corruption Conference of the ADB/OECD Anti-Corruption Initiative group
Seoul, South Korea
February 21-28, 2018 The 26th ACTWG Meeting of the APEC
Papua New Guinea
March 19-23, 2018 APEC Network on Anti-Corruption Authorities and Law Enforcement Agencies (ACT-NET): Training Workshop on Illegal Asset Recovery
Bangkok, Thailand
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August 2-9, 2018 The 27th ACTWG Meeting of the APEC
Papua New Guinea
October 20-26, 2018 The 18th International Anti-Corruption Conference (IACC) of TI
Copenhagen, Denmark February 27-March 2, 2019 The 28th ACTWG Meeting of the
APEC
Santiago, Chile
August 18-22, 2019 The 29th ACTWG Meeting of the APEC
Puerto Varas, Chile
2. Signing Integrity Collaboration Agreement with Belize
On July 2, 2019, at the 30th anniversary of Taiwan‟s diplomatic relationship with Belize and the 8th anniversary of the establishment of AAC and during the visit of the Governor of Belize, Taiwan signed the first agreement on anti-corruption cooperation at Taiwan‟s Presidential Office with the Belize minister of justice in the presence of the heads of both countries. In the future, Belize and us will develop substantial cooperation on anti-corruption in terms of “exchange and mutual visit,” “professional competencies,”
and “sharing of law-enforcement intelligence.”
3. Organizing international seminars and training camps on anti-corruption
(1) The table below shows the international seminars and training workshops on anti-corruption organized by the MJIB in 2019.
Time Activity Description Participants
March 25-29, 2019
2019 Global Cooperation and Training
Framework (GCTF):
International Training Workshop on Anti-Corruption in Public and Private Sectors
Establish cooperation channels for the public and private sectors to combat corruption, business espionage, and transborder crimes.
Instructors included officials of the MJIB-Department of Prosecutorial Affairs, AAC, US Department of Justice, FBI, and Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission; and experts from Japan.
Apart from a total of 30 officials from anti-corruption entities in 20 Asia-Pacific countries, the MJIB also invited a total of 40 members from Taiwan, including the senior management and legal affairs officers of the TSMC, AUO, UMC, FPG, and Foxconn, and officials from the Taiwan Intelligence Property Office and Intellectual Property Court to the workshop.
June 10-16, 2019
The FBINAA 22nd Asia Pacific Chapter
Discuss current law enforcement issues and
A total of 170 senior law enforcement officials from over 20 Asia-Pacific countries have finished training at the
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Conference countermeasures, including
combating corruption in the public sector and global businesses.
FBINAA and ambassadors and
representatives from nearly 20 countries, including the USA.
September 29-October 5, 2019
The 2019 National
Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC)
Anti-Corruption Training Camp from Thailand
Share our investigation of major corruption cases, evidence gathering techniques, and related operating procedures.
Employees of the Anti-Corruption Division, Northern Region Mobile Unit Work Station, Central Region Mobile Unit Work Station, and Taipei City Field Office of the MJIB were the instructors, with 22 NACC members including Secretary-General Worrawich Sukboong as participants.
November 11-15, 2019
The 4th Taiwan Western Asia Forum on
Regional Security and Transnational Crime 2019
Domestic and foreign scholars gave keynotes on transnational crime prevention such as
counterterrorism, anti-corruption, phone scam, and cybercrime.
About 500 law enforcement officers and experts from home and abroad were invited, including 150 guests from 35 countries.
(2) The table below shows the international anti-corruption conferences and workshops planned by the MJIB in 2020.
Time Event Status
June 2020
Transnational Crime African Workshop
Canceled due to COVID-19.
August 2020
2020 Transnational Crime Southeast Asia Workshop
Canceled due to COVID-19.
September 2020
Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime West Asia
Workshop
Canceled due to COVID-19.
September 2020
Transnational Crime African Workshop
Canceled due to COVID-19.
October 2020
GCTF-2020 Global Cooperation and Training Framework: Workshop on Anti-Money Laundry
Implemented through online conferencing on October 28, 2020. In response to COVID-19, the workshop title was changed into Global Cooperation and Training Framework:
Workshop on Combating COVID-19 Related Crimes.
(3) In the future, the MJIB will study the feasibility of organizing international conferences
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and workshops on issues relating to overseas bribery and invite worldwide experts and scholars through overseas legal secretaries.
4. Proposing initiatives to strive for APEC funding
In 2019, the MOFA assisted the AAC in applying to APEC‟s general project account (GPA) for funding the “Workshop on Strengthening Capacity Building for Government Transparency: Combining Digital Technology for Measure Innovation” initiative proposed by Taiwan and Chile. Although the initiative was also countersigned by countries including South Korea, Malaysia, Peru, Vietnam, and Papua New Guinea, the application was declined as there were too many proposals striving for funding.
5. Promoting international cooperation on law enforcement
Please refer to section B-V-(IV)-1 Participating in international organizations, seminars, and forums in this report regarding the promotion of international cooperation on law enforcement.