Introduction

This free online training module, “Why infrastructure projects are prone to corruption”, is part of the GIACC Training Academy’s suite of modules which are designed to increase understanding of corruption in the infrastructure sector, and thereby help prevent and detect it.

Infrastructure projects are widely regarded as being prone to corruption.  This is because there are many factors which facilitate corruption on infrastructure projects, and which make corruption hard to prevent and detect.  It is easier to implement effective anti-corruption measures, and to identify and investigate corruption, if you understand these factors. This module therefore examines these factors.  

This module takes approximately 30 minutes to complete.  On the last page of this module, you can print a certificate of completion, with your name and date of completion.  GIACC keeps no record of your identity in undertaking this module, so this certificate is purely for your own or your organisation’s record.

In this module:

• the term “infrastructure project” is used to include any project in the built environment:  e.g. roads, railways, airports, bridges, power stations, hospitals, schools, commercial and residential buildings.
• the term “corruption” is used to include bribery, extortion, fraud, cartels, abuse of power, embezzlement, and money laundering, which are the most common criminal offences in infrastructure. 

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