UK to support Lanka to combat bribery and corruption

The British Government is committed to spending over LKR 15 million to support the Sri Lankan government in its determination to combat bribery and corruption, Deputy High Commissioner to Sri Lanka and the Maldives Laura Davies says.

“Over the next three years, the British Government is committed to spending over LKR 15 million (or around three quarters of a million pounds sterling) to support the Sri Lankan government in its determination to combat bribery and corruption. This will mostly be in the form of continued capacity building and training for all the professional branches involved in anti-corruption work. Partnership is essential, and we’re working very closely with the USA and Australia, as well as with the Swiss, who also sponsored last week’s march,” Davies said in a recent blog post.

“When the new Sri Lankan Government asked the international community for assistance in tackling corruption earlier this year, the UK was one of the first to offer practical support. The UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has sent a senior investigator to Colombo: Sri Lanka is the first country in the world to which the Serious Fraud Office has seconded an officer in this way,” she added.