Photo by Todd Rose
“International Anti-Corruption Champions”
US Department of State
Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL)
& IVLP Special Initiative
November 25-December 2, 2023
For the second consecutive year, World Partnerships was honored to welcome the "International Anti-Corruption Champions" to the United States prior to receiving their awards from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Washington, DC. Nine IVLP visitors from Belarus, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ecuador, India, Kyrgyz Republic, Liberia, Montenegro, Panama and Timor-Leste engaged in a series of interactive, substantive workshops led by local, state and Federal law enforcement, the judiciary, and academia, all focused on the anti-corruption theme of the project (Two awardees from Moldova and the Seychelles joined the group in Washington). Best-selling author Robert Mazur, a former DEA undercover agent responsible for exposing the BCCI money-laundering scheme for the Medellin drug cartel, joined the group for an afternoon discussion of the corrupting influence of global narcotics trafficking. Individual participants also met one-on-one with peers in local government, the judiciary, civics education, and investigative journalism. St. Petersburg Mayor Kenneth Welch met with the group, and Ms. Terry Lipsey Scott, executive director of the Dr. Carter G. Woodson African-American Museum hosted the champions for a reception and informal discussion about the creation of a new Woodson museum as part of the Historic Gas Plant District re-development. The Salvador Dali Museum hosted the group for a docent-led tour.
World Partnerships deeply appreciates the collaboration with Chief Anthony Holloway and his St. Petersburg Police Department executive team for organizing and hosting the workshops, providing an outstanding interactive environment for dialogue and exchange, and for sponsoring the Woodson reception.
World Partnerships would also like to thank to team of interpreters and international liaisons who accompanied the IVLP visitors, and who provided vital guidance and cultural awareness for this diverse, multiregional initiative.
World Partnerships deeply appreciates the collaboration with Chief Anthony Holloway and his St. Petersburg Police Department executive team for organizing and hosting the workshops, providing an outstanding interactive environment for dialogue and exchange, and for sponsoring the Woodson reception.
World Partnerships would also like to thank to team of interpreters and international liaisons who accompanied the IVLP visitors, and who provided vital guidance and cultural awareness for this diverse, multiregional initiative.
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