Riyadh, December 14, 2022, SPA -- The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, represented by the Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority, will host the First Ministerial Meeting of Anti-Corruption Law Enforcement Agencies in the Member States of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to adopt the Makkah Al-Mukarramah Convention, which the organization is holding in Jeddah on 20-21 December 2022. The meeting will discuss a number of crucial topics, including the approval of the Makkah Al-Mukarramah Convention in the field of anti-corruption law enforcement agencies in the Member States of the (OIC), the second largest international organization after the United Nations, with 57 members. The convention seeks to achieve several goals, including strengthening cooperation between anti-corruption enforcement agencies; through exchanging information and investigation into cross-border corruption crimes among anti-corruption law enforcement agencies, preventing and investigating corruption crimes as well as prosecuting the perpetrators, denying safe havens for the corrupt, and recovering proceeds of crimes. This meeting is out of Saudi Arabia's keenness to activate its international initiatives aimed at combating corruption in participation with the international community in efforts to protect integrity and combat corruption, benefit and exchange experiences with other countries and international organizations; in accordance with the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC), and in line with the Kingdom's Vision (2030), which made governance, transparency, accountability and combating corruption one of its main pillars. Heads and representatives of anti-corruption law enforcement agencies in the member states of the OIC will participate in the meeting, in addition to several international organizations, including the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL), and the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units, and a number of experts in the field of protecting integrity and combating corruption from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and abroad. --SPA 13:51 LOCAL TIME 10:51 GMT 0008 www.spa.gov.sa/w1826649