Italian Magistrate and Legal Advisor at the Italian MOFA, Giovanni Tartaglia Polcini’s leading role in the fight against corruption in Sport has been distinguished by SIGA with its first-ever Leaders on Anti-Corruption Award.
The Leader on Anti-Corruption Award was launched within the framework of the International Anti-Corruption Week, inaugurated this year by SIGA between 5 and 9 December, coinciding with the UN’s International Anti-Corruption Day.
Giovanni Tartaglia Polcini is the coordinator of the international anticorruption activities in the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He is internationally renowned as one of the leading experts in the fight against organised crime, corruption, penitentiary law and the prevention of and fight against money laundering.
As Chair of the G20 Anti-Corruption Working Group in 2021, his role was instrumental to consecrate Anti-Corruption in Sport as one of the G20’s top three priorities.
He has also promoted the adoption of two Resolutions on Corruption and Sport (7/8 e 8/10) by the United Nation’s Anticorruption Conferences of the State Parties.
Owner of a vast and prestigious professional curriculum, Giovanni Tartaglia Polcini is also a delegate to the OECD Working Group on Bribery and the United Nations Anti-Corruption Convention (UNCAC).
Coordinator for Italy, European Union and the International Italo-Latin American Organization (IILA) of several technical assistance regional programmes for justice and security (such as EL PAcCTO, EUROFRONT, COPOLAD 3, Falcone-Borsellino, Strategy Support Plan to Security in Central-America),he has carried out missions in more than 30 countries.
Director of the scientific journal “Il Diritto penale della Globalizzazione” (The criminal law of globalization) and author of numerous research, monographs and publications in national and international legal journals, he is member of the Scientific Committee of the Italian Institute of Research (EURISPES) and University Teacher of Criminal and Anti-mafia Law.
He lectures on anti-corruption at the National School of Administration of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers of Italy and teaches at the Training Schools for Magistrates and Law Enforcement Officials.
The distinction was presented by SIGA’s Global CEO, Emanuel Macedo de Medeiros, who stated:
“Dr Giovanni Tartaglia Polcini has a long-standing, illustrious career devoted to Justice and the fight against corruption and organised crime. As Chair of the G20 Anti-Corruption Working Group he understood that Sport could not tackle corruption by itself. He was pivotal to place Anti-Corruption in Sport at the top of the G20’s priority list. This was a truly game-changing, historical development. It is therefore only logical to award him with our inaugural Leader on Anti-Corruption Award.
Giovanni Tartaglia Polcini stated:
“Thanks to SIGA for this great award. Corruption is a global threat, and Sport is a risk sector. It is crucial to combat any form of corruption in Sport also through an effective multilateral and multi-share-holder approach. The convergence of values of integrity, transparency and accountability will boost effective results on this topic. However, considering the danger of organised crime infiltration in Sport, we are all called to a greater effort. I am sincerely honoured to receive this recognition, which I also accept on behalf of all my collaborators”.
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