Introduction

The Project on the Combating of Corruption and Money Laundering under the leadership of Assistant Secretary General Eva Joly, was established by the Government in 2002 as part of its efforts to combat serious, profit-motivated crime. It was established by the Ministries of Justice and Foreign Affairs as a three-year project, and each of the two ministries contributes half of the funding.

An advisory committee has been established consisting of representatives for the two ministries. In 2004, two meetings of the advisory committee were held. The project also held regular meetings with the political leadership of the Ministry of Justice.

The responsibilities of the project are described in an action plan. The primary goal is that Norway shall play a more active international role in combating money laundering and corruption. The national goal is to make crime less profitable. The project’s responsibilities were extended in summer 2003, when it also took on the responsibility for drafting the Government’s action plan to combat economic crime. In 2004, it was decided that the project would be concluded in its current form by the end of 2005.

The annual report does not aim to provide an exhaustive description of everything that has been done, but to give an outline of the project’s work during 2004.

Staff

In 2004, the project staff consisted of Assistant Secretary General Eva Joly (Director), Deputy Assistant Secretary General Anne-Mette Dyrnes (Deputy Director), Senior Adviser Atle Roaldsøy, Senior Adviser Henrik Horn and Executive Officer Unn Torgersen.

Home page

In 2004, the project was given its own home page on the Odin web site under the Ministry of Justice, economic crime.

Here there are links to the project’s action plan, annual reports, memoranda, information on the international work that the project takes part in and the Government’s Action Plan to Combat Economic Crime.

The Government’s Action Plan to Combat Economic Crime

A major task in 2004 involved preparation of a new action plan to combat economic crime. The work was carried out in close cooperation with the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Trade and Industry. In 2003, the Senior Officials Group on Economic Crime had prepared an outline for a new plan. This formed an important point of departure for the further work. Emphasis was placed on providing a firm foundation for the plan with all of those affected by it.

In autumn 2003, a number of meetings were held with the object of obtaining basic information for the further work. The project’s work on the plan began in earnest in January 2004 with meetings with a number of persons from business and industry, organizations, public administration, the political parties represented on the Standing Committee of the Storting on Justice, the media and private individuals, see the enclosed list. The purpose of this was to gather views on how prevention and combating of economic crime could be made more targeted and effective. The first draft of a new plan was submitted to the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Trade and Industry in week 9. The draft with a request for comments was also sent to the Director General of Public Prosecutions, the Norwegian Police Directorate, the National Authority for Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental Crime (Økokrim) and the affected departments of the Ministry of Justice. An active dialogue by means of both written correspondence and meetings, particularly between the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Justice but also with the political leadership of these two ministries and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, resulted in a number of revisions. The Government adopted the plan at the meeting of the Council of State of 3 June 2004.

The plan includes a number of measures against economic crime. Many of these measures are aimed at prevention. The plan attaches major importance to the need for increased competence in the police and prosecuting authority and for an improved organization of the work on combating economic crime through the establishment of economic crime teams in the police. The measures outlined in the plan will be implemented during the course of three years. The plan is available from the project’s home page.

The plan was launched by the Minister of Justice Odd-Einar Dørum and the Minister of Finance Per Kristian Foss at the ETHOS Conference held by the Ministry of Justice on 9 June 2004. After the presentation, a number of testimonies were given concerning the effects of economic crime both in Norway and abroad. There were witnesses both from Norway and other countries. The conference was concluded with a panel debate. We refer to the enclosed conference programme.

The Senior Officials Group on Economic Crime has been assigned the responsibility for follow-up of the measures outlined in the plan.

Publication of the book “Inndragning – hva må gjøres?” (Confiscation – what must be done?)

Anne-Mette Dyrnes’ book “Inndragning – hva må gjøres?” (Confiscation – what must be done?) was published by the Ministry of Justice’s own imprint on January 2004 in an edition of 3000 copies. The book was launched on 4 February at a press conference attended by the Minister of Justice, Odd-Einar Dørum. Dyrnes began the book while working as a Senior Public Prosecutor at Økokrim, and completed it while working on the project in 2003. The book is No. 15 of Økokrim’s series of papers. The book is intended as an aid for lawyers, investigators, auditors and others who work on matters concerning compensation. Two-thousand copies were therefore distributed to key personnel in the police, the prosecuting authority and the National Police Academy. The book can be purchased from Økokrim, Nordli bookshop and Akademika. The price is NOK 220. All income from sale of the book goes to the Ministry of Justice.

Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering – FATF

Anne-Mette Dyrnes is the leader of Norway’s delegation to the FATF. Atle Roaldsøy is a member of the delegation. The Ministry of Finance, Kredittilsynet (the Banking, Insurance and Securities Commission of Norway) and Økokrim are also represented on the delegation.

A major task for the FATF in 2004 was completion of a new evaluation methodology for the anti-money laundering measures of its member countries and other countries. A final meeting of the working group was held in Tokyo in January in order to bring this about. The new methodology was adopted by the FATF at a plenary session in February 2004. In spring 2004, the boards of the IMF and the World Bank decided to implement measures against money laundering and financing of terrorism in accordance with the new methodology set out in their assessment programmes. Global implementation of these measures is ensured by making qualification for loans from the international financial institutions dependent on the introduction of satisfactory measures against money laundering and financing of terrorism.

In summer 2004, Norway and Belgium stated their willingness to be the first countries to be evaluated subject to the new methodology in the FATF’s third round of evaluations of member countries. Anne-Mette Dyrnes was assigned the main responsibility for coordination of the work in Norway. A comprehensive questionnaire had to be filled in and submitted to the FATF in mid-November 2004. Text contributions were obtained from all affected agencies. Norway’s final response was prepared in cooperation with the Ministry of Finance. Preparations for a two-week visit in January 2005 by an expert team from the FATF began in December. An extensive programme of talks with representatives from a number of authorities and private organizations and companies was set up, see the enclosed programme.

Eva Joly agreed to take part in the evaluation of Belgium’s measures against money laundering and the financing of terrorism in 2005. This involved preparations in December 2004.

Anne-Mette Dyrnes was a FATF observer at the Council of Europe (MONEVAL) evaluation of Russia’s measures against money laundering. This responsibility involved studies of Russia’s own report and attached legislation, etc., a visit to Moscow of a week’s duration in September 2003, contributions to the report on Russia and participation in submission of the report at MONEYVAL’s plenary meeting in July 2004.

The project was also represented at the following FATF meetings:

23.01–30.01 Working group meeting in Tokyo (Dyrnes)

22–24.02.04 Plenary meeting in Paris (Dyrnes and Roaldsøy)

27.06–02.07 Plenary meeting in Paris (Dyrnes)

14–17.09.04 Seminar on FATF’s new evaluation methodology in St. Petersburg (Dyrnes)

18–22.10.04 Plenary meeting in Paris (Dyrnes and Roaldsøy)

OECD Working group on Bribery in International Business Transactions

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has responsibility for Norway’s delegation to the OECD Working Group on Bribery in International Business Transactions. Atle Roaldsøy is a member of the delegation. In 2003, Henrik Horn also worked on assignments for the working group.

In 2003, the OECD’s working group evaluated whether Norway’s measures against corruption were in compliance with the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions. Atle Roaldsøy had the main responsibility for conducting the evaluation. In 2004, he worked on follow-up of the recommendations of the working group.

The project was involved in several “out-reach” programmes under the auspices of the OECD in Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and the Baltic states.

Atle Roaldsøy attended the following meetings:

15–17.03.2004: Anti-Corruption Meeting in Moscow

21–26.06.2004: Working group meeting in Paris

29–31.08.04: Baltic Anti-Corruption Initiative (BACI) working group meeting in Tallinn

10–11.10.04: Follow-up meeting with the Russian authorities, Paris

06–08.12.04: Working group meeting in Paris

Henrik Horn attended a meeting 14–17 June in Paris where parts of the Armenian corruption legislation were evaluated.

Group of States Against Corruption – GRECO (Council of Europe)

The Norwegian delegation to GRECO is led by Atle Roaldsøy. The main responsibility of the group is evaluation of whether the member countries’ measures against corruption are in compliance with the Council of Europe Criminal Law Convention on Corruption and associated recommendations.

GRECO conducted its second evaluation of Norway’s measures against corruption in 2004. Four selected topics were focused upon: use of coercive measures, confiscation, measures against corruption in the public administration and corruption and legal persons. GRECO’s evaluation team visited Norway 26–30 April and the report on Norway was discussed and approved at the plenary meeting of 27–30 September 2004. The report was in all essentials positive, but concluded in four recommendations that must be followed up by Norway. The report has been made available on the project’s home page.

In 2004 the GRECO Compliance Report on Norway was also considered and adopted. The report concerns the follow-up of the recommendations given to Norway in the previous evaluation round. This report too has been made available on the project’s home page.

Both Atle Roaldsøy and Henrik Horn participated as experts in evaluations of other countries, Roaldsøy in the evaluation of Germany and Horn in the evaluation of Albania. Each assignment involves approximately three weeks’ work consisting of studies of legislation, etc., visits to the country, report writing and participation in the meeting where the report is presented.

Atle Roaldsøy participated in four plenary meetings in 2004, all in Strasbourg of approximately four weeks’ duration. During the period 13–17 December, Roaldsøy visited Berlin, Hanover and Hamburg in connection with the evaluation of Germany. Henrik Horn visited Tirana during the period 10–14 April in connection with the evaluation of Albania’s anti-corruption measures.

Other international work

The project had a number of other international assignments. In chronological order, these were as follows:

EU Money Laundering Contact Committee, Brussels – Anne-Mette Dyrnes attended the meeting, which considered the issue of the content of a third money laundering directive.

16 January

Moreno Ocampo Events in Basle – Eva Joly gave a paper entitled “Criminal Financial Investigations; the French experience”.

22–25 March

Eva Joly and Anne-Mette Dyrnes participated in holding a seminar on corruption for Russian business managers under the auspices of the Centre for Citizens Initiatives in Washington USA. Eva Joly gave a lecture on the first day of the seminar. The group of over 100 Russians was divided into smaller groups of 10–15 persons that were distributed between several western countries’ embassies – among them the Norwegian – where they spent a day of discussions on the various countries’ solutions regarding corruption issues. Eva Joly and Anne-Mette Dyrnes had responsibility for discussions with such a group at the Norwegian embassy. A large number of questions from the Russians was sent over in advance, so the discussions were well prepared.

A meeting was also held at the IMF with Jon Solheim, Executive Director for the Nordic-Baltic countries at the IMF and Stefan Ingves as well as a meeting with the leadership of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a large private research institution. Eva Joly was also interviewed by the Washington Post during the visit.

29 March

Juridisk Forening, Copenhagen – Eva Joly gave a talk entitled “What is the extent of economic crime and what can be done to increase the rate of detection and prosecution of such crimes?”

31 March

EU Money Laundering Contact Committee, Brussels – Anne-Mette Dyrnes attended the meeting concerning the content of a third money laundering directive.

4 May

Nordic anti-corruption meeting, Helsinki – Atle Roaldsøy attended.

10–14 May

UNODC – Henrik Horn attended a meeting of the Crime Commission.

3–7 May

Eva Joly, accompanied by State Secretary Vidar Helgesen, Supreme Court Judge Lars Oftedal Broch, District Court Judge Rachel Surlien, the lawyer Berit Reiss Andersen, Professor Jan Helgesen and representatives from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, attended a round table conference on human rights in Indonesia. The conference was a stage in the human rights dialogue between Norway and Indonesia. With the chairman of Partnership in Jakarta, Eva Joly led a workshop on the fundamental conditions for a corruption-free judicial system in Indonesia.

20–23 June

Meeting of the Nordic Ministers of Justice in Iceland – Eva Joly was present throughout the meeting and gave a talk on the difficulties associated with fighting national and international corruption. It was decided that an experience seminar between the Nordic countries would be held. The project was assigned the responsibility for holding the seminar on behalf of Norway in Oslo in 2005.

24 June

Global Compact Leaders Summit, Washington – Eva Joly took part in the panel on the 10th principle of the Global Compact, whereby corporate signatories refrain from participating in corruption.

28 June

IMD Geneva Orchestrating Winning Performance programme – Eva Joly gave a talk entitled “Issues concerning ethics and corporate governance”.

9–12. September

FN, IOIS 10th anniversary in Washington – Eva Joly was one of three speakers. The other two were Jules Muis, former internal auditor for the European Commission and David Walker, the US Comptroller General. Eva Joly’s paper was entitled “Fighting fraud and corruption: lessons for international organizations”.

27 September

Association d’avocats inscrit a un barreau étranger, Paris – Eva Joly gave a talk on anti-corruption and money laundering policy.

9–15 October

Kenya New Governments Meeting: “The Challenge of Delivery”, Nairobi – Eva Joly chaired a round table conference with Justice Ringheira on the following topics: “Building integrity in government institutions: the reform in the police, judiciary, military in a transition period” and “The role and perspective of the judiciary and anti-corruption / law enforcement agencies in the anti-corruption process”.

13–15 October

Norwegian-Polish Conference on the EEA Financial Mechanisms, Warsaw – Atle Roaldsøy attended the conference and gave a paper on Norwegian penal provisions against corruption. Representatives for the authorities and Norwegian commerce and industry attended.

21 October

Volvo Treasury’s internal customer conference, Gothenberg – Eva Joly gave a talk entitled “Corruption – is it a reality in daily business?”.

22–23 October

Liechtenstein Dialogue, Vadouz – Eva Joly took part in the panel discussion: “Tax policy and financial markets: The dilemma between transparency and privacy”.

17–26 November

Antananarivo, Madagascar – Eva Joly and Anne-Mette Dyrnes visited Madagascar in order to assist Petter Langseth, who is an adviser to President Marc Ravlomanana, in his efforts to put corruption on the agenda in Madagascar. The purpose of the visit was to contribute to input regarding the development of a good governance strategy in Madagascar, raise awareness of the negative consequences of corruption, gain support for a strategy giving priority to improvement of the integrity and ethical standards of the courts (judges and public prosecutors). Joly and Dyrnes had a meeting with the President among others, had responsibility for the professional content of a two-day workshop and gave talks for judges and at the University of Antananarivo. The visit received considerable media attention.

24–25 November

“Enhancing Operational Cooperation in Fighting Corruption in the European Union” conference held by the Austrian Ministry of the Interior, Vienna for the leaders of the main anti-corruption bodies of the 25 EU member states – Atle Roaldsøy attended and gave a paper entitled “Corruption and the Media – Between Transparency and Scandalization”. The paper will be published by the Austrian conference organizer.

29–30 November

Global Forum on Fighting Corruption in Public Procurement, Paris – Eva Joly and Henrik Horn attended. Eva Joly gave a paper and took part in the panel discussion on the topic: “Future direction to fight corruption and promote integrity in public procurement”.

7 December

Nobel lecture at the Norwegian embassy in the Hague – Eva Joly gave a lecture entitled “The fight against corruption – where are we now?”

13 December

Club des Affaires, Düsseldorf – Eva Joly gave a talk on what can be done to reduce grand corruption.

Meetings and other lecturing activities in Norway

Details of lectures and international meetings are given above. In addition, a large number of meetings, talks and lectures were held in Norway. The meetings were of varying character. Most of the meetings were associated with the work of the project, for example Atle Roaldsøy’s meetings with the Public Official Ethics Committee of the Seoul Metropolitan Government and Transparency International, Latvia. However, meetings were also held with private persons and representatives of organizations and companies that wished to provide information, primarily of a general nature.

Eva Joly was in great demand as a speaker at conferences, seminars and courses on ethical issues and areas of crime where corruption, money laundering and confiscation are relevant topics. The other members of the project staff have also been in great demand as speakers. Anne-Mette Dyrnes has many lecture assignments at the National Police Academy. Through lectures and participation in seminars, etc., the project can help to raise awareness and stimulate debate on the problems of corruption and money laundering. Lectures at the National Police Academy and for the police and prosecuting authority can help to enhance competence in this area. Although such activities are extremely resource-consuming, they have therefore been given high priority.

The project was engaged in the following lecturing activities, etc. in 2004:

Eva Joly:

• Lecture at the National Police Academy in Oslo
  “Corruption and organized crime – a challenge for police management”

• Transparency International and Polytechnical Association, Oslo
  “Integrity and ethics – do we care?”

• Growth days in Grenland, Porsgrunn
  “Corruption, greed and politics – reflections concerning the French examples”

• Norwegian Society of Financial Analysts, Oslo
  “Is Norwegian financial capital naïve?”

• Lecture for the Norwegian Competition Authority, Oslo
  “The project’s sphere of work and methodology – crime involving unfair competition”

• Lecture for Oslo Military Society, Oslo
  “Corruption – is it a problem for Norway?”

• Lecture for Christian Michelsen Institute, Bergen
  “Democracy, corruption and politics. How are the principles of Montesquieux practised today?”

• Lecture for the Association of Senior Police Officers and Oslo Police District, Oslo
  “The work of the project and the importance of the fight against corruption and money laundering”

• Table Ronde Norwegian-French Chamber of Commerce, Oslo
  Round table conference on how the Norwegians and the French can improve their cooperation.

• Norwegian Humanist Association, Oslo
  “Ethical reflections on the fight against economic crime, national and international, and the media’s slant on it”

• Jar Parish, Oslo
  “Fairness”

• Bekkelaget Rotary Club, Oslo
  “Corruption – can it be fought?”

• Norwegian Police Security Service, Oslo
  “Money laundering viewed in the light of the threat of terrorism”

• The north Norwegian Board Day, held by Harstad University College
  “Value creation in the Norwegian boardroom – a one-sided focus on material values?”

• The Slirå Seminar, led by Professor Ståle Eskeland with participants from the University of Oslo, etc. Lecture on the Elf case (with Anne-Mette Dyrnes)

• Lecture for ANAF (Association of Norwegians who have studied in France) – on own experience

• Procurement Forum 2004, held by Norwegian Association of Purchasing and Logistics
  “Ethics as a competitive advantage in national and international trade. The fight against international economic crime and corruption”

• Lecture for the Norwegian Defence Staff College
  “Management and ethics”

• Meeting of public prosecutors in Stavanger
  “The meeting with the Norwegian criminal law apparatus – challenges in the fight against economic crime”
• Kvinner i Vinden (Focus on Women)
  “Self-confidence, women’s liberation and gender equality”

• Tax crime conference held by the Tax Crime Unit for Oslo and Akershus
  “Economic crime – some major challenges”

• Lecture for the Norwegian Israel Centre against Anti-Semitism’
  “The fight against corruption and the role of the media”

• National College of Defence
  “Corruption and economic crime as destabilizing factors”

• Norwegian Shipowners’ Association, Oslo
  “Presentation of the national and international work of the project”

• Lecture for the management group Norges Bank (Central Bank of Norway)
  The project’s work against corruption

• International Pen’s World Congress in Tromsø
  “Corruption and Democracy”

• INSEAD Alumni
  “What risks are run by today’s managers when they use agents and middlemen to obtain contracts?”

• FBI National Academy Associates European Chapter – Retraining Session 2004
  “The integrity of the Criminal Justice System – The importance thereof for Police Cooperation

• Norwegian Advisory Council on Bankruptcy Anniversary conference
  “The new French Bankruptcy Act – inspiration for Scandinavia?”

• Lehmkuhl lecture at the College of Business Administration and Economics, Bergen
  “The fight against corruption – from Utopia to reality”

• ELSA Seminar on International Trade and Corruption
  “Corruption in Big Business”

• UNICEF conference, Oslo
  “Corruption in Public Procurement”

• Norwegian-French Chamber of Commerce, Oslo
  “Tentatives de comparaison entre les systèmes politiques en France et en Norvège: quelles sont les différences de ces deux systèmes en matière de fonctionnement, de processus de décission…”

• Lunchtime lecture, Ministry of Health
  “How do we combat corruption and money laundering?”

• Global Economic Perspectives, conference at the College of Business Administration and Economics, Bergen
  “Culture and corruption – is there a connection?”

• Speech for the Centre for Management Training, Norwegian School of Management – award of diplomas

• Criminal Policy Seminar, Faculty of Law, University of Oslo
  “Crime today – how can we deal with it?”

• The National Police Academy, Oslo
  Lecture during the first assembly on the topic of crime, criminals and the causes of crime – the relationship between traditional crime of gain, economic crime and organized crime.

• Lunchtime seminar, Ministry of Finance
  “Is it possible to do anything about corruption in vulnerable sectors?”

• Round table conference in Stavanger, held by Norwegian Church Aid
  “Oil – curse or blessing for developing countries”

• Africa Section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  On the work of the project.

• Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
  “Have we a good enough picture of economic crime in 2004 and are we equipped to meet predictable challenges”

• Half-day seminar for Ukrainian delegation on the work of the project and experience gained from the Elf case (with Anne-Mette Dyrnes)

Anne-Mette Dyrnes

• The National Police Academy, Oslo – two-hour lecture on confiscation and money laundering for elective subject Drugs

• SAS hotel, Oslo – seminar for staff with responsibility for combating money laundering in the insurance sector, lecture: The new Money Laundering Act – how does it affect the insurance sector?

• The National Police Academy, Oslo – One-day course for prosecution lawyers on money laundering and financial investigation

• Oslo Stock Exchange – Lecture entitled: “Corruption –international status”

• Oslo Police District – Lecture for officials on the topic: “Financial leads – confiscation and financial investigation in the fight against profit-motivated crime

• Oslo Police District – Lecture for prosecution lawyers on the topic “Confiscation – particularly on section 34a of the Penal Code and on securing of claims

• Lecture at the Norwegian Police Directorate

• Slirå Seminar, Finse – Lecture entitled “Extended confiscation and profit-motivated crime” (with Eva Joly)

• National Authority for Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental Crime in Norway, internal training – lecture entitled “Confiscation”

• The National Police Academy, Oslo – One-day course for prosecution lawyers on money laundering and financial investigation

• Østfold and Follo Police District’s “påtalemøte” (seminar for prosecutors), Ski – half-day course on economic crime and confiscation

• The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Multilateral Bank and Finance Section – Lecture entitled: “ABC of money laundering”

• The National Police Academy’s research conference, Oslo – Lecture entitled: Confiscation and other gain-oriented measures against organized crime”

• The National Police Academy, Oslo – two-hour lecture on confiscation and money laundering for elective subject Drugs

• The Grieg Group, Oslo – lecture on international trade and ethical guidelines

• Hordaland “påtalemøte” (seminar for prosecutors), Solstrand – Lecture on the topic “Confiscation – particularly on section 34a of the Penal Code”

• The National Police Academy, Oslo – One-day course for prosecution lawyers on money laundering and financial investigation

• Half-day seminar for Ukrainian delegation on seizure, freezing and confiscation of gains from criminal acts and experience regarding confiscation gained from specific cases (with Eva Joly)

Atle Roaldsøy

• Lecture for Norsk Økoforum (Norwegian Eco-forum), Tønsberg

• Lecture for the National Security Authority

• Lecture for the Norwegian Competition Authority

Henrik Horn

• Lecture on corruption for the Norwegian Society of Engineers Buskerud, Kongsberg

• Lecture on the Government’s action plan at Sundvollen, Norwegian Tax Administration

• Lecture on corruption for the Norwegian Society of Engineers Buskerud, Drammen

• Lecture for No to the EU in Ski – account of work on combating corruption and money laundering in international bodies

• Lecture in Stavanger for the Norwegian Computer Society

Working group – guidance to the legal profession

In February 2004, the Ministry of Finance asked the Ministry of Justice, as the competent ministry for the legal profession, to consider whether the legal profession needed guidance on interpretation and application of money laundering legislation. The background for this was a number of enquiries from lawyers concerning, among other things, various services offered by lawyers. The Ministry of Justice found that there was a need for such guidance, and undertook the responsibility for preparing it. A working group was appointed, which was assigned the task of preparing a draft. The group is led by Anne-Mette Dyrnes. Henrik Horn is the group’s secretary. The group consists otherwise of Adviser Dag Eriksen, the Supervisory Council for Legal Practice, police prosecutor Else-Cathrine Lund, the National Authority for Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental Crime (Økokrim), the lawyer Kjeld Thore Nørgaard of the Norwegian Bar Association and Adviser Svein Hagen of the Banking, Insurance and Securities Commission of Norway (Kredittilsynet). The group commenced its work in August and held a total of three meetings in autumn 2004.

Miscellaneous

In 2004, Atle Roaldsøy functioned as the secretary of the Senior Officials Group on Economic Crime.

On a number of occasions, the project contributed to consultative comments provided by the Ministry of Justice to propositions, etc. and to background material and talking points for the political staff. It also provided guidance on policy and possible measures. The project has also contributed to responses by the Minister of Justice to questions from the Storting and other enquiries.

In 2004, the project also received a considerable number of telephone and e-mail enquiries from private individuals.

Media contact

The media plays a major role in a transparent society, and is an important channel for combating corruption and money laundering. A number of interviews have therefore been given to Norwegian TV/radio and press. Eva Joly has also been interviewed by a number of foreign media, including Swedish, French, German, Swiss, Madagascan and American media.

In summer 2004, Eva Joly and Anne-Mette Dyrnes contributed several reader’s letters to Aftenposten on the application of the European Convention on Human Rights in Norwegian law and on the Government’s action plan to combat economic crime.

Publications

Eva Joly’s book “Is it such a world we want? was published in a Chinese translation. The book has previously been translated into Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, German and Spanish.

Publication of the book “Inndragning – hva må gjøres?” (Confiscation – what must be done?) is referred to above.

Anne-Mette Dyrnes published the article “Extended confiscation” in Tidsskrift for strafferett (Journal of Criminal Law), 2004 No. 2.

Eva Joly’s Lehmkuhl lecture was published.

Anne-Mette Dyrnes’ lecture “Inndragning og andre utbytterettede tiltak mot organisert kriminalitet” (Confiscation and other gain-oriented measures against organized crime) was published in Politihøyskolen PHS Forskning (National Police Academy Research) 2004: 2, Organisert og økonomisk kriminalitet – myter og realiteter (Organized and economic crime – myths and realities).

Awards and distinctions to Eva Joly

On 27 August, Eva Joly was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Bergen. In connection with the conferring of the honorary doctorate, she held a guest lecture at the University.

On 18 September 2004, Eva Joly received a Paul Harris Award during the district conference of the Rotary Club in Ålesund

On 16 October 2004, Eva Joly was awarded the Humanist Prize for 2004 by the Norwegian Humanist Association.

It is stated in the statutes for the prize that the Norwegian Humanist Association’s prize is awarded to individuals, groups or organizations that help to promote the humanistic ideals and principles laid down in the UN Declaration on Human Rights. The prize consists of NOK 50,000 and a diploma. Eva Joly donated the prize money to Transparency International.

On 28 October, Eva Joly was awarded Voksenåsen’s Torgny Segerstedt Award. The jury gave as its reason Joly’s “patient and courageous fight against corruption and misuse of power”. The Torgny Segerstedt Award was founded in 1996 in memory of Sweden’s foremost opponent of fascism during World War II. The purpose of the prize is to honour persons or organizations that, in the spirit of Torgny Segerstedt, have helped to call attention to oppression and injustice. Nominees for the award are Norwegians and Swedes who have displayed great personal courage in their work. The award consists of NOK 50,000 and a medal. Eva Joly donated the prize money to the Natzweiler group represented by Kristian Ottosen.

Conclusion

Like the previous year, 2004 was a very hectic year. The project staff was finally complete when Henrik Horn was appointed in January 2004. In cooperation with Executive Officer Unn Torgersen, he has invested considerable effort in answering letters and enquiries to the project, particularly to Eva Joly. The great influx of enquiries to the project from both Norway and abroad continued in 2004, and indicates a steadily growing awareness of corruption and money laundering. The project assumes that its activities have contributed to this increase in awareness. Through its participation and activities in a number of international organizations and bilateral projects, etc., the project has also shown that Norway wishes to place the fight against corruption and money laundering high on the international agenda.

Oslo, 14 March 2005.

Eva Joly