国际英语新闻:London Anti-Corruption Summit aims at stronger int'l cooperation

LONDON, May 12 (Xinhua) -- An international anti-corruption summit aimed at strengthening global action to fight corruption kicked off here Thursday morning.

The one-day Anti-Corruption Summit was opened by British Prime Minister David Cameron at the Lancaster House in London this morning. Presidents from Afghanistan, Colombia, Nigeria and other countries, senior ministers from G20 countries, as well as leaders from international organizations are attending the summit. Huang Shuxian, China's minister of supervision, is also attending.

Cameron said at the opening of the summit that corruption is the cancer at the heart of many of the world's problems, such as extremism, people not paying taxes and money laundering. He urged attending parties to coordinate and tackle the global problem.

The summit focuses on three areas: exposing corruption and increasing transparency, tackling corruption and focusing on law enforcement, and driving out corruption in the long-term.

Corruption in sports will also be addressed briefly during the summit.

The summit is expected to achieve some outcomes including specific policy actions agreed to tackle the use of anonymous companies to hide the proceeds of corruption, promote government transparency, and improve law enforcement cooperation to prosecute the corrupt and seize stolen assets.