SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 1991
HAD SUPPORTED THE
SENTENCES SEVERE
MR WOOD NOTED THAT THE COURTS OF HONG KONG
IN HANDING DOWN DRIVE AGAINST ECONOMIC CRIME PERSONS INVOLVED IN LARGE-SCALE FRAUD OR CORRUPTION.
ΤΟ
ARE VAST
"HOWEVER, THE PROBLEMS OF THESE COMPLEX PROSECUTIONS
CONSTANTLY STRIVING TO IMPROVE
AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES ARE THEIR ARMOURY.
STEP
THOSE ILLEGALLY
IN OUR AT THE AND
ONE
AHEAD OF KEEP "IT IS ESSENTIAL TO
ACHIEVE то
THEIR FORTUNES COMMUNITIES WHO SEEK EXPENSE OF OTHERS. THEY ARE NOT INERT. AS THE LEVEL OF PREVENTIVE
THE CRIMINALS," DETECTIVE MEASURES BECOME MORE SOPHISTICATED SO WILL
MR WOOD SAID.
HE SAID
PROSECUTIONS
INVOLVING THE SERIES OF HIGH-LEVEL
SERVICE AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR TARGETS FROM THE POLICE, THE CIVIL
AGAINST OF THE INDEPENDENT COMMISSION FOLLOWING THE ESTABLISHMENT
GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION IN 1974 HAD EXPRESSED THE DETERMINATION OF THE TO CLAMP DOWN ON WHITE COLLAR CRIME.
THE GOVERNMENT WAS INVOLVED IN A CONTINUING PROCESS OF
HIGHER STANDARDS.
"THE ROLE IS LARGELY EDUCATIONAL
BEHAVIOUR
STANDARDS
NEW APPRECIATES COMMISSIONS AND BRIBES.
OF
SETTING
THAT SO AS REGARDS
THE PUBLIC GIFT-GIVING
RULES
то AS
THE
ACCEPTANCE
OF OF THE
"IT IS INTERESTING THAT THE GIFTS BY CIVIL SERVANTS ARE AS STRICT AS ANYWHERE IN THE REST WORLD.
THAN
THE YOUNG "IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THESE VALUES ARE INSTILLED IN AS THEY ARE PERHAPS MORE APPROACHABLE AND LESS SET IN THEIR WAYS SOME OF THEIR ELDERS, MR WOOD SAID.
HE SAID CRIMINALS MUST NOT BE ABLE TO USE
JURISDICTION OF AND TRADITIONAL VIEWS INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF CRIME.
NATIONAL BOUNDARIES AS SHIELDS AGAINST
ARB
ANY
ONE
BETWEEN LAW 'WITHOUT EFFECTIVE LAWS AND MEANS OF CO-OPERATION
AND INTERNATIONAL, CRIMINALS ENFORCEMENT BODIES, BOTH NATIONAL
THAN CRIMES ABLE TO PLAN AND EXECUTE COUNTRY'S LAW ENFORCEMENT CAPABILITIES."
THE IR
MORE
QUICKLY
HE SAID MUTUAL
LEGAL ASSISTANCE
TREATIES
BETWEEN
COUNTRIES
WERE REGARDED AS NECESSARY TOOLS FOR THE FIGHT WHITE COLLAR CRIME.
AGAINST INTERNATIONAL
THEY CREATE CENTRAL
FOR
AND
IS THAT TREATIES "THE BENEFIT OF SUCH
RESPONSIBLE IS WHICH SUCH PARTY AUTHORITIES FOR OVERSEEING THE EXECUTION OF REQUESTS. THIS REMOVES THE AND UNNECESSARY USE OF DIPLOMATIC CHANNELS AND REQUESTS CAN BE MADE AT THE INVESTIGATORY STAGE RATHER THAN ONLY CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED.
H
MAKING TIME-CONSUMING
FOR EVIDENCE AFTER FORMAL
HE SAID
THE UNITED ASSISTANCE TREATIES,
STATES
A HAD
NUMBER OF MUTUAL LEGAL
/"PRESENTLY WE