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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Former minister urges UK to back international anti-corruption court

Lord Hain
Lord Hain said international corruption was estimated to cost $2tn (£1.58tn) a year – or 5% of global GDP. Photograph: Jack Hill/The Times/PA

The UK government should back the establishment of an international anti-corruption court to prosecute corrupt leaders of countries unwilling or unable to enforce their own anti-kleptocracy laws, according to Lord Hain, the former Foreign Office minister.

With cross-party support, Hain will propose that the time has come for Britain to throw its weight behind the growing global momentum for an international court, analogous to the international criminal court in The Hague.

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