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There are currently 15 members from 14 different countries: Argentina, Australia (State of New South Wales), Croatia, the Czech Republic (two agencies), France, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Malawi, Moldova, the Republic of Macedonia, the Republic of Montenegro, Romania and the Slovak Republic.

For the purposes of the comparative data available, we only consider those countries that have an agency of this type effectively in place. However, it is a fact that not all countries have decided to create specialised anti-corruption agencies to curb corruption. Some have recently considered their adoption at the regional and national level. For that reason, the network does not exclude the participation of those countries that have not yet adopted this type of institutional response to corruption. Although the comparative data available in this portal relates primarily to countries with ACAs, it is the intention of this project to provide a balanced representation of the various systems of repression/prevention available in order to allow users to make a fair assessment of ACA successes and shortcomings. ANCORAGE-NET does not speak up for the adoption of specialised anti-corruption agencies. Conventional judicial and enforcement mechanisms can be as successful, or unsuccessful, in their intent.