Professor Dan Hough (centre), pictured with the President (left) and Vice-President (right) of Nazaha

Professor Dan Hough was presented with a gift from the President of Nazaha

Professor Dan Hough attended an awards ceremony after members of Nazaha successfully completed the anti-corruption training course

Professor Dan Hough delivered a professional development course to 25 members of Nazaha

Professor Dan Hough, Director of the Sussex Centre for the Study of Corruption (SCSC), visited Saudi Arabia earlier this month, where he spent five days with Nazaha, the Saudi Arabian Anti-Corruption Commission. 

Professor Hough visited the capital of Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, from 5-9 April 2015, where he led a professional development course for 25 members of Nazaha. 

The Commission, which was established in 2011, is committed to creating integrity, transparency, honesty, justice and equality in the bodies that fall within its jurisdiction, and members were particularly keen to discuss issues of best practice in tackling corruption with Professor Hough. 

During his time in Saudi Arabia, Professor Hough also met with the President of Nazaha, Dr Khalid bin Abdulmohsen bin Mohammed Al-Mehaisen, and discussed future opportunities for working together. Research on how anti-corruption agencies can improve their work and further professional development courses are on the agenda.

Talking about the visit, Professor Hough said: "Nazaha is an expanding anti-corruption agency, and it plays an important role in the Gulf region.

"The SCSC is keen to work with Nazaha to try to fine tune both their processes and procedures, and to deepen our knowledge of when and under what conditions anti-corruption agencies are most successful."

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