Mr. Akharakit (Ryan) Keeratithanachaiyos

Anti-Corruption Specialist

Regional Office for South-East Asia and the Pacific

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

 

Akharakit (Ryan) specializes in cross-border corruption and money laundering investigation. Prior to joining the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), he was International Affairs Strategy Advisor at Thailand’s National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), where he provided policy advice and operational support to the NACC's Secretary-General on matters relating to cross-border criminal intelligence sharing, asset recovery and corporate liability for bribery offences.

 

Ryan has successfully handled several high-profile international corruption cases and was lead investigator behind NACC’s first foreign bribery-related indictment and international asset recovery efforts. He spearheaded the agency’s expansion of cross-border cooperation with its foreign counterparts, concluding over 20 regional and bilateral agreements on intelligence exchange and technical cooperation in a span of three years.

 

Ryan was a member of the legislative drafting team that drafted the recently enacted anti-corruption law (third revision), which aims to ensure Thailand’s compliance with the UNCAC in areas of liability of legal persons, foreign bribery and asset recovery.

 

At UNODC, Ryan will be responsible for producing a financial investigations manual for the Southeast Asian region, facilitating public-private partnership in combating corruption, as well as providing legal advice and capacity support to 11 countries across Southeast Asia.