From grassroots transparency tools to global business integrity networks, this year’s finalists for the International Collective Action Awards show the breadth, creativity and growing impact of Collective Action around the world.
Public voting is now open and everyone is invited to help choose the winners.
As the use of virtual assets accelerates worldwide, so too does their appeal to criminal actors looking to move money faster, hide transactions more effectively and stay one step ahead of enforcement authorities.
And it’s natural that when people discuss crypto-related crime, the focus is often on governments, regulators, law enforcement agencies and the private sector – crypto exchanges, financial institutions and blockchain intelligence firms.
Organised by the World Bank's Office of Suspension and Debarment (OSD), together with supporting partners including the Basel Institute on Governance, this symposium will bring together scholars and practitioners from across sectors to explore how resources lost through corruption can be redirected towards sustainable development outcomes. Discussions will focus on asset return, financial remedies and innovative approaches to strengthening development financing and accountability.
Europe’s defence sector is changing fast. More money, political attention and international partnerships are flowing into the industry. At the same time, defence companies face growing pressure to show not just what they produce, but how they operate.
Asset recovery for civil society and journalists is a four-day online course for investigative journalists, civil society organisations and other non-state actors working on corruption, accountability and financial crime issues.
Delivered by experts from the Basel Institute’s International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR), the course uses a realistic corruption case to build practical skills in tracing illicit assets, analysing financial information and using open-source intelligence (OSINT) tools.
Financial investigations and asset recovery is a five-day online course for public-sector practitioners working in law enforcement, prosecution, financial intelligence and related fields.
Delivered by experts from the Basel Institute’s International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR), the course uses a realistic cross-border investigation to build practical skills in tracing assets, analysing financial flows, gathering evidence and developing investigative strategies.
Teresa Paonessa talks with Anna Peyre about what "safeguarding" means in practice and why it is fundamental to credible, trusted and effective anti-corruption work. Teresa is Team Lead for Human Resources and the Basel Institute’s Safeguarding Officer; Anna Peyre is Human Resources Specialist and is helping to advance efforts around gender, equality, diversity and inclusion at the Institute.
The Basel Institute on Governance is expanding its training offer to help more professionals build practical skills in financial investigations and asset recovery.
Building on decades of global experience, we are launching new courses for both public-sector practitioners and non-state actors. Our hands-on, case-based training is now accessible to a wider audience than ever before.
Published in the Journal of Illicit Trade, Financial Crime, and Compliance, this article examines how Bulgaria’s 2007 accession to the European Union transformed illegal activities and corruption at the Kapitan Andreevo border checkpoint.