The UK’s Unexplained Wealth Order: certainly much improved, but going after dirty money remains difficult
The United Kingdom’s Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act received Royal Assent on 15 March 2022.
Enrichissement illicite : Guide sur les lois ciblant la richesse inexpliquée
Enrichissement illicite fournit un guide complet des lois sur l'enrichissement illicite et de leur application pour poursuivre les actifs inexpliqués et récupérer les produits de la corruption et d'autres crimes. Le livre, qui est disponible gratuitement, couvre les lois pénales et civiles du monde entier.
How a participatory approach helped the NRGI to develop effective anti-corruption guidance for oil, gas and mining sectors
The Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI) has launched tailored guidance on measures that companies in the oil, gas and mining sectors can adopt to reduce corruption risks when partnering with state-owned enterprises (SOEs).
Is Collective Action against corruption a competition risk for companies?
Our joint chapter in a new book on Perspectives on Antitrust Compliance answers a common question that arises when compliance officers and company lawyers first hear about anti-corruption Collective Action: are there antitrust risks in engaging with other industry players through Collective Action?
The short answer is no. The longer answer is, as we explain in the chapter, “quite the opposite”.
Is Collective Action against corruption a competition risk for companies? - from Perspectives on Antitrust Compliance
This chapter (26) of Perspectives on Antitrust Compliance covers the scope and purpose of anti-corruption Collective Action and explains why Collective Action and peer collaboration are important in tackling corruption. It then gives practical advice on how to overcome concerns and avoid antitrust risks, including many examples from initiatives around the world.
Basel Institute newsletter - March 2022
This news alert focuses on the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. Managing Director Gretta Fenner writes:
Dear friends and colleagues,
It is particularly difficult to write a newsletter note at times like these, when everything other than the horrific military aggression on Ukraine seems irrelevant. At the Basel Institute, we are heartbroken for our partners and friends in Ukraine, and for all the people of Ukraine.
Supporting Fiji’s efforts to fight corruption and recover illicit assets
We are delighted to have signed a case consultancy agreement with the Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption (FICAC).
The agreement enables our International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR) and FICAC to cooperate to strengthen the agency’s capacity to identify and recover assets obtained through corruption.
FICAC is Fiji's mandated law enforcement agency to investigate and prosecute corruption, as well as educate society on understanding and reporting corruption. The agency is celebrating its 15th year.
Building senior leadership skills to support Tanzania’s fight against corruption
An eight-month training programme for senior leaders of Tanzania and Zanzibar's anti-corruption and economic crimes authorities concluded last week, in the presence of Minister Haroun Ali Suleiman (Zanzibar’s Minister for Constitutional and Legal Affairs) and Didier Chassot (Switzerland’s Ambassador to Tanzania).
Boosting inter-agency coordination on anti-corruption and asset recovery in Kenya
Our International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR) training team was in the Kenyan capital Nairobi last week, delivering a Financial Investigations and Asset Recovery training course to a multi-agency group of officers responsible for anti-corruption and asset recovery.
Women in anti-corruption enforcement: personal perspectives
Initiatives such as International Women’s Day and the International Gender Champions Network, of which our Managing Director is a member, are helping to shift the needle towards a world free of gender-based discrimination. So are moves to mainstream gender in development programmes, including those focused on anti-corruption.