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Annual Report 2009
The Basel Institute on Governance (BIoG) experienced another dynamic and successful operational year in 2009. Both branches of the Institute, the International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR) and the Centre for Governance and Anti-Corruption (GOV) attracted a significant number of new...
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New book released: Tracing stolen assets - A practitioner's handbook
Corruption generates billions of dollars each year. A large portion of the assets acquired through acts of corruption can never be recovered by victim countries for the simple reason: it was not possible to locate them. The profits generated by crime are often transferred to financial centres in an...
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Training on corruption in Haiti
The Basel Institute on Governance will conduct a ten days training in Haiti on corruption, on a request from the Government of Haiti through funding from the World Bank Institute. The training is divided into three parts: one on corruption prevention, one on corruption investigation and one on...
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New book released: Countering Terrorist Financing
Terrorists need money to commit acts of violence and sustain their operations. Measures to combat terrorism therefore aim to prevent terrorists from raising, moving and using funds or other assets. The effectiveness - and the fairness - of these measures were considered at the second 'Giessbach'...
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Training on Corruption Case Work, Nigeria
The International Centre for Asset Recovery conducts a training on how to handle corruption cases in Nigeria. The learning goals are to enhance the professional capacity of prosecutors and judges in the handling of corruption related cases. More specifically, the project aims to build sustainable...
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e-learning module: Interactive Corruption Scenario
The interactive corruption case scenario is designed to help you learn the basics of an asset recovery case. You can interactively participate in the gradual unraveling of a corruption case.
The case involves stolen assets that have to be traced and frozen. The case is purely fictional but certain...
News
2010
08/30
Register now for the 14th International Anti-Corruption Conference
Online registration for the 14th IACC (10-13 November 2010, Bangkok, Thailand) is now open, visit www.14iacc.org to register and avail of the Early Bird discount! Early Bird registration will close 15 September.
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2010
08/05
Stolen Asset Recovery Initiative (StAR initiative) Training Programme, Thailand
Representatives of the International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR) conducted an eight-day country specific training programme in respect of asset tracing and asset recovery in Thailand during the period 13 to 22 July 2010. This project took place through the mutual co-operation of ICAR, the...
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2010
08/03
New job vacancy: IT Specialist
The Basel Institute on Governance is seeking for a new staff member who will be responsible for providing IT operational support and assists at the development and maintenance of our web-based community platform.
Have a look at the detailed job description.
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2010
07/05
Financial Investigations and Asset Recovery Training in Liberia (June 2010)
During the period of 14 to 18 June 2010, experts of the International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR) carried out the second interactive financial investigations/asset recovery training programme in Monrovia, Liberia. The aim of the programme was to enhance the capacity of Liberias key...
[more]About us
The Basel Institute on Governance is an independent and non-profit think tank conducting research and offering policy advice and capacity building support in public, global and corporate governance/compliance. Through the International Centre for Asset Recovery, we further provide training and advisory services in the field of asset recovery. The Institute combines scientific methodology with practical experience and seeks to engage partners from all concerned stakeholder groups. Based in Switzerland and associated with the University of Basel, we bring together internationally recognised academics as well as practitioners with long-standing experience in the matters at stake.