The Basel Institute’s International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR) offers a five-day online training course on financial investigations and asset recovery for individual practitioners from law enforcement and other public-sector agencies.

Designed for practitioners working on real cases, this hands-on course builds the core skills needed to identify, trace and recover criminal assets. Participants work through a realistic investigation, applying practical techniques used in day-to-day investigative work.

Working in teams, participants follow financial leads across jurisdictions, analyse financial flows, gather and assess evidence using open-source intelligence, conduct interviews and interpret financial and supporting documentation.

The course places a strong emphasis on operational approaches to financial investigation, including developing investigative strategies, coordinating with domestic and international counterparts and overcoming common challenges in cross-border asset tracing.

Based on ICAR’s flagship financial investigations and asset recovery training programme, delivered to government agencies in dozens of countries worldwide, this course is now available as an open enrolment offering for individual practitioners. It can also be delivered as a tailored, private course for agencies and groups.

Course details

• Target audience: Public-sector practitioners involved in financial investigations and asset recovery, including judges, prosecutors, members of financial intelligence units and investigators.
• Participants: Max 25
• Delivery: Instructor-led online course. The course combines short lectures, practical exercises and structured discussions, with extensive teamwork based on a realistic criminal investigation.
• Timing: 4 hours per day over 5 days
• Language: English
• Costs: To be confirmed. For group bookings, please email training@baselgovernance.org.
• Timing: Three hours per day over four consecutive days.
• Certificate: Provided to participants who attend for the full duration of the course.

Who are the trainers?

This course is led by members of our ICAR training team: international financial investigation and asset recovery specialists with in-depth knowledge and long-standing practical experience in multiple countries.

Availability and dates

The courses take place in four-hour virtual sessions over five days, with breaks.

Upcoming courses:

• 20–24 July 2026

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Private courses for institutions and organisations are also possible. Please contact training@baselgovernance.org to discuss specific needs, timings, languages and fees.