Projects

2012
05/04
Council of Europe Regional Training Programme in Syracuse, Sicily (March 2012)

The success of large scale money laundering and corruption investigations depends largely upon the ability of the criminal investigator and prosecutor to follow the trail of money and other assets. To benefit from profit-generating crime, criminals are usually forced to launder the proceeds to hide...

2012
04/25
The Basel Institute on Governance published the Basel AML Index 2012

The Basel Institute on Governance through its International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR) has developed an AML Risk Index that assesses countries’ risk levels regarding money laundering / terrorist financing. This Basel AML Index is a composite index that integrates 15 independent indices that...

2012
02/20
Financial Investigations and Asset Recovery Training Programme in Moldova (February 2012)

The recovery of illicit assets and the proceeds of crime is a major element in a country’s struggle against money laundering and predicate offences such as corruption. Integrated financial investigation is an essential element of any strategy for targeting proceeds from crime. The investigative...

2012
01/16
Financial Investigations and Asset Recovery Training in Cameroon (January 2012)

Pursuant to the International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR) scoping mission held in Cameroon from 19 to 22 September 2011 and its findings, Experts from ICAR were invited by the Cameroon Ministry of Justice to conduct a five-day country specific training programme in respect of financial...

2011
12/12
Money Laundering and Asset Tracing Training Programme in Ukraine

Experts from the International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR) conducted a six-day country specific training programme in respect of money laundering and asset tracing in Ukraine during the period 21 to 26 November 2011. This project took place through the mutual co-operation of the International...

2011
12/06
Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Training Programme in Israel, November 2011

Experts from the International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR) were invited by the Israel Ministry of Justice to conduct a five-day country specific training programme in respect of money laundering and asset recovery. This took place in Jerusalem during the period 6 – 10 November 2011 through the...

2011
11/07
MENA Countries Regional Training Programme in Syracuse, Sicily

As countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region turn from the gripping drama of recent events, one of the most important issues on the agenda is the recovery of stolen wealth from the assets of former Presidents and their entourages.  Whilst social and political upheaval has...

2011
09/27
Scoping Mission to Cameroon (19 - 22 September 2011)

In July 2011, the Ministry of Justice of Cameroon, through the Swiss Embassy in Yaoundé, requested the assistance of the International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR) in reinforcing the capacity of the country’s justice sector to fight corruption and money laundering.  This resulted in a...

2011
07/20
Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Training Programme in the Kyrgyz Republic (July 2011)

Experts from the International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR) conducted a six-day country specific training programme in respect of money laundering and asset recovery in the Kyrgyz Republic during the period 4 to 9 July 2011. This project took place through the mutual co-operation of the...

2011
05/30
EU Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) supports Anti-Corruption Training

The Head of Operations for the European Union Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), Mr. Jean–Louis RIODA, together with an expert from the International Centre for Asset Recovery at the Basel Institute on Governance, Mr Alan BACARESE, gave anti-corruption training to 15 Palestinian public prosecutors and 11...

2011
05/05
Train-the-Trainers training programme in Strasbourg-France (May 2011)

From, 3 to 5 May 2011, experts from the International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR), part of the Basel Institute on Governance, conducted a three-day train-the-trainers training programme in respect of money laundering and asset recovery in the facilities of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg,...

2011
04/30
Financial Investigations and Asset Recovery Training in Albania (April 2011)

From 25 to 30 April 2011, experts of the International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR) in cooperation with the Council of Europe (CoE) carried out the second interactive financial investigations/asset recovery training programme in Pogradec, Albania. The aim of the programme was to support the...

2011
04/26
Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Training Programme, Azerbaijan (March/April 2011)

Pursuant to a scoping mission held in Baku in January 2011, experts from the International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR), part of the Basel Institute on Governance, conducted a six-day country specific training programme in respect of money laundering and asset recovery in Azerbaijan in...

2011
04/26
Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Training Programme, Armenia (March 2011)

Experts from the International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR) conducted a six-day country specific training programme in respect of money laundering and asset recovery in Armenia during the period 17 to 24 March 2011.  This project took place through the mutual co-operation of the International...

2011
04/26
Financial Investigations and Asset Recovery Training Programme, Georgia (January 2011)

Experts for the International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR) conducted a follow up Financial Investigations and Asset Recovery training programme in Georgia during the period 24 – 28 January 2011.  As in the case of the first training programme which was conducted in March 2010, the aim of the...

2011
04/18
Advanced Financial Investigation training in Basel, Switzerland (4 - 15 April 2011)

From 4th to 15th April 2011 the International Center for Asset Recovery/Basel Institute on Governance conducted an Advanced Financial Investigation training. 8 participants from the Liberian Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC) and 3 participants from the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic...

2011
03/22
Financial Investigations and Asset Recovery Training in Albania (March 2011)

From 14 to 19 March 2011, experts of the International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR) in cooperation with the Council of Europe (CoE) carried out an interactive financial investigations/asset recovery training programme in Pogradec, Albania. The aim of the programme was to support the School of...

2011
01/12
Scoping mission in Tirana, Albania (January 2011)

From 3-6 January 2011, in cooperation with the Council of Europe, experts of the International Center for Asset Recovery (ICAR) conducted a scoping/fact finding mission within the framework of the Project Against Corruption in Albania (PACA) in Tirana. The purpose of the mission was to assess the...

2010
12/17
Training Programme in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (Nov. - Dec. 2010)

In October 2009, the Ministry of Justice in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), through the Swiss Embassy in Kinshasa, requested the assistance of the International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR) in reinforcing the capacity of the country’s justice sector to fight corruption. Based on its...

2010
12/17
Training Programme: Indonesia (Oct. - Nov. 2010)

Pursuant to a scoping mission held in Jakarta in February 2010, representatives of the International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR), part of the Basel Institute on Governance, conducted two consecutive five-day country specific training programmes in respect of financial investigations and asset...

2010
06/25
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 Liberia’s key...

2010
06/10
SF TV Rundschau

Rückführung von Diktatorengeldern: Imagepflege für die Schweiz?

2010
04/30
Financial Investigations and Asset Recovery Training in Liberia (April 2010)

Based on the findings of a scoping mission conducted in Monrovia in January 2010, experts of the International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR) developed and carried out an interactive financial investigations/asset recovery training programme in Liberia during the period 26 to 30 April2010.  The...

2010
04/22
Capacity Building Training Programme in Tbilisi, Georgia (March 2010)

Based on its findings during a scoping mission held in Tbilisi at the end of September 2009, experts for the International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR) developed and conducted an interactive asset tracing/asset recovery training programme in Georgia during the period 18 to 27 March 2010. ...

2010
04/22
Scoping Mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo (February 2010)

In October 2009, the Ministry of Justice in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), through the Swiss Embassy in Kinshasa, requested the assistance of the International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR) in reinforcing the capacity of the country’s justice sector to fight corruption.  This...

2010
04/22
Assessment mission to Thailand (January 2010)

During the period 25 – 29 January 2010, experts from the International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR) conducted a scoping mission in Bangkok, Thailand, jointly with StAR, and UNODC secretariat staff in Thailand.  The scoping mission took place for the purpose of obtaining all relevant...

2010
04/22
Assessment mission to Indonesia (February 2010)

Representatives of the International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR) spent the period 1 – 4 February 2010 conducting a scoping mission in Jakarta in conjunction with UNODC, its associate in an anti-corruption project “Support to the Fight Against Corruption in Indonesia” which is funded by the...

2009
12/09
Training project in Zambia

The Access to Justice Programme (AtoJ), which is currently funded by Danida, is a priority area for the Government of Zambia, and contributes towards establishing, inter alia, access to justice for the people of Zambia by helping to improve the key sector institutions, policies and practices. As...

2009
12/01
Capacity Building Training Programme in the Ukraine

The purpose of a training mission by representatives of the International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR) to Ukraine in September 2009 was twofold: Firstly, to enhance the capacity of the Financial Intelligence Unit as well as the main law enforcement agencies in analysing, investigating and...

2009
11/30
Assessment mission to Georgia

During the period 30 September – 2 October 2009, experts of the International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR) visited Georgia to carry out a scoping mission with the purpose to assess the country’s current law enforcement capacities for fighting corruption and money laundering as well as for...

2009
11/30
Training Programme in Vietnam

During the period 2 to 6 November 2009, representatives of the International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR) conducted a five-day training programme in respect of asset tracing and asset recovery which was specific to Vietnam. This project took place through the mutual co-operation of ICAR, the...

2009
04/28
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...

2009
04/28
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...

2009
03/09
Indonesia - Anticorruption Clearing house Evaluation (KPK, GTZ)

The IT Business Development team's project manager and e-learning expert undertook a mission to Jakarta to assist the Anti-corruption commission in Indonesia and the project's implementing partner GTZ in furthering the work required to develop the Anti-corruption Clearing House project.

2008
12/09
Madagascar E-Learning & IT Assistance

The IT team accompanied the ICAR training team in a training program organized in Madagasar in December 2008.

2008
11/09
Tanzania Case Docket Management System Evaluation & Study Visit

ICAR's IT Business development unit accompanied the Tanzania DPP and Ministry of Justice delegation to undertake a joint mission in Nov 2008 to South Africa.

2008
11/01
Asset tracing and recovery, anti-money laundering and mutual legal assistance November 2008, Bangkok, Thailand

Asset tracing and recovery, anti-money laundering and mutual legal assistance regional training for 4 countries (China, Thailand, Vietnam and Bangladesh). The countries were represented by anti-corruption prosecutors, investigators and financial intelligence unit personnel from a variety of...

2008
08/01
Asset tracing and recovery and mutual legal assistance training August 2008, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Asset tracing and recovery and mutual legal assistance training for prosecutors, representatives

from the Attorney General’s office and members of the National Coordinating Committee and the Anti-Corruption Commission.

2008
08/01
Intelligence Unit (FIU) development and asset recovery training August 2008, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) development and asset recovery training for members of the Tanzanian FIU, bankers from the private sector and law enforcement personnel involved in anti-money laundering and anti-corruption investigations.

2008
06/01
Asset tracing and recovery, anti- money laundering and mutual legal assistance June 2008, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Asset tracing and recovery, anti- money laundering and mutual legal assistance regional training for 8 countries (Malaysia, Brunei, Thailand, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Philippines, Macau Special Administrative Region and Indonesia). The countries were represented by anti-corruption prosecutors,...

2008
06/01
Anti-money laundering and asset tracing and recovery overview training June 2008, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Anti-money  laundering and asset tracing and recovery overview training for judges, prosecutors and investigators involved in corruption investigations – Antananarivo, Madagascar, April 2008 (Part I); Asset tracing and recovery , anti-money laundering and mutual legal assistance training for...

2008
05/01
Mutual legal assistance and asset recovery May 2008, Bangladesh

Seminar for senior officials of the National Coordinating Committee and the Anti-Corruption Commission on mutual legal assistance and asset recovery.

2008
02/27
Bangladesh Asset Recovery Task Force Workshop February 2008

From February 27th to March 7th 2008 the ICAR team conducted an extensive training program in Basel Switzerland for members of the Bangladesh StAR Inter Agency Task Force on Tracing and Recovering Stolen Assets. The team members included prosecutors, investigators and high level Bangladesh Central...

2008
01/01
Asset Recovery Knowledge Centre

Since its inception, the ICAR has been taking steps to address the problem of the lack of easily accessible, comprehensive and practical information on asset recovery. This has been identified as one of the key problems by a number of countries and international organisations. The ICAR launched the...

2007
12/01
Asset Recovery Training in Tanzania December 2007

From the 3 - 13 December 2007, ICAR delivered a 2 week training program in capacity building for the investigation and prosecution of corruption and money laundering crimes and to provide technical assistance on specific cases. The program was attended by prosecutors and investigators from the...

2007
11/01
Asset Recovery Training in Indonesia September 2007

During the period 17-28 September 2007 representatives of ICAR visited Jakarta, Indonesia to undertake an intermediate programme of training on asset recovery with members of both the Anti Corruption Comission (KPK) and the Attorney General's Office (AGO).

2007
11/01
Asset Recovery Training in Bangladesh November 2007

In cooperation with the World Bank, ICAR conducted a workshop in November 2007, with participants from various Bangladeshi agencies, namely, the Attorney General’s Office, the Criminal Investigations Department, the Bangladesh Bank, and the Supreme Court. The workshop focused on asset tracing and...