The International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR) provides capacity building and training methodologies on-site, in South and Eastern countries, in the areas of financial investigations, asset tracing and recovery as well as mutual legal assistance.
The ICAR provides legal advice and assistance to law enforcement authorities and anti-corruption agencies in handling specific asset recovery cases.
The ICAR offers IT services including an on-line knowledge centre with comprehensive information on various jurisdictions, legislations and law enforcement agencies that deal with asset recovery processes and anti-money laundering.
Provides assistance in the implementation and/or review of legal systems and institutions for anti-money laundering and Combating the financing of terrorism.
Projects
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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...
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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.
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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.
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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,...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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).
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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...
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