The International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR) provides capacity development through interactive training methodologies designed to enhance the ability of law enforcement agencies to investigate and prosecute complex corruption and money laundering cases. Our team consists of investigators and prosecuters with a wide range of experience in international cases, mutual legal assistance and asset recovery.
Goal
To develop operational capacity in law enforcement personnel to enable successful prosecutions and repatriation of stolen assets.
Added value
- Interactive learning
- Country-specific and needs-based
- Complex practical exercises
Programme emphasis
- Corruption investigations
- Anti-money laundering
- Mutual legal assistance
- Financial investigations
- FIU training
- Asset tracing methods
Methodology
To achieve the highest level of capacity building, the ICAR offers a unique practical exercise approach which allows participants to actually investigate a complex simulated case involving corruption and money laundering offences. This hands-on programme, which is custom-made for each country or region, is designed to take the practitioner from the basics of money laundering and corruption violations to an advanced level by requiring the participants to perform a complex financial investigation.
Relevant blocks of instruction are interspersed into this interactive exercise to provide the participants with the skills needed to successfully investigate and prosecute cases in the real world. The duration of the programme can range from 2 to 10 days depending on the needs of the country.
Mutual Legal Assistance
In a globalized world where money moves at the click of a button it is essential for governments to quickly obtain assistance from foreign jurisdictions to legally obtain evidence for use in trial and the tracing of assets. The ICAR has made this element one of the key pillars of its programmes.
Trainings
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
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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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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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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