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
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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. ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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