Basel Institute newsletter - August 2019

View the August newsletter here.

Contents

• Read our Annual Report 2018
• Kenya recovers USD 27 million in stolen assets in just 4 months
• Peru recovers USD 19.5 million linked to Odebrecht case
• Training in new asset confiscation laws and techniques in Peru
• Blended learning boosts analysis skills and inter-agency cooperation
• Basel Open Intelligence: open-source research for compliance and investigations
• Renewed MoU signals fresh commitment to cooperate in fighting corruption in Thailand
• Harnessing informality to design better anti-corruption programmes
• Piloting a new PEFA methodology
• Integrity Pacts and Certification – Collective Action initiatives with teeth?
• Promoting integrity in banknote procurement
• Supporting the Swiss Global Compact Network – Principle Ten on Anti-Corruption
• Compliance benchmarking of Tunisia’s state-owned gas and electricity company

Quick guides to what we do, why and how

• Intelligence
• The role of FIUs in asset recovery
• Cryptocurrencies and money laundering
• Social network analysis and organised crime
• Illicit enrichment
• Effective training on financial investigations
• eLearning for financial analysis
• Anti-corruption compliance for SMEs

Recent publications

• Working Paper 28: Regulating cryptocurrencies - challenges & considerations
• Working Paper 29: Recovering assets in support of the SDGs – from soft to hard assets for development
• Working Paper 30: Corruption and wildlife trafficking: exploring drivers, facilitators and networks behind illegal wildlife trade in East Africa

New team members

• Jacopo Costa 
• Iker Lekuona
• N’Deye Mour
• Amanda Oita
• Joel Zuppinger