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28.02.2019 | Anti-Money Laundering, Compliance

Understanding blockchain: open training course on FinTech AML Compliance

The Basel Institute's cryptocurrency expert, Federico Paesano, delivered a successful open…

20.12.2018 | Collective Action, Compliance

The Integrity app: an innovative tool to support SMEs in sustainable compliance

Globally operating companies increasingly feel the pressure to ensure their compliance and integrity standards are maintained throughout their supply-chain. This has led to a transfer of pressure all the way down to the weakest link, the small and medium-sized businesses. As a result, many small and medium-sized business supplying large international companies are faced with unreasonable…

11.12.2018 | Collective Action, Compliance

To certify or not to certify?

What role can compliance certification play in anti-corruption Collective Action?

The…

23.10.2018 | Compliance

Malaysian compliance event and training courses

Gemma Aiolfi, Head of Compliance, Corporate Governance and Collective Action at the Basel…

09.10.2018 | Anti-Money Laundering, Asset Recovery, Compliance

Basel AML Index reveals slow progress in combating money laundering

The results of the seventh annual Basel Anti-Money Laundering Index released today support the…

01.09.2018 | Asset Recovery, Compliance

Basel Open Intelligence: a super-powered search tool for compliance and due diligence

Basel Open Intelligence is a new due diligence tool that allows users to collect open-source…

01.09.2018 | Compliance

Behavioural ethics – a new approach to compliance

We continue to offer our tailored advisory services to companies seeking to improve their anti-corruption compliance programmes.

Many companies with more mature programmes are showing interest in how to adapt elements of behavioural ethics to their compliance approach. Their aim is to go beyond traditional incentives to embed integrity in employees working in areas more exposed to…

30.06.2018 | Compliance

Interview with Gemma Aiolfi: How banks can combat financial crime

An interview with Gemma Aiolfi, Head of Compliance, Corporate Governance and Collective Action at the Basel Institute, has been published by KMPG.

The interview – "From the top: effective anti-corruption measures and the need for change" – discusses the challenges facing banks in combating financial crime, including the need for senior management to lead by example.

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18.10.2017 | Compliance

Gemma Aiolfi appointed member of external advisory council to leading Peruvian engineering company

Graña y Montero, a Lima based group of engineering and infrastructure service companies…

01.10.2017 | Compliance

Rwanda: Training non-state actors on corruption prevention

In September 2017, the Basel Institute and the Rwandan Office of the Ombudsman concluded a joint…

01.10.2017 | Anti-Money Laundering, Collective Action, Compliance

Does e-government have an impact in reducing corruption?

E-government generally refers to the use of information and communication technologies to transform relations between citizens, businesses and various branches of government, and includes for example; e-procurement, e-customs, e-tax filing and e-sourcing. 

By reducing personal contacts between companies and government officials the scope for arbitrary decision-making, bureaucratic…