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01.02.2021 | Collective Action, Compliance

UN Global Compact endorses Collective Action for sustainable and responsible business

Collective Action is at the heart of the new Strategy 2021–23 of the United Nations Global…

25.01.2021 | Collective Action

CoST Uganda: a Collective Action approach to integrity in infrastructure procurement

An interview with Gilbert Sendugwa, Senior Regional Manager Africa of the…

07.01.2021 | Collective Action, Compliance

OECD blog: new report on responsible business and anti-corruption compliance in Southeast Asia

An illuminating new report by our OECD partners on Responsible Business Conduct and Anti-…

07.01.2021 | Anti-Money Laundering, Asset Recovery, Compliance

Will new FinCEN rules drive cryptocurrency users underground?

** Update: After this blog was published, FinCEN announced an extension to the comment period…

15.12.2020 | Collective Action

How service delivery charters in Ghana are creating dialogue between citizens, businesses and government

This case study and Q&A looks at a recent UK Business Integrity Initiative-funded project in…

14.12.2020 | Green Corruption, Public Governance

Policy recommendations: combating wildlife trafficking in Uganda

Turning wildlife trafficking into a high-risk, low-profit trade is challenging. Our recent …

11.12.2020 | Collective Action, HLRM

Gabriel Cifuentes on the High Level Reporting Mechanism: "Not a vaccine against corruption, but a very useful tool for clean procurement"

In this short video, Gabriel Cifuentes, former Secretary of Transparency in the Office of the President in Colombia, talks about his experience in implementing the second High Level Reporting Mechanism (HLRM) to ensure a clean procurement process for the construction of the Bogotá Metro.

Developed by the Basel Institute on Governance, OECD and Transparency International, the…

10.12.2020 | Asset Recovery

The Russian arms dealer case: how Peru recovered stolen assets from a Swiss bank account through non-conviction based confiscation

I recently participated in a panel on the role of non-state actors in the recovery of stolen…

25.11.2020 | Anti-Money Laundering, Asset Recovery, Compliance, Green Corruption, Public Governance

Lighting the path ahead at the intersection of environmental degradation, illicit trade and corruption

Are we at a turning point in the fight to save our planet from the ravages of environmental…

24.11.2020 | Asset Recovery

Carla Monteiro’s quick guide to financial investigations and asset recovery

Financial investigations are critical to proving crimes such as corruption, fraud and…

23.11.2020 | Anti-Money Laundering, Asset Recovery, Compliance

New online course on cryptocurrencies and anti-money laundering

The Basel Institute on Governance is offering a new Cryptocurrencies and Anti-Money Laundering…

18.11.2020 | Asset Recovery

Uganda achieves landmark victory in USD 1.25 million illicit enrichment case

On 28 October 2020, Uganda registered a landmark judgment in the case of Uganda v Geoffrey…