Course

Asset recovery for civil society and journalists is a four-day online course for investigative journalists, civil society organisations and other non-state actors working on corruption, accountability and financial crime issues.

Delivered by experts from the Basel Institute’s International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR), the course uses a realistic corruption case to build practical skills in tracing illicit assets, analysing financial information and using open-source intelligence (OSINT) tools.

Through lectures, guided discussions and group work, participants gain a practical understanding of how financial investigations and asset recovery work in practice and the role non-state actors can play in supporting accountability efforts. The next course takes place from 2–5 November 2026.