Specialists in international mutual legal assistance, financial investigation, intelligence gathering and asset recovery from some 30 countries and international organisations met in Lausanne from 21 to 23 February 2016 for the ‘Lausanne IX’ seminar on the efficient recovery of stolen PEP assets.

The seminar was hosted by the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) in cooperation with ICAR and with the support of the Stolen Asset Recovery Initiative (StAR) of the World Bank and the UNODC.

At this 9th edition of the Lausanne Seminars, attending experts prepared the first part of a practical guide for the implementation of cooperation guidelines for authorities handling requests for the restitution of assets.