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Basel LEARN: free courses on financial investigation, asset tracing, intelligence gathering and more

Read more about Basel LEARN: free courses on financial investigation, asset tracing, intelligence gathering and more

Our online learning platform, Basel LEARN, offers a collection of free self-paced eLearning courses. They are developed to help law enforcement, anti-money laundering and compliance professionals gain new skills to fight financial crime.

The interactive modules help you to “learn by doing” – for example, by completing tasks in a simulated investigation. After successfully completing a course, you will be awarded a Certificate of Completion.

Courses available:

Addressing conflicts of interest and corruption in Indonesia’s energy transition

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This U4 Issue analyses Indonesia's ambitious energy transition and highlights how political finance, weak regulations and a "revolving door" of personnel between public office and the private sector create vulnerabilities. The publication was produced by U4 and the Basel Institute on Governance through its Green Corruption programme.

Download publication here.

Women leading the fight against financial crime – online discussion

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An interactive discussion on career journeys and how training, education and peer communities open doors and expand impact

To mark International Women’s Day, the Basel Institute on Governance and the International Academy of Financial Crime Litigators are convening an interactive online discussion on women’s leadership in countering corruption and financial crime.

The event will open with welcome remarks from Elizabeth Ortega of ECO Strategic Communications, Co-Founder of the International Academy of Financial Crime Litigators.

AI facilitated investigation: Opportunities and risks

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This meeting of the Open Data Working Group of the Countering Environmental Corruption Practitioners Forum will explore the growing role of artificial intelligence (AI) in law enforcement investigations and its evidential reliability in court.

Registration open: 6th International Collective Action Conference

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The only international anti-corruption Collective Action Conference is back!

Are you working on corruption prevention in the private sector, government, civil society or academia?

Then join us for the sixth edition of this biannual landmark event on 9–10 June in Basel, Switzerland.

Over one and a half days of expert sessions, fireside chats and networking, we’ll bring together practitioners from around the world to build and strengthen communities of practice in Collective Action.

Save the date: 10th Global Conference on Criminal Finances and Cryptoassets

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The fight against criminal misuse of cryptoassets enters its next chapter.

Join us on 15–16 September 2026 for the 10th Global Conference on Criminal Finances and Cryptoassets – held this year in Luxembourg at the European Convention Centre and online.

This landmark edition will be hosted by Luxembourg’s Bureau de gestion des avoirs (BGA), alongside the Basel Institute on Governance, Europol and UNODC as co-organisers.

Europe's defence windfall: will it survive the corruption test?

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Reflections by Francesca Grandi, PhD (Transparency International Defence & Security), Elizabeth Andersen and Juhani Grossmann (Basel Institute on Governance) from the Munich Security Conference 2026.

Diálogo de expertos: Minería ilegal del oro y corrupción en Perú y Ecuador

Read more about Diálogo de expertos: Minería ilegal del oro y corrupción en Perú y Ecuador

La minería de oro ilegal constituye hoy uno de los principales desafíos estructurales para la gobernanza ambiental, económica y de seguridad en América Latina. Más allá de su impacto directo en los ecosistemas, esta actividad se encuentra estrechamente vinculada a redes de corrupción, economías criminales, evasión fiscal, lavado de activos y debilitamiento institucional, afectando de manera profunda la capacidad del Estado para proteger el interés público y generar valor público a partir de sus recursos naturales.

Advancing trust and standards between banks and virtual asset service providers – lessons from Wolfsberg Group events at the 9th Global Conference

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By J. Edward (Ned) Conway, Executive Secretary, The Wolfsberg Group

As virtual assets move into the mainstream of traditional finance, tricky questions arise. What does a reasonable, risk-based control framework look like for banks that provide services to virtual asset service providers (VASPs)? And how can compliance teams strengthen private-to-private information sharing to better detect suspicious activity?

From seedlings to saplings of hope: updated report on promising efforts to address environmental corruption

Read more about From seedlings to saplings of hope: updated report on promising efforts to address environmental corruption

The diversity of activities to prevent and combat corruption that harms the environment is laudable. But it is far from the scale needed to tackle today's corruption and environmental challenges.

Adopted in 2019, UNCAC Resolution 8/12 – Preventing and combating corruption as it relates to crimes that have an impact on the environment – urges States Parties to the UN Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) to prevent, investigate and prosecute corruption offences where they may be linked to crimes that have an impact on the environment.

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