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

Monica Guy

Senior Specialist, Communications and External Relations
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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:

Asset recovery in Zambia reaching new heights with train-the-trainer programme

Zambia’s multi-agency approach to fighting corruption has gained further momentum as our International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR) training team conducted another successful workshop on financial investigations and asset recovery in Lusaka. This was the fourth in a series of five workshops under our train-the-trainer (TTT) programme for Zambia.

Peter Maurer on new priorities in addressing corruption, environment and climate challenges

"Environmental destruction and corruption are two of the greatest global challenges of our time. Both are closely interrelated…”

This was the starting point of a high-level meeting hosted by the Principality of Liechtenstein. Dominique Hasler and Panagiotis Potolidis of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs led the discussions together with Peter Maurer, President of the Basel Institute on Governance, and Juhani Grossmann, Head of our Green Corruption Programme.

Quick Guide 37: Strategic corruption

Mirella Mahlstein

Specialist, Publishing and Communications
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This quick guide is the second in a two-part series on the tangible yet under-addressed impacts of corruption on security and the complex power dynamics at play.

This second guide goes deeper into a specific security threat: when states use corruption to gain power and influence over other states and even as a geopolitical tool.

Quick Guide 36: Corruption and security

Mirella Mahlstein

Specialist, Publishing and Communications
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How does corruption threaten national and international security, both directly and indirectly? Can viewing it through the lens of power offer deeper insights? And what might we achieve by framing corruption as a security concern?

This quick guide gives a short introduction to this complex issue as part of a two-part series on corruption, security and strategic corruption.

International Guidelines for Non-trial resolutions of Foreign Bribery Cases

Nicolas Hocq

Associate, Communications and Events
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This set of recommendations offers practical guidance on the use of non-trial resolutions in addressing foreign bribery cases. It was developed by the Recommendation 6 Network, a diverse group of academics, lawyers, corporate officers, NGOs, and other stakeholders, following the OECD Secretary General’s High-Level Advisory Group Report in March 2017.

The recommendations include:

Anti-Corruption Compliance Challenges and Case Studies: Findings from the Thai Private Sector

Nicolas Hocq

Associate, Communications and Events
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The publication explores the anti-corruption efforts and challenges encountered by Thai companies. Drawing from one-on-one consultations with member companies, this publication offers insights into internal anti-corruption efforts through case studies, examines interactions with the state, and emphasises the pivotal role of the private sector in fostering Collective Action against corruption.