This session at the 2022 International Anti-Corruption Conference aimed to generate a realistic understanding of existing options for recovering assets frozen under sanctions related to the war in Ukraine. It also sought to identify and promote new instruments that countries could introduce for this purpose, thereby contributing to the global effort to accelerate asset recovery and push boundaries of current practice.

The session was co-organised by Transparency International Ukraine and the Basel Institute on Governance. The Basel Institute’s Managing Director Gretta Fenner moderated a panel of experts:

• Péter Csonka of the Directorate Criminal Justice, European Commission
• Anton Korynevych, Head of UA Freeze and Seize Task Force
• David Lim of the U.S. Task Force KleptoCapture
• Kateryna Ryzhenko of Transparency International Ukraine