The management of proceeds of crime is increasingly recognised as a critical component of asset recovery and return and countries will provide examples of lessons learned in this session. It will also look at how countries are seizing, confiscating and managing cryptoassets.

This special event takes place in hybrid format at the 11th Conference of the States Parties to the UN Convention Against Corruption in Doha, Qatar. It is co-organised by the Basel Institute on Governance, International Association of Prosecutors (IAP), Nigeria; OSCE and the StAR Initiative.

Speakers

• Shenaz Muzaffer, General Counsel, International Association of Prosecutors (moderator)
  Arina Corsei–Vultureanu, Prosecutor, Head of Cybercrime Service Cybercrime Department, Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism, Romania
  Mark Carroll, Criminal Justice Advisor
• Representatives of Nigeria and the StAR Initiative – TBC

Details and online registration

• Date and time: Tuesday 16 December: 12:30–13:20 AST | 10:30–11:20 CET
• Location: Room 1, Sheraton Doha Grand Resort and Convention Hotel
• Hybrid; streaming link to come

Further details

Cryptoassets are increasingly at the centre of asset recovery cases – and the stakes are growing fast as the use of crypto and other digital assets enters the mainstream. Such cases require prosecutors, investigators and agencies to act quickly, use the right tools and present evidence in a way that courts can understand and verify.

This practical session will use real examples to explore how prosecutors and their counterparts in the judicial system can improve outcomes in cases involving cryptoassets. There will also be a focus on asset management more generally.

Background reading

• Quick guide to managing seized and confiscated assets, by Rita Simões
• Global experts advance the joint fight against crypto-enabled crime – joint press release from the 9th Global Conference on Criminal Finances and Cryptoassets by the Basel Institute on Governance, Europol and UNODC
• Crypto: the ultimate enabler of corruption?
• OSCE project on virtual assets