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

Monica Guy

Senior Specialist / Team Lead, Communications and External Relations
+41 61 205 55 12
Biography

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:

Environment Day at the 11th UN Conference of the States Parties to the UNCAC

Monica Guy

Senior Specialist / Team Lead, Communications and External Relations
+41 61 205 55 12
Biography

Corruption and crimes that affect the environment (illegal deforestation, crimes in the fisheries and minerals sectors, wildlife and waste trafficking, among others) are deeply intertwined and are mutually reinforcing. Recognizing this link, States Parties to the UNCAC adopted Resolution 8/12. 

Asset management and cryptoassets (CoSP11 special event)

Monica Guy

Senior Specialist / Team Lead, Communications and External Relations
+41 61 205 55 12
Biography

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.

Ukraine's resilience: Anti-corruption for post war recovery (CoSP11 special event)

Monica Guy

Senior Specialist / Team Lead, Communications and External Relations
+41 61 205 55 12
Biography

This panel focuses on Ukraine’s anti-corruption resilience in its post-war recovery. We detail how anti-corruption infrastructure is stress-tested to mitigate future risks. The panel highlights digital solutions (corruption risk assessments, compliance, e-Declarations, AI legal expertise, data analytics...) and OECD Working Group on Bribery accession as corruption deterrence mechanisms.

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.

Technical assistance and domestic efforts for asset recovery (CoSP11 special event)

Monica Guy

Senior Specialist / Team Lead, Communications and External Relations
+41 61 205 55 12
Biography

This session features country efforts to support international cooperation for asset recovery, highlighting the importance of technical assistance with a case study from Kenya and the IACCC, and domestic efforts, including by India, to strengthen mechanisms for asset recovery cases under UNCAC.

Stepping up the fight against foreign bribery (CoSP11 special event)

Monica Guy

Senior Specialist / Team Lead, Communications and External Relations
+41 61 205 55 12
Biography

How can countries step up action against foreign bribery? This session explores new momentum in global enforcement, from joint UK–France–Switzerland efforts to OECD insights and how fines and settlements can support anti-corruption and development.

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, OECD and Stolen Asset Recovery (StAR) Initiative.

Safeguarding prosecutorial independence (CoSP11 special event)

Monica Guy

Senior Specialist / Team Lead, Communications and External Relations
+41 61 205 55 12
Biography

This event explores challenges to prosecutorial independence in the context of preventing and combating corruption. It highlights strategies and initiatives to protect prosecutors from threats to their autonomy, credibility and safety.

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 Norway, the Basel Institute on Governance and the International Association of Prosecutors.

Shaping virtual assets regulations fit for the future (CoSP11 special event)

Monica Guy

Senior Specialist / Team Lead, Communications and External Relations
+41 61 205 55 12
Biography

How can governments create virtual assets and blockchain-related regulations that foster innovation while reducing associated crime? This special event offers cross-sector insights into key principles for managing virtual asset risks and shaping effective regulation.

This special event takes place in hybrid format on Emerging Tech day at the 11th Conference of the States Parties to the UN Convention Against Corruption in Doha, Qatar.

Semana de la Integridad 2025 [Integrity Week 2025]

Celeste Rex

Specialist, Communications and Online Media
Biography

Organizada en el marco del Día Internacional contra la Corrupción, la Semana de la Integridad 2025 reunirá a especialistas nacionales e internacionales para abordar tendencias, desafíos y enfoques contemporáneos en materia de integridad pública, prevención de la corrupción y gobernanza.

Durante tres días se desarrollarán once sesiones virtuales centradas en temas como corrupción verde, gestión de conflictos de intereses, recuperación de activos, inteligencia artificial, riesgos de corrupción y delitos contra la administración pública.

Crypto: the ultimate enabler of corruption?

As cryptoassets and other blockchain-based tokens enter the mainstream, alarm bells are ringing about the risks of their misuse. The technology is neutral in itself, but like any mechanism to transfer value, it can and does facilitate a wide range of crimes.

And it’s not just scams, hacks and ransomware attacks. Cryptoassets are now seen in practically all crime types, from drug trafficking and terrorist financing to sanctions evasion, and increasingly as a tool for laundering the proceeds of those crimes.