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

Monica Guy

Senior Specialist, 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:

Quick Guide 41: Managing seized and confiscated assets

Mirella Mahlstein

Specialist, Publishing and Communications
+41 61 205 55 12
Biography

This Quick Guide explains why effective, transparent and fair management of seized and confiscated assets – including assets linked to sanctions violations – is essential to successful asset recovery. It introduces key principles, standards and practical steps based on international good practice. These include legal, institutional and technical arrangements, that help countries manage seized assets in a way that preserves value, ensures accountability and supports justice.

Progress in Ukraine's anti-corruption efforts - July 2025 update

Mirella Mahlstein

Specialist, Publishing and Communications
+41 61 205 55 12
Biography

This document takes stock of recent progress (March to June 2025) in strengthening Ukraine’s anti-corruption ecosystem. It builds on a series of previous reports and is published ahead of the fourth Ukraine Recovery Conference, held in Rome 1011 July 2025.

The report highlights key developments, including in the context of Ukraine's European integration, and touches on:

Annual Report 2024

Monica Guy

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

The 2024 Annual Report of the Basel Institute on Governance features selected stories and photos that highlight the impact of our work around the world to promote good governance and counter corruption. They illustrate how we work holistically to achieve real and lasting progress towards a more peaceful, just and sustainable world.

A career targeting the finances behind environmental crime – how I got there

This article is part of a series on careers in fighting financial crime and opportunities to learn and study with the Basel Institute. Our colleague Joseph Mihajason Rakotondramanana shares his professional journey, from the private sector and his early steps as an analyst in Madagascar to his current role as a Specialist in Financial Investigation with the Basel Institute’s Green Corruption Programme.

"The link between financial crime and environmental harm is too often ignored. All the more reason to act."

15 years of Anti-Corruption Collective Action: Stories of Integrity from the Private Sector

Lucie Binder

Senior Specialist, Governance and Integrity
+41 61 205 56 76
Biography

In 2010, the UN Global Compact launched a bold initiative to tackle corruption through Collective Action. Funded by the Siemens Integrity Initiative, Anti-Corruption Collective Action (ACCA) mobilized a community of like-minded companies determined to jointly challenge corrupt practices and co-create solutions to address them.

This publication includes valuable tools and resources, best practices and lessons learned and is testament to how trusted partnerships can transform industries, drive long-term success and protect people and planet.

New book! Explore the impact of anti-corruption Collective Action

“The scope of integrity and anti-corruption Collective Action initiatives has grown massively over the last 20 or so years. This is because companies, civil society and others have recognised that to tackle extortion and the payment of bribes requires more than an inward-looking ethics and compliance programme to ensure fair competition.”

Gemma Aiolfi, Senior Advisor, Legal and Compliance, Basel Institute on Governance