This article, published in the INmagazine by TEiD in collaboration with the Basel Institute on Governance, revisits the 5th International Collective Action Conference held in Basel, Switzerland, in June 2024.
Leading voices in the field of countering economic crime came together at the 2024 Cambridge International Symposium on Economic Crime to discuss this year’s theme: “suspect assets”.
The very first session of the Symposium sought to answer a key question from the outset: Why attack assets in the first place?
By Oscar Caipo Ricci, President of the Empresarios por la Integridad initiative in Peru. The initiative is a member of the Basel Institute's Mentoring Programme and recently became the national hub of Alliance for Integrity in Peru.
Explore the hidden world of corruption and greed with two investigative journalists who have uncovered major scandals through large data leaks. Discover how these revelations expose the money trails behind natural resource plunder in Central and East Africa and law enforcement's weakness and corruption in Latin America.
At the next public meeting of the Follow-the-Money Working Group, Hsun-Wen (Linda) Chou, Anti-Money Laundering Project Manager at TRAFFIC China, will talk about the use of China’s anti-money laundering laws to combat the illegal trade in wild species.
By Lisa Miller, Head of Integrity Compliance, World Bank Group.
Speaking at the Basel Institute’s International Collective Action Conference on 25–26 June 2024, Lisa Miller explained why preventing fraud and corruption is essential for development banks like the World Bank Group to achieve their missions – and how engaging in Collective Action with other stakeholders can help.
This assessment seeks to understand the wide-reaching impact of maritime corruption on the industry and society.
Corruption in the timber trade is a serious threat, economically and environmentally. Forest-rich countries in Latin America are particularly exposed.
Those include Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru, where our Green Corruption programme has been working with forestry authorities and environmental agencies to help them assess and mitigate corruption risks.
There is broad agreement that ensuring a just energy transition is key for achieving the trust and support from citizens needed to succeed with the green transition and the COP28 goal of tripling renewable energy capacity by 2030.
At a joint webinar with the International Academy of Financial Crime Litigators, leading legal experts from around the world explored the debates around the role of victims in negotiated settlements for economic crimes.