Quick Guide 2: Intelligence
Manuel Medina, specialised Intelligence Analyst for our Illegal Wildlife Trade programme, sets out the basics of intelligence analysis and why we do it. Key questions are:
Quick Guide 1: Cryptocurrencies and money laundering investigations
This quick guide to cryptocurrencies and money laundering investigations addresses the use of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin or Monero to facilitate serious crimes or to launder stolen money. It was originally published in March 2019 and updated in August 2023.
It explores, in brief:
Kosovan anti-corruption officials explore new asset confiscation law during ICAR training workshop
An intensive Financial Investigations and Asset Recovery training programme by our International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR) training team in Kosovo last week had a novel twist: the participants had the opportunity to discuss and explore ways to use the country’s new Law of Extended Powers on Confiscation of Assets.
COVID-19: How anti-corruption tools and industry collaboration can help us win the fight against illegal wildlife trade
Conservationists and public health experts alike have welcomed the recent renewed commitment by the Chinese government to eliminate illegal wildlife trade in response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) emergency.
Broken beamers and more: shining a light on business continuity plans and compliance
Swiss politician and businesswoman Magdalena Martullo-Blocher once confronted her managers with a strange question: “What do you do when the beamer [projector] breaks down?” She was looking for creative solutions to a relatively minor problem, though this seemed to baffle her team when she asked the question.
She certainly wasn’t demanding a business continuity plan, which is on an altogether different scale compared to a broken projector.
Untangling unexplained wealth law: research project with NYU School of Law
!Efforts to develop a comprehensive understanding of unexplained wealth laws in countries around the world has taken a step forward thanks to a collaboration between the Basel Institute’s International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR) and the New York University School of Law.
Supporting the new Asia-Pacific Integrity School and Fellowship in Public Integrity and Anti-Corruption
The Basel Institute is delighted to announce its support for the new Asia-Pacific Integrity School.
Coronavirus: a wake-up call on illegal wildlife trade?
The latest deadly strain of coronavirus emerged, according to the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, from a market in the city of Wuhan selling everything from rats to wolf pups and civet cats. The Chinese government shut the market, locked down the city and banned the trade in wildlife nationwide while it battles to contain the nascent epidemic.
New report explores social network analysis applied to wildlife trafficking
A new report sets out preliminary findings from the social network analysis of wildlife trafficking networks in East Africa.
It first explores the structure and characteristics of social networks engaged in wildlife trafficking, suggesting that they operate as a form of transnational organised crime and remarkably like a business enterprise. In terms of supply chains, both bottom-up and top-down mechanisms are evident.
Preliminary report: Examining wildlife trafficking networks in East Africa through the lens of social network analysis
This report provides a first iteration of preliminary insights from the social network analysis of transnational wildlife trafficking networks operating along the East Africa – Southeast Asia trading chain.