Autopsy of a lost case: lessons learned from a missed opportunity for financial investigation in a Kenyan Ivory Trafficking Case

Communications Team

Submitted by Communications Team on Fri, 11/10/2023 - 09:06

The Follow-the-Money working group meeting is back!

This month we will feature Chris Morris, former wildlife crime investigator and founder of Kenyan based NGO, Saving Endangered Species through Education and Justice (SEEJ-AFRICA).

Chris Morris has over 30 years of experience in Canadian law enforcement and has been following wildlife crime cases in East Africa and the Kenyan courts since 2015. His particular interest is how corruption effects investigations/prosecutions as they progress through the criminal justice process.

Working Paper 48: A collaborative approach to improve business integrity in ASEAN: Case studies of anticorruption Collective Action in the region

Monica Guy

Team Lead, Communications and External Relations
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Biography
Submitted by Monica Guy on Thu, 11/09/2023 - 20:26

This working paper provides an overview and analysis of anti-corruption Collective Action case studies in the ASEAN region. It builds on the 2014 paper: Collective Action against Corruption: Business and Anti-Corruption Initiatives in ASEAN, which was published by the ASEAN CSR Network and the Asian Institute of Management.

How to predict "grey listing" for money laundering failures – new feature of the Basel AML Index Expert Edition Plus

The Basel AML Index Expert Edition Plus subscription (free for practically all users outside the private sector) has introduced a new feature: an approach for predicting which jurisdictions are at risk of being placed on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) “grey list” of "jurisdictions under increased monitoring".

Conflict of interest guidelines for Indonesian public institutions (Pedoman tentang Konflik Kepentingan)

Monica Guy

Team Lead, Communications and External Relations
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Biography
Submitted by Monica Guy on Fri, 11/03/2023 - 11:11

Through the USAID INTEGRITAS programme, KEMITRAAN and its consortium partners – Indonesia Corruption Watch, Transparency International – Indonesia and the Basel Institute on Governance – are working to enhance conflict of interest policy in Indonesia and its implementation.

This guidance has been developed in this context, in order to assist Indonesian government institutions in strengthening controls against conflicts of interest.

Shaping an international response against the criminal misuse of cryptocurrencies

A hybrid international conference attended by 1,300 participants has concluded that tackling the criminal use of cryptocurrencies is a race against time. Law enforcement agencies that collaborate in joint task teams and proactively collaborate with the private sector are getting ahead of the criminals. In contrast, countries that do not take the risks seriously are in danger of becoming a haven for crypto-enabled scams, money laundering and terrorist financing.

CoSP 10: Conference of the States Parties to the UNCAC

Monica Guy

Team Lead, Communications and External Relations
+41 61 205 55 12
Biography
Submitted by Monica Guy on Tue, 10/17/2023 - 12:37

A Basel Institute delegation is at the 10th Conference of the States Parties (CoSP) to the UN Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) this year. CoSP10 takes place in Atlanta, Georgia, USA from 11–15 December 2023.

Come and find us at our info booth on the third floor, where we'll have staff to answer your questions and free publications and tote bags to take away.

World Bank Sanctions System: Annual Report 2023

The world is facing a pivotal moment of urgent global challenges for development. It is critical for the World Bank to remain vigilant against corruption in the projects it finances. This report documents how the offices of the World Bank’s sanctions system worked in FY23 to help ensure that the Banks’s funds are used in a transparent and accountable manner and only for their intended purposes. It particularly highlights the importance of collective action efforts to overcome corruption. 

Developing Anti-Corruption Programmes in State-Owned Entreprises: Manual for compliance officers in Croatia and Serbia

This manual has been developed to help compliance officers in Croatian and Serbian State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) to introduce or strengthen their company’s anti-corruption programmes. It is designed as a practical, easy-to-reference tool offering a variety of practices that an SOE could consider implementing, such as Collective Action, which can be a highly effective way for SOEs to fight corruption and foster integrity.

The Compliance Without Borders Handbook

Corruption in state-owned enterprises has a unique ability to undermine governments, markets and citizens’ well-being. While international standards promote integrity in the state-owned sector, their implementation remains a challenge. This handbook describes an innovative peer-learning programme – Compliance Without Borders – and its contributions to strengthening anti-corruption compliance in state-owned enterprises. It explains the benefits of galvanising the private sector to work with their state-owned counterparts in preventing corruption and levelling the playing field.

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