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Celebrating diversity, equity and inclusion at the Basel Institute

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On International Women’s Day, we celebrate the conversations that issues of gender equality have triggered over recent years – conversations about the kind of world we want to live in and the values of the organisations we want to work for.

These conversations go far beyond narrow statistics of women vs men. They encompass equity in pay and parental leave; creating a culture where all staff feel welcome; and taking advantage of the different backgrounds and points of view that diversity brings.

Proactive financial investigations in illegal wildlife trade – a Follow-the-Money Working Group meeting

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At this month's meeting of the Follow-the-Money Working Group, Simon Marsh will present a case study from East Africa illustrating proactive financial investigations in illegal wildlife trade, with a focus on the international nexus.

The case study will reveal the strategies, challenges and successes in tracing the flow of illicit funds to disrupt a criminal network engaged in illegal wildlife trade.

Research Case Study 1: Targeting corrupt behaviours in a Tanzanian hospital: A social norms approach

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This research case study describes how a pilot behavioural anti-corruption intervention succeeded in reducing “gift giving” in a Tanzanian hospital. It targeted deeply ingrained social norms while also leveraging the social networks of key staff members.

Anti-corruption interventions using a network approach – Seminar Series on Corruption and Impunity

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Claudia Baez Camargo, Head of Public Governance, and Jacopo Costa, Senior Research Fellow, will speak at the 5th session of the Seminar Series on Corruption and Impunity. The series is sponsored by the Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS) at Columbia University and the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM Mexico).

The virtual event will cover:

Presenting the OECD Toolkit for raising awareness and preventing corruption in SMEs

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In this guest blog, France Chain and Vitor Geromel of the OECD Anti-Corruption Division present the new OECD Toolkit for raising awareness and preventing corruption in SMEs.

How can you harness informality to design anti-corruption interventions?

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This presentation by Claudia Baez Camargo, Head of Public Governance at the Basel Institute on Governance, explains the latest evidence on informality and its role in preventing and combating corruption.

Her presentation is based on research conducted in East and Central Africa for the UK-funded Global Integrity-Anti Corruption Evidence Programme (GI-ACE).

Malawi: towards better corruption risk management to combat environmental crimes

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Malawi has taken another positive step towards protecting the country’s wildlife, forests and other natural resources from illegal exploitation facilitated by corrupt practices.

Senior officers from Malawi’s main environmental and law enforcement agencies came together on 15-17 February 2023 for a three-day workshop led by the Basel Institute’s Green Corruption team. Together, the officers explored how to conduct systematic corruption risk assessments and develop targeted corruption risk mitigation plans for their agencies.

Case Study 10: Using full legal means to confiscate illicit assets in a time of war

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This case study describes how Switzerland is putting to test a rarely used but powerful law in order to confiscate assets connected to Ukraine’s 2014 Revolution of Dignity, with the aim of returning these to Ukraine.

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Illicit enrichment laws – an underused tool to target corruption and recover stolen assets?

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This virtual event explored the use of illicit enrichment laws or unexplained wealth laws to recover the proceeds of corruption and other crimes.

Topics included:

What different approaches to illicit enrichment legislation exist around the world?
How do they work in practice?
What are the key debates and concerns that are holding countries back from developing and implementing these laws?

The event drew on case experiences from Uganda, Kenya and Mauritius.

International Women's Day 2022 virtual event

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To celebrate International Women's Day 2022, the International Academy of Financial Crime Litigators brought together four inspiring women for a conversation about diversity, equity and inclusion within organisations.

The event, which took place virtually, features:

Karyn Harty of McCann FitzGerald LLP (Chair)
Toni Jaeger-Fine of Fordham University School of Law (Speaker)
Gretta Fenner of the Basel Institute on Governance (Contributor)
Elizabeth Ortega of ECO Strategic Communications (Contributor)

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