Basel Institute newsletter - April 2025
The newsletter covers highlights at the Basel Institute in March 2025. It also features our latest news, blogs and other publications.
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Success stories in raising transparency in the natural resource sector
This is a meeting of the Open Data Working Group of the Countering Environmental Corruption Practitioners Forum.
Working Paper 57: Mapping and strengthening the evidence base for anti-corruption Collective Action
Models, metrics and insights
This Working Paper provides a theoretical and practical contribution to strengthening the evidence base for anti-corruption Collective Action – i.e. collaborative efforts by diverse actors from the private sector, civil society and public institutions to address integrity challenges that no single actor can resolve alone.
El desmantelamiento de la ley de recuperación de activos más exitosa de Perú es un paso atrás para el país - y la justicia
A veces parece que el apoyo de alto nivel a la lucha contra la corrupción y la delincuencia se da la vuelta. Es el caso de Perú, país estrechamente asociado al Instituto de Basilea sobre la Gobernanza desde hace más de una década
Dismantling Peru’s most successful asset recovery law is a step backwards for the country – and justice
Sometimes it seems like high-level support for the fight against corruption and crime is being turned on its head. That includes in Peru, a close partner country of the Basel Institute on Governance for more than a decade.
When You Have Corrupt Friends Abroad: The Impact of Strategic Corruption on Sudan’s Democratic Collapse
A new peer-reviewed journal article looks into how corruption undermines democracies, with a specific focus on a context of weak governance.
Collective Action Awards 2025: vote now!
Public voting has opened for this year’s prestigious Collective Action Awards.
Launched in 2022, the Collective Action Awards celebrate inspiring and outstanding multi-stakeholder initiatives to raise standards of business integrity in a particular context. As in previous years, there are two award categories: “Outstanding Achievement in Collective Action” and “Collective Action Inspirational Newcomer”.
Tackling crime convergence: The Amazon challenge
Keeping Europe safe means keeping up with corruption and financial crime threats
Two recent EU publications underscore the central role of corruption and money laundering in enabling organised crime and threatening security – and how essential it is to invest more in efforts to investigate, seize and confiscate criminal assets.
Europol’s 2025 Serious and Organised Crime Threat Assessment (SOCTA) painted a sobering picture of how organised crime is “evolving at an unprecedented pace”, with corruption and money laundering as key enablers.
High-level Corruption: an Analysis of Schemes, Costs and of Policy Recommendations
Corruption affects communities worldwide. It undermines civil, political and economic rights, erodes trust in institutions and impedes economic progress. A new Policy Brief by the FALCON (Fight Against Large-scale Corruption and Organised Crime Networks) project unveils new insights in the fight against high-level corruption.