Food and Agriculture Anti-Corruption Collective Action

The food and agriculture industry in Brazil is one of the country’s most important economic sectors, generating over 21 percent of GDP. Companies play a central role in generating revenue and jobs at the local level in particular, making them privileged interlocutors with local authorities with significant potential for transforming local realities. The Brazilian food and agriculture industry also plays a significant role in achieving food security internationally.

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Last updated: 16.05.2022

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Movement for Integrity in the Engineering and Construction Sector (MISEC)

MISEC (Movimento pela Integridade do Setor de Engenharia e Construção) is a Collective Action initiative that aims to raise awareness and understanding of integrity and anti-corruption issues among supply chains in the engineering and construction sectors.

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Last updated: 23.03.2021

New policy brief: Bringing intelligence and social network analysis together to fight illegal wildlife trade

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A new policy brief published as part of our Institute-wide Green Corruption programme offers insights into synergies between law enforcement, intelligence and social network analysis (SNA) in the fight against illegal wildlife trade (IWT).

Policy Brief 6: Bringing intelligence and social network analysis together to fight illegal wildlife trade

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This policy brief explains how intelligence practitioners within law enforcement authorities and researchers skilled in social network analysis (SNA) can and should cooperate better in the fight against illegal wildlife trade (IWT).

Coalition for Organisational Integrity

In June 2020, The Ethics Institute launched a five-year project entitled “Collective action to advance business integrity in Mozambique”.

Funded by the Siemens Integrity Initiative, the main aim of the project is to strengthen economic growth and business collaboration in Mozambique by building ethics management capacity in the private sector.

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Last updated: 15.03.2021

B20 Saudi Arabia Integrity and Compliance Policy Paper 2020

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This policy paper outlines three general recommendations for the G20 provided by the B20 Integrity and Compliance Taskforce under the B20 Saudi Arabia 2020 process.

The Basel Institute on Governance was proud to serve as Knowledge Partner to the B20 Integrity and Compliance Taskforce through its Collective Action team.

What is an Ethically Aware Supplier – and how does it support business integrity in Africa?

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Local certification is emerging as an interesting way for large companies and their supply chains to help address compliance and due diligence issues that can be a barrier to business. A recent Basel Institute working paper showed how local certification programmes developed with a Collective Action approach can help:

New Working Paper: Social network analysis applied to illegal wildlife trade

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The Basel Institute's 35th Working Paper presents the findings of a novel application of social network analysis (SNA) to study a criminal network surrounding an East Africa-based wildlife trafficker.

Working Paper 35: Social network analysis applied to illegal wildlife trade between East Africa and Southeast Asia

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This report presents the findings of a novel application of social network analysis (SNA) to study a criminal network surrounding an East Africa-based wildlife trafficker. This technique focuses on understanding structural, functional and sociometric characteristics of networks by mapping social interactions between individuals and groups.

Case Study 5: The Nun – Confiscating assets of the Shining Path terrorist organisation / Estudio de caso: La monja – Decomisando los activos de la organización terrorista Sendero Luminoso

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This case study describes the background, legal strategy and conclusion of a landmark case of non-conviction based confiscation in Peru that has enabled the successful confiscation of around one million dollars linked to terrorist financing.

The case relates to Nelly Marion Evans Risco, a British-Peruvian woman known popularly as “The Nun”. Evans held funds in a bank account in Switzerland that were intended to finance the Shining Path terrorist organisation, whose violent acts in the 1990s were responsible for an estimated 60,000 deaths in Peru.

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