We are delighted that anti-corruption Collective Action with the private sector, government and civil society is included as a strategic priority in the Joint Communiqué of the 21st International Anti-Corruption Conference (IACC) High-Level Segment in Vilnius, Lithuania.
A new paper published in the Annual Review of Political Science explores how we can improve anti-corruption efforts using a “new arrow in the quiver”: the social norms approach. Claudia Baez Camargo, Head of Prevention, Research and Innovation and a co-author of the paper, explains why the social norms approach is crucial for anti-corruption efforts, and shares some of the paper’s main messages for practitioners and researchers.
An interview with Nicola Bonucci by Lucie Binder, with input from Mirella Mahlstein and Anna Stransky.
At a recent meeting of the Asset Recovery Network of GAFILAT – the Latin America body of the Financial Action Task Force or FATF – Oscar Solórzano explored what the latest changes to the FATF standards could mean for asset recovery practice in Latin America.
This joint report from the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC), the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) and the Basel Institute on Governance explores the concept of the "integrated mindset" – i.e. considering financial and sustainability-related information about a company holistically and in an integrated way.
The Basel Institute’s President Peter Maurer opened the 5th International Collective Action Conference on 24 June 2024 with an inspiring keynote speech about global challenges related to corruption and the role of Collective Action in addressing them.
Everyone knows about money laundering – but what about money dirtying, i.e. secretly turning legally acquired money into illegal payments? A new peer-reviewed journal article looks at this phenomenon. Contact the co-author Jacopo Costa for questions.
Registration is now open for the 8th Global Conference on Criminal Finances and Cryptocurrencies (#8CrC). This year's conference is co-organised by Europol and the Basel Institute on Governance and will be hosted by UNODC at its headquarters in Vienna, Austria.
You can register here.
In the context of the Anti-Corruption and Asset Recovery Support of Ukraine programme funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, the International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR) training team recently delivered a Financial Investigations and Asset Recovery training workshop for 25 Ukrainian practitioners.