CoST – the Infrastructure Transparency Initiative (Uganda)

CoST Uganda is a national chapter of CoST International, a charity based in the United Kingdom. CoST – the Infrastructure Transparency Initiative is the leading global initiative improving transparency and accountability in public infrastructure.

Established in 2013, the specific objectives of CoST Uganda are:

To create a strategic platform for information sharing and joint advocacy with key stakeholders at different levels in the delivery of public infrastructure projects.

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Last updated: 25.01.2021

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Kenya: USD 271 million in stolen assets recovered and a fast upward trend

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Congratulations to the trailblazing Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) of Kenya, whose latest figures show recovered assets worth a total of KES 29.8 billion (over USD 271 million). KES 20.5 million of this, or around USD 187 million at current exchange rates, was collected in the last five years.

Lighting the path ahead at the intersection of environmental degradation, illicit trade and corruption

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Are we at a turning point in the fight to save our planet from the ravages of environmental crime and corruption?

Possibly. The ongoing pandemic, caused by a zoonotic disease, has brought home the fact that environmental degradation is already altering our lives. Hopes that this was a one-off disruption and that we could soon return to the way things were have been dashed. It is now frighteningly clear that the pace of abuse of our planet keeps accelerating and the next crisis looms around the corner.

New online course on cryptocurrencies and anti-money laundering

Read more about New online course on cryptocurrencies and anti-money laundering

The Basel Institute on Governance is offering a new Cryptocurrencies and Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Training course aimed at law enforcement officials, professionals in AML compliance and FinTech/RegTech fields, as well as policymakers and investigative journalists.

Delivered over four three-hour online sessions, the course covers the essentials of how to detect and prevent the use of virtual assets for illicit activities.

Terrorist Financing: New free eLearning course in cooperation with the Egmont Group

Read more about Terrorist Financing: New free eLearning course in cooperation with the Egmont Group

The Basel Institute on Governance has released a new eLearning course on Terrorist Financing.

Developed in cooperation with the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs), the course is aimed at analysts, investigators, prosecutors, representatives of FIUs and professionals in the field of anti-money laundering and counter financing of terrorism (AML/CFT).

Recommendations of the 4th Global Conference on Cryptocurrencies and Criminal Finances

Read more about Recommendations of the 4th Global Conference on Cryptocurrencies and Criminal Finances

These seven recommendations for strengthening the global response to new financial crime threats relating to cryptocurrencies arose from the 4th Global Conference on Cryptocurrencies and Criminal Finances on 18-19 November 2020.

The conference was co-organised by the Basel Institute on Governance, INTERPOL and Europol and hosted this year by INTERPOL.

Measuring effectiveness of anti-corruption programmes: Indicators for company reporting

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This guidance note contains a set of indicators that companies may wish to consider when reporting on the effectiveness of their anti-corruption efforts to external stakeholders. Such disclosures could also be useful to build trust with external stakeholders, mitigate reputational risk and identify best practices.

It is focused on the health sector, which is especially vulnerable to compliance risks because of the complexity of its value chain and the size of the financial flows in the sector.

Global Conference on Criminal Finances and Cryptocurrencies closes with 7 key recommendations for fighting crypto-enabled crime

Read more about Global Conference on Criminal Finances and Cryptocurrencies closes with 7 key recommendations for fighting crypto-enabled crime

The 4th Global Conference on Criminal Finances and Cryptocurrencies, co-organised by the Basel Institute on Governance, INTERPOL and Europol and hosted this year by INTERPOL, closed yesterday with a convergence around seven key recommendations for strengthening the global response to new financial crime threats relating to cryptocurrencies.

Uganda achieves landmark victory in USD 1.25 million illicit enrichment case

Read more about Uganda achieves landmark victory in USD 1.25 million illicit enrichment case

On 28 October 2020, Uganda registered a landmark judgment in the case of Uganda v Geoffrey Kazinda. Although there have been a couple of other previously prosecuted illicit enrichment cases, the Kazinda case is the most significant because of the vast sum of money involved: a total of UGX 4,630,195,258 (over USD 1,252,600).

La recuperación de los activos Venezolanos en Suiza

Read more about La recuperación de los activos Venezolanos en Suiza

In this chapter of a report by Transparencia Venezuela, Estrategias jurídicas para la recuperación de activos venezolanos producto de la corrupción ("Legal strategies for recovering Venezuelan assets that are the proceeds of corruption"), Oscar Solórzano and Stefan Mbiyavanga devise asset recovery strategies in Swiss law from a practical angle. They also identify the most important authorities in all four phases of the asset recovery process: identification, seizure, confiscation and restitution.

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