We are delighted that our highly successful programme to strengthen public finance management at the regional and local levels in Peru is entering its third four-year phase.

Funded by the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) since 2013, the Programa GFP Subnacional aims to improve how public finances are managed and spent at the subnational level and to optimise the delivery of public services to Peruvian citizens.

How does the media influence public discourse on corruption and anti-corruption? And how can we ensure information integrity in an age of disinformation, propaganda, fake news and hybrid attacks? 

To answer those questions in the context of Bulgaria, Sensika, a global media monitoring and analytics firm, processed more than 44 million articles in Bulgarian online media outlets and more than 20 million Facebook posts and comments on corruption and anti-corruption topics between January 2023 and February 2024.

The Basel Institute has secured a new grant to partner with leading pharmaceutical company Novartis to improve the effectiveness of compliance programmes in deterring corrupt behaviour.

Shenaz Muzaffer, General Counsel of the International Association of Prosecutors, spoke at the 8th Global Conference on Criminal Finances and Cryptocurrencies in a panel on “practical challenges in the investigation and prosecution of crypto-related financial crimes.” The two-day conference was co-organised by Europol and the Basel Institute on Governance and hosted by UNODC.

Latin America has seen various legislative efforts in the fight against rampant economic and organised crime and in the endeavour to recover illicit assets relating to these crimes. Among theses efforts is a wide variety of non-conviction based (NCB) forfeiture regimes and applicable standards.

NCB forfeiture allows for the recovery of illicit assets autonomously, i.e. outside of criminal proceedings, through an independent judicial process that applies civil rules and is directed against the asset itself (in rem).

Shawn Teixeira became Head of the Siemens Integrity Initiative in 2024, having worked tirelessly together with Sabine Zindera over many years in the oversight of 85 projects in over 50 countries with around USD 120 million in committed funding. Under their leadership, the Siemens Integrity Initiative has been a driving force in the growth and evolution of anti-corruption Collective Action.