How service delivery charters in Ghana are creating dialogue between citizens, businesses and government

This case study and Q&A looks at a recent UK Business Integrity Initiative-funded project in Ghana to create and implement 10 service delivery charters for government licensing and approval authorities through a Collective Action approach. The project was carried out by the Ghana Integrity Initiative, which is the local chapter of Transparency International, in collaboration with the Private Enterprise Federation.

Strengthening ethical conduct and business integrity: a guide for companies in emerging markets

Monica Guy

Senior Specialist, Communications and External Relations
+41 61 205 55 12
Biography

This practical guide by CIPE’s Anti-Corruption & Governance Center is aimed at helping companies in emerging markets to understand and apply the basic principles and practices of global compliance standards. 

It contains real-world examples and practical recommendations for business leaders on compliance and business integrity, including codes of conduct. 

Step 8 focuses on how companies can strengthen their integrity and compliance by engaging in Collective Action.

Gabriel Cifuentes on the High Level Reporting Mechanism: "Not a vaccine against corruption, but a very useful tool for clean procurement"

In this short video, Gabriel Cifuentes, former Secretary of Transparency in the Office of the President in Colombia, talks about his experience in implementing the second High Level Reporting Mechanism (HLRM) to ensure a clean procurement process for the construction of the Bogotá Metro.

Asset Recovery Handbook: A Guide for Practitioners

Monica Guy

Senior Specialist, Communications and External Relations
+41 61 205 55 12
Biography

This practical handbook by the Stolen Assets Recovery (StAR) Initiative of The World Bank and UNODC seeks to guide practitioners in the complex process of recovering stolen assets that have been hidden abroad. It covers strategic, organisational, investigative, and legal challenges of recovering assets. The Handbook also "provides common approaches to recovering stolen assets located in foreign jurisdictions, identifies the challenges that practitioners are likely to encounter, and introduces good practices".

The Russian arms dealer case: how Peru recovered stolen assets from a Swiss bank account through non-conviction based confiscation

I recently participated in a panel on the role of non-state actors in the recovery of stolen assets and proceeds of corruption at the 2020 International Anti-Corruption Conference, at which I presented the so-called “Russian arms dealer case”. The case is relatively small in monetary terms – around USD 700,000 plus interest – but hugely significant in terms of asset recovery efforts and international co-operation.

The G20’s responsiveness to B20 anti-corruption recommendations 2010–2017. Part I: Baseline report

Monica Guy

Senior Specialist, Communications and External Relations
+41 61 205 55 12
Biography

How effectively does the Business 20 (B20) process channel recommendations on anti-corruption from the business community up to the Group of Twenty (G20) leaders? Are there ways to increase the uptake of B20 recommendations by the G20 Anti-Corruption Working Group (ACWG) and in the final Communiqué at the G20 Summit?

Peru recovers USD 8.5 million through non-conviction based confiscation

Peru’s Attorney General’s Office has recorded another successful use of its non-conviction based confiscation law, extinción de dominio, to recover stolen assets from abroad.

The case involves around USD 8.5 million plus interest frozen in a bank account in Switzerland since 2004. The assets derived from contracts for the purchase of overvalued MiG-29 and Sukhoi Su-25 aircraft during the government of Alberto Fujimori.