[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":567},["ShallowReactive",2],{"publication-pb-18-cryptoasset-management":3,"publication-pb-18-cryptoasset-management-editions":68,"author-links-pb-18-cryptoasset-management":69,"related-pb-18-cryptoasset-management":70},[4],{"id":5,"status":6,"sort":7,"user_created":8,"date_created":9,"user_updated":8,"date_updated":10,"nid":7,"slug":11,"title":12,"body":13,"citation":14,"language":7,"year":7,"publisher":15,"date_published":16,"external":17,"topic":7,"link_internal":18,"link_external":7,"featured":17,"topics":25,"languages":27,"type":29,"area":7,"programme":7,"websites":31,"summary":33,"pdf_text":7,"main_points":34,"short_version":35,"subtitle":36,"countries":37,"tags":38,"pdf":55,"authors":62,"translations_publications":63,"image":64,"og_image":66},2476,"published",null,"d22c72aa-896a-43ce-acca-4154ff70a25a","2026-11-05T10:57:46.000Z","2026-11-09T11:09:08.000Z","pb-18-cryptoasset-management","Policy Brief 18: Managing seized cryptoassets","In September 2026, asset management practitioners, prosecutors, police and private-sector specialists from 17 countries met in Luxembourg to discuss how to manage seized cryptoassets.\n\nCo-organised by the Luxembourg Bureau de gestion des avoirs and Basel Institute on Governance, the roundtable was held under the Chatham House rule on the sidelines of the [10th Global Conference on Criminal Finances and Cryptoassets](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Flearning\u002Fevents\u002F10th-global-conference-on-criminal-finances-and-cryptoassets-2924). This publication emerges from that roundtable.\n\nThe document is structured around eight questions, because the focus is on questions that asset management practitioners need to consider rather than one-size-fits-all answers that do not exist. Laws, institutions and resources differ, as the examples given by participants demonstrate. Technical terms are explained in the glossary at the end.\n\nThe discussions confirmed that managing cryptoassets should be framed within the lifecycle of a case, from pre-seizure planning to disposal. Decisions taken at one stage can have significant consequences at later stages.\n\nThe diagram below shows the main stages in managing a seized cryptoasset, indicating the most relevant questions for each.\n\n![](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fcms\u002Fassets\u002Ffb14c631-3971-442c-aa86-835662e2019e)\n\n## About this publication\nThis publication is part of the Basel Institute on Governance Policy Brief series [ISSN 2624-9669](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fresources\u002Fpublications\u002F?type=Policy+Brief). You may share this publication under a Creative Commons [BY-NC-ND 4.0](https:\u002F\u002Fcreativecommons.org\u002Flicenses\u002Fby-nc-nd\u002F4.0\u002F) International licence.\n\nAround 50 participants from the public and private sectors, representing 17 jurisdictions, took part in the roundtable on which the publication is based. The organisers thank all participants for sharing their experience so openly during the roundtable and in consultations on the draft. \n\n**Disclaimer**: The document does not necessarily represent the views of the moderators, the organisers or participants’ institutions, or the official position of the Basel Institute on Governance, its donors and partners, or the University of Basel.","Basel Institute on Governance. 2026. ‘Managing seized cryptoassets’. Policy Brief 18, Basel Institute on Governance. Available at: https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fresources\u002Fpublications\u002Fpb-18-cryptoasset-management.\n","Basel Institute on Governance","2026-11-09",false,[19,22],{"url":20,"caption":21},"https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fcms\u002Fapi\u002Fassets\u002F708fcda9-2daa-4cc5-a4b9-c5fd69dc5677\u002FPolicy-Brief-18_cryptoasset-management.pdf?v=20261109104838000","Download Policy Brief 18",{"url":23,"caption":24},"https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fresources\u002Fpublications\u002Fqg41","Read related Quick Guide to managing seized and confiscated assets",[26],"Asset Recovery and Enforcement",[28],"English",[30],"Policy Brief",[32],"Main page","This Policy Brief outlines eight practical lessons for jurisdictions to consider when establishing a system for managing seized cryptoassets. Asset management practitioners, prosecutors, police and private-sector specialists from 17 countries contributed to these lessons at a roundtable in September 2026.","","## Key messages at a glance\n\n1. **The fundamental principles of asset management continue to apply.** Cryptoassets should be managed lawfully, securely, transparently and with the objective of preserving value. The particular characteristics of cryptoassets require those principles to be adapted, especially in relation to custody, control, volatility, technical expertise and timing.\n2. **Preparation and early coordination are critical.** Authorities should involve the relevant asset management expertise as early as possible and establish custody, decision-making and communication arrangements before a seizure occurs.\n3. **There is no one-size-fits-all model.** The right arrangements depend on national legislation, institutional structures, available expertise and the assets involved. They also need to evolve: a model that works immediately after seizure may not suit months or years later, so authorities should be able to adapt.\n4. **Security is a governance issue as much as a technical one.** Multi-person approval, role-based access, key protection, audit trails, business continuity, data protection and clear liability arrangements are essential safeguards.\n5. **Preserving value requires active decision-making.** Authorities need clear criteria and responsibilities for deciding whether assets should be held, converted or sold. Where interim-sale powers exist, they should be matched by the institutional capacity to monitor markets and act within the relevant timeframes.\n6. **Public authorities should retain responsibility for decisions concerning seized assets.** Private-sector providers can provide valuable technical and operational support, but outsourcing should not result in a loss of public control or accountability.\n7. **Choose the right route to sell and return.** There is no single way to sell or return a cryptoasset. The sale method should suit the asset, its liquidity and the amount at stake, and the process should be auditable. Authorities must also decide whether owners and victims receive the asset itself or its value, bearing in mind that many victims have no wallet.\n8. **Cooperation is a practical capability.** Networks of asset management offices, asset recovery offices and other practitioners can provide contacts, expertise, training and support for difficult cases. Building these networks can reduce duplication and help authorities develop solutions that are proportionate to their needs.","Practical lessons from an international roundtable",[],[39,43,47,51],{"tags_id":40},{"id":41,"name":42},867,"Financial crime",{"tags_id":44},{"id":45,"name":46},858,"Asset management",{"tags_id":48},{"id":49,"name":50},854,"Virtual assets",{"tags_id":52},{"id":53,"name":54},843,"Asset recovery",[56],{"directus_files_id":57},{"id":58,"filename_download":59,"title":12,"description":7,"modified_on":60,"uploaded_on":61},"708fcda9-2daa-4cc5-a4b9-c5fd69dc5677","Policy-Brief-18_cryptoasset-management.pdf","2026-11-09T10:48:38.000Z","2026-11-09T10:47:57.000Z",[],[],{"id":65},"ad665f0c-ea7b-46c2-9905-2f7033af2301",{"id":67},"769e5ce5-e838-4e19-85ab-8eb6fc516ce0",[],{},[71,154,196,253,312,387,426,467,504,533],{"id":72,"slug":73,"title":74,"status":6,"nid":7,"year":7,"body":75,"external":17,"topic":7,"language":76,"type":77,"date_published":79,"image":80,"citation":7,"publisher":81,"link_internal":82,"link_external":92,"authors":96,"countries":125,"tags":130,"pdf":139,"topics":141,"featured":17,"languages":143,"summary":145,"programme":7,"area":7,"websites":146,"pdf_text":7,"sort":7,"user_created":8,"date_created":147,"user_updated":148,"date_updated":149,"main_points":7,"short_version":150,"subtitle":7,"og_image":151,"translations_publications":152,"link":153},2448,"la-extincion-de-dominio-instrumentos-internacionales","La extinción de dominio en el marco de los estándares e instrumentos internacionales","Non-conviction based asset forfeiture has become a key tool for recovering illicit assets and supporting contemporary criminal policy against organised crime, corruption and transnational financial crime. Across seven chapters, this publication (in Spanish) connects international standards with Peruvian practice.\n\nIt explores the foundations of non-conviction based asset forfeiture from various angles:\n- Non-conviction based forfeiture in the Vienna, Palermo and Mérida Conventions\n- The alignment of Peru’s non-conviction based forfeiture model – Extinción de dominio – with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Model Law\n- Its compatibility with the Recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), specifically Recommendation 4 on confiscation and provisional measures\n- The operational challenges of managing seized assets to preserve their value in light of FATF Recommendation 4\n- Non-conviction based asset forfeiture as a preventive mechanism, with lessons from Italian preventive confiscation\n- A comparative analysis of U.S. civil forfeiture and Peru’s Extinción de dominio\n- Peru’s Extinción de dominio and constitutional property rights, with insights from the regional Latin American experience\n\nGrounded in domestic practice and addressing the effects of recent legislative amendments, the publication offers judges, prosecutors, legislators and scholars a timely guide to applying, interpreting and strengthening asset forfeiture in line with international commitments.\n\nThis is the third issue in a series of publications on the use of Peru’s Extinción de dominio legislation. It is a collaborative effort of asset recovery experts of the Basel Institute on Governance under the [Programa GFP Subnacional](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gfpsubnacional.pe\u002F) (Subnational Public Finance Management programme in Peru), funded by the Swiss SECO Cooperation.\n\n- Foreword by Sergio Jiménez Niño, Thematic Coordinator of the Asset Recovery Component, Programa GFP Subnacional\n- Preface by Oscar Solórzano, Head, Latin America ICAR\n","en",[78],"Report","2026-06-12","https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fcms\u002Fapi\u002Fassets\u002F0636208c-72f4-46c1-9ace-cc72e8f79ea8?format=webp&quality=90&width=600&height=840","Programa GFP Subnacional – Basel Institute on Governance",[83,86,89],{"url":84,"caption":85},"https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fcms\u002Fapi\u002Fassets\u002Fc5aea639-e1c8-4f33-bcd2-1cc8965c068c\u002FPublicacion_Extincion-Dominio_instrumentos_internacionales.pdf?v=20260716155833000","Download PDF (Spanish)",{"url":87,"caption":88},"https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fresources\u002Fpublications\u002Fla-extincion-del-dominio-de-bienes-instrumentalizados\u002F","Read the first issue of the series (in Spanish)",{"url":90,"caption":91},"https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fresources\u002Fpublications\u002Fla-extincion-de-dominio-desde-sus-principios\u002F","Read the second issue of the series (in Spanish)",[93],{"url":94,"caption":95},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gfpsubnacional.pe\u002Fpublicacion\u002Fla-extincion-de-dominio-en-el-marco-de-los-estandares-e-instrumentos-internacionales\u002F","Access this publication via Programa GFP website",[97,101,105,109,113,117,121],{"authors_id":98},{"id":99,"name":100},544,"Sergio Jiménez",{"authors_id":102},{"id":103,"name":104},600,"Jhanira Morales",{"authors_id":106},{"id":107,"name":108},542,"Walther Delgado",{"authors_id":110},{"id":111,"name":112},601,"Joseph Domínguez",{"authors_id":114},{"id":115,"name":116},545,"Sergio Rodriguez",{"authors_id":118},{"id":119,"name":120},602,"Deily Pereda",{"authors_id":122},{"id":123,"name":124},603,"Michel Risco",[126],{"countries_id":127},{"id":128,"name":129},171,"Peru",[131,135,137],{"tags_id":132},{"id":133,"name":134},1379,"Non-conviction based forfeiture",{"tags_id":136},{"id":45,"name":46},{"tags_id":138},{"id":53,"name":54},[140],2557,[26,142],"Public Financial Management",[144],"Spanish","Non-conviction based asset forfeiture has become a key tool for recovering illicit assets and supporting contemporary criminal policy against organised crime, corruption and transnational financial crime. Across seven chapters, this publication (in Spanish) connects international standards with Peruvian practice.",[32],"2026-07-16T16:05:53.000Z","dfef11db-1bc6-47e9-a61d-93443995484b","2026-10-20T09:54:22.000Z","**Chapter summaries in English:**\n\n## Chapter 1: Non-conviction based forfeiture in United Nations conventions\nAuthor: Sergio Jiménez Niño\n\nChapter 1 explores whether Peru’s Extinción de dominio has a direct treaty basis in United Nations conventions. It argues that the Vienna and Palermo Conventions do not recognise non-conviction-based forfeiture as they focus on criminal confiscation linked to prosecution. In Vienna, proposals for forfeiture without conviction were expressly rejected to protect property rights and the presumption of innocence. Although the Mérida Convention mentions the concept, it remains an optional international cooperation measure where prosecution is impossible due to death, flight or absence of the offender.\n\nThe chapter concludes that Peru’s regime is not treaty-mandated, but this does not affect the constitutional validity or policy legitimacy of Peru's Legislative Decree 1373 on Extinción de dominio.\n\n## Chapter 2: The Peruvian non-conviction based model in the light of the UNODC Model Law\nAuthor: Jhanira Morales Aniceto\n\nChapter 2 compares Peru’s Extinción de dominio regime with the UNODC Model Law, a non-binding soft law instrument for asset recovery. The analysis focuses on four main elements: the property-based nature of the forfeiture, procedural autonomy, the concept of illicit activity and temporal scope.\n\nWhile both frameworks treat forfeiture is an action in rem directed at assets, recent Peruvian reforms have caused significant divergences. Peru now applies more conditional autonomy, narrows illicit activity to criminal conduct and imposes temporal limits, including restrictions on retrospective application. Consequently, Peru exhibits a selective adoption of the UNODC Model Law. This does not, however, constitute a breach of international obligations, since the Model Law is not binding.\n\n## Chapter 3: Extinción de dominio in Peru: compliance, gaps and the reform agenda within the framework of the FATF recommendations\nAuthor: Walther Javier Delgado Tovar\n\nChapter 3 assesses Peru’s non-conviction based forfeiture framework against Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Recommendation 4 on confiscation and provisional measures, and its interpretive notes. It notes that, although FATF standards are non-binding soft law, weak implementation can expose countries to greylisting or blacklisting, with serious economic and reputational consequences.\n\nThe analysis finds that Peru broadly complies with FATF standards, but identifies important gaps. Recent legislative amendments and Constitutional Court rulings have weakened the autonomy and scope of Extinción de dominio, while issues remain around victim compensation, transaction suspension measures and recognition of foreign forfeiture orders. To maintain a priority policy on asset recovery, the author advocates for legislative reforms that ensure a consistent, human rights-compliant application of asset forfeiture with and without conviction.\n\n## Chapter 4: Preserving the value of assets seized in asset forfeiture proceedings: with reference to FATF Recommendation 4\nAuthor: Joseph Domínguez Miñano\n\nChapter 4 looks at the management and preservation of seized assets in Peru in light of FATF Recommendation 4. It argues that managing seized asset is a key component of asset recovery, and that poor asset management can cause assets to depreciate, deteriorate or create liabilities for the state in cases where the assets must later be returned.\n\nThe analysis focuses on PRONABI, Peru’s specialised body for managing seized and forfeited assets. Identified challenges include limited use of early sale mechanisms, institutional overload and the lack of uniform technical criteria, especially for depreciating assets such as vehicles. It calls for stronger guidelines, better return protocols and improved institutional capacity to preserve the assets’ economic value effectively.\n\n## Chapter 5: The forfeiture of illicit proceeds as a preventive measure: Reflections based on the Italian anti-Mafia confiscation system\nAuthor: Sergio Rodríguez Salinas\n\nChapter 5 examines Peru’s Extinción de dominio through a preventive lens, referencing Italy’s anti-mafia confisca di prevenzione. It argues that organised crime operates as an economic enterprise, using illicit proceeds to accumulate wealth, reinvest and sustain criminal structures. This justifies preventive measures aimed at neutralising the economic danger posed by certain assets.\n\nDrawing on the Italian preventive confiscation model, the chapter proposes understanding Peru’s non-conviction based forfeiture as a preventive mechanism rather than a punitive power. This helps explain its autonomy from criminal proceedings and absence of a prior conviction, but also sets limits: its legitimacy depends on a clear link to organised crime, serious corruption and systemic criminal financing.\n\n## Chapter 6: Extinción de dominio and civil forfeiture\nAuthor: Deily Pereda Rodríguez\n\nChapter 6 compares US civil forfeiture with Peru’s Extinción de dominio as mechanisms for recovering assets without a criminal conviction. It outlines the US distinction between administrative, criminal and civil forfeiture, noting that civil forfeiture operates as an autonomous in rem process. While both the US and Peruvian regimes target illicit assets, recent Peruvian reforms have compromised procedural autonomy of Extinción de dominio by generally requiring a prior final criminal judgement.\n\nThe chapter identifies lessons for Peru. It highlights the value of using recovered assets to compensate victims and warns against revenue-driven incentives such as those criticised in the US Equitable Sharing Program. Ultimately, it advocates for an approach that prioritises victims’ rights and maintains the integrity of the constitutional rule of law.\n\n## Chapter 7: Extinción de dominio and property rights in Peru: a constitutional analysis in the light of regional experience\nAuthor: Michel Risco Solis\n\nChapter 7 explores whether Peru’s Extinción de dominio is compatible with the constitutional right to property. It argues that express constitutional recognition of Peru’s asset forfeiture regime is not necessary, because the Constitution protects only property rights that are lawfully acquired and exercised in line with the legal order, the common good and the social function of property. Moreover, the right to property is not understood as an absolute guarantee over any form of property. The chapter maintains that Extinción de dominio targets assets of illicit origin or destination that fall outside constitutional protection.\n\nRegional experience also shows that express inclusion of asset forfeiture in the constitution, as in Colombia or Mexico, may broaden the scope of state intervention, but is not required for the mechanism’s validity.\n","9373147f-6613-466d-bc86-2654c923f4fd",[],"\u002Fresources\u002Fpublications\u002Fla-extincion-de-dominio-instrumentos-internacionales",{"id":155,"slug":156,"title":157,"status":6,"nid":158,"year":159,"body":160,"external":17,"topic":161,"language":76,"type":163,"date_published":165,"image":166,"citation":34,"publisher":15,"link_internal":167,"link_external":171,"authors":175,"countries":180,"tags":181,"pdf":186,"topics":189,"featured":17,"languages":190,"summary":7,"programme":7,"area":7,"websites":7,"pdf_text":7,"sort":7,"user_created":191,"date_created":192,"user_updated":148,"date_updated":193,"main_points":7,"short_version":7,"subtitle":7,"og_image":7,"translations_publications":194,"link":195},2415,"qg41","Quick Guide 41: Managing seized and confiscated assets",2834,2025,"This Quick Guide explains why effective, transparent and fair management of seized and confiscated assets – including assets linked to sanctions violations – is essential to successful asset recovery. It introduces key principles, standards and practical steps based on international good practice. These include legal, institutional and technical arrangements, that help countries manage seized assets in a way that preserves value, ensures accountability and supports justice.\n\nThe Guide is primarily intended for government officials working in law enforcement, justice and asset recovery. It may also be useful to policymakers and development partners seeking a better understanding of how countries can improve their asset management systems.\n\n### About this Quick Guide\n\nYou are free to share and republish this work under a [Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0](https:\u002F\u002Fcreativecommons.org\u002Flicenses\u002Fby-nc-nd\u002F4.0\u002F) Licence. It is part of the Basel Institute on Governance Quick Guide series, [ISSN 2673-5229](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fresources\u002Fpublications\u002F?type=Quick+Guide).",[162],"Asset Recovery",[164],"Quick Guide","2025-07-16","https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fcms\u002Fapi\u002Fassets\u002F8b319ca1-ed7c-4d10-874e-a1583fed7ffc?format=webp&quality=90&width=600&height=840",[168],{"url":169,"caption":170},"\u002Fresources\u002Fpublications?type=Quick%20Guide"," View all Quick Guides",[172],{"url":173,"caption":174},"https:\u002F\u002Flearn.baselgovernance.org\u002Fcourse\u002Fview.php?id=337","View online on LEARN",[176],{"authors_id":177},{"id":178,"name":179},553,"Rita Simões",[],[182,184],{"tags_id":183},{"id":45,"name":46},{"tags_id":185},{"id":53,"name":54},[187,188],2470,2469,[26],[28],"03bebfd8-0b40-4a2a-820d-b9d9c13b9de6","2025-08-21T23:52:11.000Z","2026-09-10T09:04:50.000Z",[],"\u002Fresources\u002Fpublications\u002Fqg41",{"id":197,"slug":198,"title":199,"status":6,"nid":200,"year":201,"body":202,"external":17,"topic":203,"language":76,"type":204,"date_published":206,"image":207,"citation":208,"publisher":15,"link_internal":209,"link_external":216,"authors":217,"countries":222,"tags":225,"pdf":244,"topics":246,"featured":247,"languages":248,"summary":7,"programme":7,"area":7,"websites":7,"pdf_text":7,"sort":7,"user_created":191,"date_created":249,"user_updated":148,"date_updated":250,"main_points":7,"short_version":7,"subtitle":7,"og_image":7,"translations_publications":251,"link":252},2366,"wp-54","Working Paper 54: Targeting illicit wealth through non-conviction based forfeiture: Identifying human rights and other standards for Latin America",2701,2024,"This Working Paper explores the wide variety of non-conviction based (NCB) forfeiture laws in Latin America, with a special focus on the region’s predominant model, *Extinción de dominio*.\n\nIt argues that NCB forfeiture legislation, which allows for the recovery of stolen assets outside of criminal proceedings, can contribute significantly to a state’s criminal policy response to rampant economic and organised crime.\n\nThe paper emphasises the importance of critically reviewing and harmonising domestic practices of NCB forfeiture around emerging standards, so that they can reach their large potential in asset recovery. Ensuring their alignment with international human rights and other recognised norms and procedural rules ultimately builds trust, lends legitimacy and fosters judicial cooperation in international NCB forfeiture cases.\n\n### About this report\n\nThe paper is based on experience gained through the Basel Institute’s [International Centre for Asset Recovery](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fasset-recovery) (ICAR), which since 2006 has supported partner countries in investigating, prosecuting and recovering assets arising from grand corruption and other crimes.\n\nThis paper is published as part of the Basel Institute on Governance Working Paper series, [ISSN: 2624-9650](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fresources\u002Fpublications\u002F?type=Working+Paper). It is a Diamond Open Access publication, also hosted on the Basel University Library’s open publishing platform [eterna](https:\u002F\u002Feterna.unibas.ch\u002F) as part of our Basel Institute on Governance Working Paper Journal, with DOI: [10.12685\u002Fbigwp.2024.54.61](https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.12685\u002Fbigwp.2024.54.61).\n\nYou may share or republish the Working Paper under a Creative Commons [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https:\u002F\u002Fcreativecommons.org\u002Flicenses\u002Fby-nc-nd\u002F4.0\u002Fdeed.en) International License.\n",[162],[205],"Working Paper","2024-09-30","https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fcms\u002Fapi\u002Fassets\u002F37616510-2f1f-4ab6-9405-845433d6fa3b?format=webp&quality=90&width=600&height=840","Solórzano, Oscar. 2024. ‘Targeting illicit wealth through non-conviction based forfeiture: Identifying human rights and other standards for Latin America.’ Working Paper 54, Basel Institute on Governance. Available at: baselgovernance.org\u002Fpublications\u002Fwp-54.",[210,213],{"url":211,"caption":212},"https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fcms\u002Fapi\u002Fassets\u002F4b18c9e5-e24b-4cdc-901e-7b7261631542\u002FWP54.pdf?v=20241003160511000","Download PDF",{"url":214,"caption":215},"\u002Fresources\u002Fpublications?type=Working%20Paper"," View all Working Papers",[],[218],{"authors_id":219},{"id":220,"name":221},294,"Oscar Solorzano",[223],{"countries_id":224},{"id":128,"name":129},[226,228,232,234,238,240],{"tags_id":227},{"id":53,"name":54},{"tags_id":229},{"id":230,"name":231},932,"Human rights",{"tags_id":233},{"id":41,"name":42},{"tags_id":235},{"id":236,"name":237},967,"Organised crime",{"tags_id":239},{"id":133,"name":134},{"tags_id":241},{"id":242,"name":243},1215,"Illicit financial flows",[245],2404,[26],true,[28],"2024-10-03T16:05:11.000Z","2026-09-10T09:04:43.000Z",[],"\u002Fresources\u002Fpublications\u002Fwp-54",{"id":254,"slug":255,"title":256,"status":6,"nid":257,"year":159,"body":258,"external":17,"topic":259,"language":76,"type":260,"date_published":261,"image":262,"citation":263,"publisher":15,"link_internal":264,"link_external":7,"authors":277,"countries":282,"tags":287,"pdf":298,"topics":300,"featured":17,"languages":301,"summary":7,"programme":7,"area":7,"websites":7,"pdf_text":7,"sort":7,"user_created":191,"date_created":303,"user_updated":148,"date_updated":304,"main_points":7,"short_version":7,"subtitle":7,"og_image":7,"translations_publications":305,"link":311},2383,"pb-14","Policy Brief 14: Targeting unexplained wealth: Implications of the EU’s 2024 Directive on asset recovery",2739,"The European Union’s 2024 [Directive on Asset Recovery and Confiscation](http:\u002F\u002Fdata.europa.eu\u002Feli\u002Fdir\u002F2024\u002F1260\u002Foj) obliges Member States to, among other things, introduce legislative measures to enable the confiscation of “unexplained wealth”.\n\nThis policy paper examines this Article and the powers and restrictions that Member States will need to include in such “unexplained wealth” measures to ensure compliance with the Directive.\n\nIn brief, the Directive gives legislators in EU Member States flexibility to decide the scope of their own unexplained wealth measures. At a minimum, they must introduce measures that can be used to target unexplained wealth linked to organised crime.\n\nMember States could, however, adopt broader measures target unexplained wealth relating to all criminal activity, including corruption.\n\n### About this Policy Brief\n\nThis publication is part of the Basel Institute on Governance Policy Brief series, [ISSN 2624-9669](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fresources\u002Fpublications\u002F?type=Policy+Brief). It is a Diamond Open Access publication, also hosted on the Basel University Library’s open publishing platform [eterna](https:\u002F\u002Feterna.unibas.ch\u002F) as part of our Basel Institute on Governance Policy Brief Journal, with DOI: [10.12685\u002Fbigpb.14.6](https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.12685\u002Fbigpb.14.6).\n\nYou may freely share or republish it under a Creative Commons [BY-NC-ND 4.0](https:\u002F\u002Fcreativecommons.org\u002Flicenses\u002Fby-nc-nd\u002F4.0\u002F) licence. \n\nThis is a publication of the International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR) at the Basel Institute on Governance. ICAR receives core funding from the Governments of Jersey, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland and the UK.",[162],[30],"2025-01-13","https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fcms\u002Fapi\u002Fassets\u002F9b9b6a62-6a97-4851-957f-1f36155e8f32?format=webp&quality=90&width=600&height=840","Dornbierer, Andrew. 2024. ‘Targeting unexplained wealth: Implications of the EU’s 2024 Directive on asset recovery.’ Policy Brief 14, Basel Institute on Governance. Available at: https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fpb-14.",[265,268,271,274],{"url":266,"caption":267},"https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fcms\u002Fapi\u002Fassets\u002Fe20ebc55-51aa-4a44-b362-d9cc7bd57d39\u002FPB14.pdf?v=20250113110527000","Download PDF (English)",{"url":269,"caption":270},"https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fresources\u002Fpublications\u002Fpb-14-fr","French version",{"url":272,"caption":273},"\u002Fresources\u002Fpublications?type=Policy%20Brief"," View all Policy Briefs",{"url":275,"caption":276},"https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fcms\u002Fapi\u002Fassets\u002Fecac4c40-f39a-4d16-92de-e965258bce7e\u002FIllicit-Enrichment-Main-Text-PDF.pdf?v=20220427115348000"," Free book: Illicit Enrichment",[278],{"authors_id":279},{"id":280,"name":281},306,"Andrew Dornbierer",[283],{"countries_id":284},{"id":285,"name":286},261,"European Union",[288,292,294,296],{"tags_id":289},{"id":290,"name":291},821,"Unexplained wealth",{"tags_id":293},{"id":242,"name":243},{"tags_id":295},{"id":53,"name":54},{"tags_id":297},{"id":230,"name":231},[299],2419,[26],[28,302],"French","2025-01-13T11:05:26.000Z","2026-09-10T09:04:45.000Z",[306],{"title":307,"body":308,"summary":7,"slug":309,"language":310},"Policy Brief 14: Cibler la fortune inexpliquée : Implications de la Directive de l’UE de 2024 relative au recouvrement d'avoirs","La Directive de l’Union européenne de 2024 [relative au recouvrement et à la confiscation d'avoirs](https:\u002F\u002Feur-lex.europa.eu\u002Flegal-content\u002FFR\u002FTXT\u002FHTML\u002F?uri=OJ:L_202401260) oblige les États membres, entre autres, à adopter des mesures législatives pour permettre la confiscation de la « fortune inexpliquée ».\n\nCette Note de politique examine l’article 16 de la Directive qui énonce cette obligation, ainsi que les pouvoirs et restrictions que les États membres devront inclure dans les mesures relatives à la « fortune inexpliquée » pour garantir la conformité à la Directive.\n\nEn bref, cela démontre la grande flexibilité accordée par le texte de la Directive aux États membres pour déterminer le champ d’application de leurs propres mesures en matière de fortune inexpliquée. Au minimum, les États seront requis d’introduire des mesures susceptibles d’être utilisées pour cibler la fortune inexpliquée liée au crime organisé.\n\nCependant, les États membres peuvent toujours décider d’introduire des mesures de plus grande portée ciblant la fortune inexpliquée liée à toutes les activités criminelles, y compris la corruption.\n\n**À propos de cette Note de politique**\n\nLa présente publication fait partie de la série de Notes de politique (Policy Briefs) du Basel Institute on Governance, [ISSN 2624-9669](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fresources\u002Fpublications\u002F?type=Policy+Brief). Il s'agit d'une publication en libre accès de type « Diamond », également hébergée sur la plateforme de publication ouverte de la bibliothèque de l'université de Bâle [eterna](https:\u002F\u002Feterna.unibas.ch\u002F) dans le cadre de notre revue « Basel Institute on Governance Policy Brief Journal », avec le DOI : [10.12685\u002Fbigpb.14.6](https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.12685\u002Fbigpb.14.6).\n\nElle est sous licence *Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International* ([CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https:\u002F\u002Fcreativecommons.org\u002Flicenses\u002Fby-nc-nd\u002F4.0\u002F)).\n\nIl s’agit d’une publication de l’International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR) au Basel Institute on Governance. ICAR reçoit un financement principal des gouvernements de Jersey, du Liechtenstein, de la Norvège, de la Suisse et du Royaume-Uni.","pb-14-fr","fr","\u002Fresources\u002Fpublications\u002Fpb-14",{"id":313,"slug":314,"title":315,"status":6,"nid":316,"year":317,"body":318,"external":17,"topic":7,"language":76,"type":319,"date_published":321,"image":322,"citation":323,"publisher":15,"link_internal":324,"link_external":333,"authors":340,"countries":347,"tags":356,"pdf":373,"topics":375,"featured":17,"languages":376,"summary":377,"programme":7,"area":7,"websites":378,"pdf_text":7,"sort":7,"user_created":379,"date_created":380,"user_updated":8,"date_updated":381,"main_points":382,"short_version":7,"subtitle":383,"og_image":384,"translations_publications":385,"link":386},2441,"cs-13","Case Study 13: The Beauty Queen case: non-conviction based forfeiture across borders",2937,2026,"This Case Study analyses how Colombian authorities recovered assets linked to drug trafficking and held in a trust in Guernsey. It sets out the legal tools and procedures in Colombia and in Guernsey that enabled Colombia’s first international recovery under its non-conviction based forfeiture model _Extinción de dominio_. The Case Study highlights lessons for international cooperation between jurisdictions with different forfeiture systems or even legal traditions.\n\nThe International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR) at the Basel Institute on Governance provided technical assistance as part of a Memorandum of Understanding with the General Prosecutor’s Office of Colombia.\n\nOn 30 November 2023, the Fourth Court of the Specialised Extinción de Dominio Circuit of Colombia ordered the non-conviction based forfeiture of a Guernsey trust account issued by Northern Trust Fiduciary Services (Guernsey) Limited. The beneficiary was María Marcela Serrano Camacho, a Colombian model and former beauty queen.\n\nThe Colombian forfeiture order extinguished property rights over the account – amounting to GBP 361,146 – on the grounds that the funds were the proceeds of drug trafficking offences committed by Efraín Antonio Hernández Ramírez (“Don Efra”), a well-known Colombian drug trafficker, and his former spouse María Serrano in the 1990s.\n\nOn 30 January 2025, following successful mutual legal assistance proceedings between Colombia and the Bailiwick of Guernsey, the two jurisdictions concluded an asset sharing agreement for the repatriation of the confiscated assets.\n\nThis marked Colombia’s first successful international recovery through non-conviction based forfeiture.\n\nThis Case Study examines how early and effective coordination between Colombia and Guernsey enabled the identification, freezing, forfeiture and repatriation of the assets. It analyses the legal framework underpinning Colombia's Extinción de dominio regime and how it was applied, leading to the forfeiture of the Guernsey acccount. It also describes the procedural mechanisms used in Guernsey to execute foreign non-conviction based forfeiture orders.\n\nThe interaction between the authorities in both jurisdictions offers valuable lessons and examples of good practices.\n\nThe Case Study can be read alongside [Policy Brief 16](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fpublications\u002Fpb-16): \"Enforcing foreign non-conviction based forfeiture orders: FATF standards and asset recovery practice in Latin America and financial centres\".\n\n## About this Case Study\n\nThis publication is part of the Basel Institute on Governance Case Study series, [ISSN 2813-3900](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fresources\u002Fpublications\u002F?type=Case+Study). It is licensed for sharing under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence ([CC BYNC-ND 4.0](https:\u002F\u002Fcreativecommons.org\u002Flicenses\u002Fby-nc-nd\u002F4.0\u002F)).\n\nThe Case Study series offers practitioners insights into interesting and precedent-setting cases involving corruption and asset recovery.\n\nThis is a publication of the International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR) at the Basel Institute on Governance. ICAR receives core funding from the Governments of Jersey, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland and the UK.\n\n**Disclaimer**: This Case Study is intended for general informational purposes and does not constitute and\u002For substitute legal or other professional advice. The contents are the sole responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views or the official position of the Basel Institute on Governance, its donors and partners, or the University of Basel.\n",[320],"Case Study","2026-03-31","https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fcms\u002Fapi\u002Fassets\u002F6f1661b8-eab6-4ce0-902d-f6c97f85dd29?format=webp&quality=90&width=600&height=840","Solórzano, Oscar, and Diana Cordero. 2026. ‘The Beauty Queen case: non-conviction based forfeiture of criminal assets across borders. Lessons learned from Colombia–Guernsey cooperation.’ Case Study 13, Basel Institute on Governance. Available at: https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fpublications\u002Fcs-13.",[325,327,330],{"url":326,"caption":212},"https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fcms\u002Fapi\u002Fassets\u002Fe9314e72-6324-4a13-a0c3-9166983487c7\u002FCase-Study-13-Beauty-Queen.pdf?v=20260601223426000",{"url":328,"caption":329},"\u002Fresources\u002Fnews\u002Fcolombiaguernsey-cooperation-leads-to-successful-non-conviction-based-forfeiture-of-illicit-assets-2716","Read related blog",{"url":331,"caption":332},"\u002Fresources\u002Fpublications\u002Fpb-16","Read related Policy Brief 16",[334,337],{"url":335,"caption":336},"https:\u002F\u002Flearn.baselgovernance.org\u002Fcourse\u002Fview.php?id=368","View online on Basel LEARN",{"url":338,"caption":339},"https:\u002F\u002Flearn.baselgovernance.org\u002Fcourse\u002Fview.php?id=72","eLearning course: International Cooperation and Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters",[341,343],{"authors_id":342},{"id":220,"name":221},{"authors_id":344},{"id":345,"name":346},591,"Diana Cordero",[348,352],{"countries_id":349},{"id":350,"name":351},47,"Colombia",{"countries_id":353},{"id":354,"name":355},78,"Guernsey",[357,359,363,367,371],{"tags_id":358},{"id":133,"name":134},{"tags_id":360},{"id":361,"name":362},822,"International cooperation",{"tags_id":364},{"id":365,"name":366},818,"Anti-money laundering",{"tags_id":368},{"id":369,"name":370},1374,"Law enforcement",{"tags_id":372},{"id":53,"name":54},[374],2495,[26],[28],"This Case Study analyses how Colombian authorities recovered assets linked to drug trafficking and held in a trust in Guernsey. It sets out the legal tools and procedures in Colombia and in Guernsey that enabled Colombia’s first international recovery under its non-conviction based forfeiture model Extinción de dominio.",[32],"3d9ff205-1640-4f34-b5b6-86977f51bbd6","2026-06-01T22:10:26.000Z","2026-10-13T11:38:56.000Z","- Early and trust-based international cooperation is decisive\n- Non-conviction based forfeiture is indispensable when criminal routes are closed\n- Identifying beneficial ownership is central to effective asset recovery\n- Direct enforcement of foreign forfeiture orders increases efficiency and legal certainty\n- Asset sharing agreements strengthen cooperation incentives","Lessons learned from Colombia–Guernsey cooperation","4827eac2-84e4-4fca-a5f5-20c61c46d4ab",[],"\u002Fresources\u002Fpublications\u002Fcs-13",{"id":388,"slug":389,"title":390,"status":6,"nid":391,"year":159,"body":392,"external":17,"topic":393,"language":76,"type":394,"date_published":396,"image":397,"citation":34,"publisher":398,"link_internal":399,"link_external":400,"authors":404,"countries":407,"tags":412,"pdf":419,"topics":420,"featured":17,"languages":421,"summary":7,"programme":7,"area":7,"websites":7,"pdf_text":7,"sort":7,"user_created":191,"date_created":422,"user_updated":148,"date_updated":423,"main_points":7,"short_version":7,"subtitle":7,"og_image":7,"translations_publications":424,"link":425},2424,"back-action-how-uk-reviving-unexplained-wealth-orders-academy-bulletin","Back in action: How the UK is reviving unexplained wealth orders (The Academy Bulletin)",2864,"In an article published in the Fall 2025 issue of the Bulletin of the [International Academy of Financial Crime Litigators](https:\u002F\u002Ffinancialcrimelitigators.org\u002F), Andrew Dornbierer explores the revival of unexplained wealth orders (UWOs) in the United Kingdom.\n\nIntroduced in 2017 as a tool to combat the abuse of UK's markets to launder criminal proceeds, the UWO mechanism suffered a severe setback in 2020. After only a handful of attempts to use it, a decision by the High Court effectively left it sprawled on the canvas.\n\nIn the last year or so, however, the mechanism has slowly started to prove itself. Most recently, the UK's Serious Fraud Office – in its first use of the UK's UWO mechanism – secured GBP 1.1 million from the sale of a property belonging to the ex-wife of a convicted fraudster.\n\nThis article offers a short history of UWOs in the UK. It examines how, after a turbulent start and subsequent amendments to the mechanism, UWOs are now back to being used by UK authorities to tackle illicit financial flows. If applied responsibly, proportionately and in harmony with established legal rights, unexplained wealth orders promise to be a powerful tool in the UK’s fight to recover criminal assets.\n\nThis is the fifth issue of The Academy's Bulletin. It has been established to transmit the work of Academy Fellows, draw attention to matters of importance to the legal community and provide high-level analysis of cutting-edge issues in global financial crime investigations and litigation. The Basel Institute on Governance acts as Secretariat to the Academy.",[162],[395],"Article","2025-11-03","https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fcms\u002Fapi\u002Fassets\u002Fc313d2fa-3e1c-43ab-b40e-3e418d819df1?format=webp&quality=90&width=600&height=840","International Academy of Financial Crime Litigators",[],[401],{"url":402,"caption":403},"https:\u002F\u002Fedit.financialcrimelitigators.org\u002Fapi\u002Fassets\u002Fb401d6c9-b0e4-4ab9-ad1f-948c567c6ab3.pdf","Fall 2025 Bulletin of the International Academy of Financial Crime Litigators",[405],{"authors_id":406},{"id":280,"name":281},[408],{"countries_id":409},{"id":410,"name":411},74,"United Kingdom",[413,415,417],{"tags_id":414},{"id":53,"name":54},{"tags_id":416},{"id":365,"name":366},{"tags_id":418},{"id":290,"name":291},[],[26],[28],"2025-11-03T11:05:50.000Z","2026-09-10T09:04:52.000Z",[],"\u002Fresources\u002Fpublications\u002Fback-action-how-uk-reviving-unexplained-wealth-orders-academy-bulletin",{"id":427,"slug":428,"title":429,"status":6,"nid":430,"year":159,"body":431,"external":17,"topic":432,"language":76,"type":433,"date_published":434,"image":435,"citation":436,"publisher":15,"link_internal":437,"link_external":442,"authors":443,"countries":448,"tags":451,"pdf":458,"topics":461,"featured":247,"languages":462,"summary":7,"programme":7,"area":7,"websites":7,"pdf_text":7,"sort":7,"user_created":191,"date_created":463,"user_updated":148,"date_updated":464,"main_points":7,"short_version":7,"subtitle":7,"og_image":7,"translations_publications":465,"link":466},2390,"wp-55","Working Paper 55: Compensating the victims of foreign bribery: UK legislation, practice and recommended reforms",2754,"The UK is a global leader in its efforts to target foreign bribery. It is one of the only countries worldwide to use negotiated settlements such as deferred prosecution agreements (DPAs) to resolve cases and extract penalties from corporations that commit corruption abroad. The UK has also laudably committed to using the proceeds of DPAs in foreign bribery cases to compensate the victims of corruption, particularly in countries that suffer its worst effects. \n\nThis paper explores why the UK’s policy of compensating the victims of foreign bribery is not achieving its intended results in practice, and proposes realistic suggestions for improvement to the extant DPA regime.  \n\nIt examines the conceptual, practical and political difficulties inherent in this undertaking, shining a light on how victim compensation operates in the UK and analysing judicial decisions on this issue. Finally, the paper proposes reform recommendations to strengthen the DPA regime to ensure appropriate compensation is made in foreign bribery settlements.\n\n### About this report\n\nThe paper is published as part of the Basel Institute on Governance Working Paper series, [ISSN: 2624-9650](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fresources\u002Fpublications\u002F?type=Working+Paper). It is a Diamond Open Access publication, also hosted on the Basel University Library’s open publishing platform [eterna](https:\u002F\u002Feterna.unibas.ch\u002F) as part of our Basel Institute on Governance Working Paper Journal, with DOI: [10.12685\u002Fbigwp.2025.55.42](https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.12685\u002Fbigwp.2025.55.42).\n\nYou may share or republish it under a Creative Commons [BY-NC-ND 4.0](https:\u002F\u002Fcreativecommons.org\u002Flicenses\u002Fby-nc-nd\u002F4.0\u002Fdeed.en) International Licence.\n\nThe paper is intended for general informational purposes and does not constitute and\u002For substitute legal or other professional advice. The contents are the sole responsibility of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official position of the Basel Institute on Governance, its donors and partners, or the University of Basel.\n\nA version of this paper is also published by the *Transnational Criminal Law Review*.",[162],[205],"2025-02-17","https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fcms\u002Fapi\u002Fassets\u002F4e74824b-dfc2-46f0-b2a6-55050955ba46?format=webp&quality=90&width=600&height=840","Hickey, Sam. 2025. ‘Compensating the victims of foreign bribery: UK legislation, practice and recommended reforms.’ Working Paper 55, Basel Institute on Governance. Available at: https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fpublications\u002Fwp-55",[438,441],{"url":439,"caption":440},"https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fblog\u002Fchallenges-compensating-victims-foreign-bribery"," View related blog",{"url":214,"caption":215},[],[444],{"authors_id":445},{"id":446,"name":447},560,"Sam Hickey",[449],{"countries_id":450},{"id":410,"name":411},[452,456],{"tags_id":453},{"id":454,"name":455},982,"Anti-corruption",{"tags_id":457},{"id":53,"name":54},[459,460],2513,2431,[26],[28],"2025-02-17T17:05:19.000Z","2026-09-10T09:04:46.000Z",[],"\u002Fresources\u002Fpublications\u002Fwp-55",{"id":468,"slug":469,"title":470,"status":6,"nid":471,"year":201,"body":472,"external":17,"topic":473,"language":76,"type":474,"date_published":475,"image":476,"citation":34,"publisher":15,"link_internal":477,"link_external":486,"authors":489,"countries":492,"tags":493,"pdf":496,"topics":498,"featured":17,"languages":499,"summary":7,"programme":7,"area":7,"websites":7,"pdf_text":7,"sort":7,"user_created":191,"date_created":500,"user_updated":148,"date_updated":501,"main_points":7,"short_version":7,"subtitle":7,"og_image":7,"translations_publications":502,"link":503},2348,"quick-guide-31-disposal-and-sharing-confiscated-assets-best-practices","Quick Guide 31: The disposal and sharing of confiscated assets",2620,"Asset recovery is a critical tool in the fight against corruption and organised crime. But what happens after assets have been confiscated? How can they be most effectively repurposed, in order to contribute to sustainable and equitable development? \n\nThis Quick Guide examines the various approaches that states take along these lines – how they allocate recovered funds towards general government spending, redirect assets towards public interest causes or repatriate assets to their country of origin. \n\nIt is drawn from a comparative study of good practices in asset recovery legislation in selected Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) participating States, published as Working Paper 51 in March 2024 by the Basel Institute on Governance and OSCE. \n\n### About this Quick Guide\n\nThis work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License](https:\u002F\u002Fcreativecommons.org\u002Flicenses\u002Fby-nc-nd\u002F4.0\u002F). It is part of the Basel Institute on Governance Quick Guide series, [ISSN 2673-5229](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.baselgovernance.org\u002Fpublications?type=2428).",[162],[164],"2024-05-10","https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fcms\u002Fapi\u002Fassets\u002F47853ec2-2a24-4a14-a2e1-054fee8f5282?format=webp&quality=90&width=600&height=840",[478,481,484],{"url":479,"caption":480},"\u002Fresources\u002Fpublications\u002Fwp-51"," View full Working Paper 51",{"url":482,"caption":483},"\u002Fresources\u002Fpublications\u002Fquick-guide-30-asset-recovery-legislation-best-practices","View related Quick Guide 30",{"url":169,"caption":485},"View all Quick Guides",[487],{"url":488,"caption":174},"https:\u002F\u002Flearn.baselgovernance.org\u002Fcourse\u002Fview.php?id=243",[490],{"authors_id":491},{"id":280,"name":281},[],[494],{"tags_id":495},{"id":53,"name":54},[497],2387,[26],[28],"2024-05-07T10:05:13.000Z","2026-09-10T09:04:40.000Z",[],"\u002Fresources\u002Fpublications\u002Fquick-guide-31-disposal-and-sharing-confiscated-assets-best-practices",{"id":505,"slug":506,"title":507,"status":6,"nid":508,"year":201,"body":509,"external":17,"topic":510,"language":76,"type":512,"date_published":513,"image":514,"citation":34,"publisher":515,"link_internal":516,"link_external":520,"authors":521,"countries":522,"tags":523,"pdf":526,"topics":528,"featured":17,"languages":529,"summary":7,"programme":7,"area":7,"websites":7,"pdf_text":7,"sort":7,"user_created":191,"date_created":530,"user_updated":148,"date_updated":501,"main_points":7,"short_version":7,"subtitle":7,"og_image":7,"translations_publications":531,"link":532},2349,"race-against-time-europol-basel-institute-governance-recommendations-preventing-and","A race against time: Europol – Basel Institute on Governance recommendations on preventing and combating the criminal use of cryptocurrencies",2619,"These recommendations follow the 7th Global Conference on Criminal Finances and Cryptocurrencies on 26–27 October 2023. The conference was co-organised by Europol and the Basel Institute on Governance and took place in hybrid format at Europol’s headquarters in The Hague, Netherlands. \n\nThe five recommendations highlight the need for accelerated action in order to combat the use of crypto assets, as well the allocation of more resources, better training and better collaboration.\n\nThey are to: \n\n\n- Accelerate innovation for investigative and monitoring tools \n- Boost enforcement capacity and training\n- Reorganise to foster collaboration and prioritisation \n- Engage proactively in multi-sector collaborations  \n- Consider the whole chain, from prevention to facilitators \n",[511,162],"Anti-Money Laundering",[78],"2024-05-08","https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fcms\u002Fapi\u002Fassets\u002F0de3625e-aacc-4db2-93f0-2e17d0a32c75?format=webp&quality=90&width=600&height=840","Europol and Basel Institute on Governance",[517],{"url":518,"caption":519},"\u002Fresources\u002Fnews\u002Fshaping-an-international-response-against-the-criminal-misuse-of-cryptocurrencies-2525"," View conference summary",[],[],[],[524],{"tags_id":525},{"id":49,"name":50},[527],2388,[511,26],[28],"2024-05-08T10:04:39.000Z",[],"\u002Fresources\u002Fpublications\u002Frace-against-time-europol-basel-institute-governance-recommendations-preventing-and",{"id":534,"slug":535,"title":536,"status":6,"nid":537,"year":201,"body":538,"external":17,"topic":539,"language":76,"type":540,"date_published":541,"image":542,"citation":34,"publisher":543,"link_internal":544,"link_external":549,"authors":552,"countries":555,"tags":556,"pdf":561,"topics":563,"featured":17,"languages":564,"summary":7,"programme":7,"area":7,"websites":7,"pdf_text":7,"sort":7,"user_created":191,"date_created":565,"user_updated":148,"date_updated":501,"main_points":7,"short_version":7,"subtitle":7,"og_image":7,"translations_publications":566,"link":482},2347,"quick-guide-30-asset-recovery-legislation-best-practices","Quick Guide 30: Asset recovery legislation",2622,"Asset recovery tools are integral to combatting corruption, organised crime, sanctions evasion and other profit-motivated crimes. However, in many states, the range of asset recovery tools available to law enforcement and criminal justice agencies is limited. \n\nThis quick guide examines the established good practices in asset recovery legislation as well as less conventional, broader measures. It shows how states can widen their asset recovery toolkit and increase the potential for asset recovery success. \n\nIt is drawn from a comparative study of good practices in asset recovery legislation in selected Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) participating States, published as Working Paper 51 in March 2024 by the Basel Institute on Governance and OSCE. \n\n### About this Quick Guide\n\nThis work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License](https:\u002F\u002Fcreativecommons.org\u002Flicenses\u002Fby-nc-nd\u002F4.0\u002F). It is part of the Basel Institute on Governance Quick Guide series, [ISSN 2673-5229](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.baselgovernance.org\u002Fpublications?type=2428).",[162],[164],"2024-05-07","https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fcms\u002Fapi\u002Fassets\u002Fafbbcd0b-c295-4832-83bf-742d000ed004?format=webp&quality=90&width=600&height=840","Basel Institute on Governance ",[545,546,548],{"url":479,"caption":480},{"url":503,"caption":547},"View related Quick Guide 31: The disposal and sharing of confiscated assets",{"url":169,"caption":485},[550],{"url":551,"caption":174},"https:\u002F\u002Flearn.baselgovernance.org\u002Fcourse\u002Fview.php?id=242",[553],{"authors_id":554},{"id":280,"name":281},[],[557,559],{"tags_id":558},{"id":53,"name":54},{"tags_id":560},{"id":133,"name":134},[562],2386,[26],[28],"2024-05-07T10:05:12.000Z",[],1794223322591]