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A veces parece que el apoyo de alto nivel a la lucha contra la corrupción y la delincuencia se da la vuelta. Es el caso de Perú, país estrechamente asociado al Instituto de Basilea sobre la Gobernanza desde hace más de una década

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Sometimes it seems like high-level support for the fight against corruption and crime is being turned on its head. That includes in Peru, a close partner country of the Basel Institute on Governance for more than a decade.

Two recent EU publications underscore the central role of corruption and money laundering in enabling organised crime and threatening security – and how essential it is to invest more in efforts to investigate, seize and confiscate criminal assets.

Europol’s 2025 Serious and Organised Crime Threat Assessment (SOCTA) painted a sobering picture of how organised crime is “evolving at an unprecedented pace”, with corruption and money laundering as key enablers.

State parties to the UN Convention Against Corruption are already obligated to identify, confiscate and return proceeds of corruption and money laundering that have entered their financial systems. As this often includes money stolen from states receiving development aid, maximising efforts to fulfil this obligation could offset some of the worst effects of recent aid cuts.

Congratulations to five talented individuals from Zambia’s law enforcement agencies and prosecution service, who have successfully completed the train-the-trainer programme of our International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR).

Vincent Danjean, Head of INTERPOL’s Cyberspace and New Technologies Laboratory, spends much of his time working on ways to help law enforcement keep up with evolving cyber threats. Among these: the use of crypto for organised crime and money laundering.