The newsletter covers recent highlights at the Basel Institute in 2023, including a new Working Paper on confiscating sanctioned assets, the launch of our Collective Action Award for Southern Africa and corruption risk assessment training for environmental agencies in Malawi. It also features our latest news, blogs and other publications, as well as guest articles from friends of the Basel Institute. We take this chance to welcome 10 new staff members to the team.

The newsletter starts with a video of Peter Maurer, the Basel Institute's President since October 2022, offering his warm wishes to all those committed to the fight against corruption around the world. It also features our latest news, blogs, quick guides and other publications, as well as joint articles with friends of the Basel Institute. We take this chance to welcome five new staff members to the team.

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This news alert focuses on the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. Managing Director Gretta Fenner writes:

Dear friends and colleagues,

It is particularly difficult to write a newsletter note at times like these, when everything other than the horrific military aggression on Ukraine seems irrelevant. At the Basel Institute, we are heartbroken for our partners and friends in Ukraine, and for all the people of Ukraine.

In this short update, Managing Director Gretta Fenner sums up our activities and achievements over the last three months and looks ahead to the challenges and opportunities of 2022.

The newsletter features our latest news, blogs, quick guides and other publications, as well as joint articles with friends of the Basel Institute. We take this chance to welcome five new staff members to the team.

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