La Directive de l’Union européenne de 2024 relative au recouvrement et à la confiscation d'avoirs oblige les États membres, entre autres, à adopter des mesures législatives pour permettre la confiscation de la « fortune inexpliquée ».
This article is adapted from the 2024 Basel AML Index public report.
Sound like someone you know?
The 84-year-old who lost his life savings after receiving a panicked call from someone who sounded exactly like his granddaughter, saying she was in jail for drug possession and needed USD 10,000 for bail...
This article by Iker Lekuona explains the importance of asset recovery for crime prevention and highlights three vital aspects of international cooperation in corruption and asset recovery cases: informal cooperation mechanisms, trust and technical assistance.
Interpol has recently published its first Silver Notice to identify and trace assets owned by a senior member of the mafia at the request of Italian authorities.
The creation of such Silver Notices is a positive step that has the potential to reinforce one of the weakest aspects of the asset recovery process: the detection of illicit financial flows.
Policy Brief 14: Targeting unexplained wealth: Implications of the EU’s 2024 Directive on asset recovery
The European Union’s 2024 Directive on Asset Recovery and Confiscation obliges Member States to, among other things, introduce legislative measures to enable the confiscation of “unexplained wealth”.
This policy paper examines Article 16, which contains this obligation, and the powers and restrictions that Member States will need to include in such “unexplained wealth” measures to ensure compliance with the Directive.
El Basel Institute on Governance, como entidad internacional dedicada a promover la buena gobernanza y a combatir la corrupción, ha seguido de cerca los avances legislativos en materia de recuperación de activos en el Perú y en América Latina.
Congratulations to our partners at the Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions in Malawi for achieving the final forfeiture of a house linked to the infamous Cashgate corruption scandal.
A decision by the Supreme Court to reject an appeal against the forfeiture order sends an important message about ending impunity for high-profile corruption.
In an article published in the Fall 2024 issue of the Bulletin of the International Academy of Financial Crime Litigators, Oscar Solórzano describes an asset recovery case between Peru and Luxembourg involving a businessman named James Stone.