The Basel Institute on Governance congratulates the Peruvian judiciary in confiscating a Luxembourg bank account belonging to James Stone Cohen, the former arms dealer of convicted Peruvian politician Vladimiro Montesinos. The International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR), working through the Basel Institute’s country office in Peru, is proud to have assisted with the process.
Our Managing Director, Ms Gretta Fenner, recently spoke to The Ukrainian Week about ICAR’s cooperation with, and technical assistance to the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine in investigating financial crimes of the Yanukovych regime, highlighting key operational tools and cooperation mechanisms for successfully tracing and recovering illegally obtained assets.
The Basel Institute on Governance has partnered with Zurich-based MME to offer a training course on blockchain, cryptocurrencies and anti-money laundering/countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT). The two-day course, FinTech AML Compliance Training, covers the essentials of blockchain and how to adapt AML/CFT processes to the FinTech industry.
Around 60 justice officials, including judges and prosecutors, from the Peruvian provinces of San Martín and Piura, have participated in a training course entitled "Studies on Asset Recovery and International Judicial Cooperation in Corruption and Other Financial Crimes".
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Switzerland to return USD 15 million in stolen assets to Peru in landmark extrajudicial agreement
Swiss authorities have executed an extrajudicial agreement signed between Peru and Montesinos' frontman.
Peruvian authorities and Víctor Venero Garrido, the main frontman of former presidential advisor Vladimiro Montesinos, signed an out-of-court settlement to return approximately USD 15 million from Switzerland to Peru. The money comes from corrupt dealings during the 1990s and the case has lasted 17 years. This is the third and largest of the five accounts located in Switzerland whose assets will be returned to Peru.
The Basel Institute on Governance and Ecuador's Financial and Economic Analysis Unit (Unidad de Análisis Financiero y Económico, UAFE) have signed a Case Consultancy Agreement. The agreement, signed on 29 November during the Basel Institute's third mission to Quito, sets out general lines of mutual cooperation in areas related to the fight against corruption, money laundering and other financial crimes.