A new peer-reviewed journal article looks into how corruption undermines democracies, with a specific focus on a context of weak governance.

This open-access, peer-reviewed journal article examines the results of a pilot behavioural intervention in Tanzania. The project tested a behavioural anti-corruption intervention to reduce bribery in a hospital. It targeted deeply ingrained social norms while also leveraging the social networks and influence of key staff members.

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.

This article, published in the INmagazine by TEiD in collaboration with the Basel Institute on Governance, revisits the 5th International Collective Action Conference held in Basel, Switzerland, in June 2024.

This publication (in Spanish) focuses on the use of non-conviction based forfeiture legislation in Peru (Extinción de Dominio) to recover instrumentalities of crime. It is a collaborative effort of asset recovery experts of the Basel Institute on Governance under the Programa GFP Subnacional or Subnational Public Finance Management Strengthening Programme in Peru, funded by the Swiss SECO Cooperation.

Everyone knows about money laundering – but what about money dirtying, i.e. secretly turning legally acquired money into illegal payments? A new peer-reviewed journal article looks at this phenomenon. 

One key question driving innovations in corruption studies is: how can anti-corruption reforms be more impactful and sustainable? It is critical to learn the answer to this question, due to the detrimental impact of corrupt practices on equality, human rights, peace and the rule of law.

In an article published in the Fall issue of the Bulletin of The International Academy of Financial Crime Litigators, Kateryna Boguslavska provides a snapshot of recent money laundering risks and trends as revealed by the Basel AML Index 2023.

Actors in grand corruption schemes often conspire and deliberately create sophisticated networks to extract huge amounts of public resources from government systems. They hide such conspiracies behind hybrid formal/informal arrangements.

In an article published in the inaugural issue of the Bulletin of The International Academy of Financial Crime Litigators, Oscar Solorzano and Gretta Fenner analyse a recent decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court, which cleared the way for returning funds tied to corruption to Peru. The decision sets an important precedent for the use of non-conviction based forfeiture laws to recover illicit assets in the absence of a criminal conviction. This is a crucial step in the fight against global corruption.