This document takes stock of recent progress (July 2023 to February 2024) in strengthening Ukraine’s anti-corruption ecosystem with a view to safeguarding Restoration projects. It covers:

Asset recovery tools are integral to combating corruption, organised crime, sanctions evasion and other profit-motivated crimes. However, in many participating States of the OSCE, the range of asset recovery tools available to law enforcement and criminal justice agencies is limited.

This Working Paper identifies legislative mechanisms in OSCE participating States that empower the state to confiscate suspected or proven proceeds of crime. The overall objective is to ascertain:

The newsletter covers highlights at the Basel Institute from late December 2023 to February 2024. It also features our latest news, blogs and other publications. We take this chance to welcome three new staff members to the team.

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This document summarises insights from the first-ever Asia-Pacific Anti-Corruption Collection Action Forum. The Forum offered an immersive Collective Action experience that allowed participants to learn about regional best practices, share and exchange common experiences and, most importantly, work together to identify opportunities for collaboration in the fight against corruption moving forward.

Extreme weather events, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and epidemics cause the loss of countless lives and bring disruption to many countries. Governments and humanitarian aid agencies are expected to be at the forefront of preparing for and responding to such disasters.

This document summarises insights from the first-ever Southern Africa Anti-Corruption Collection Action Forum. The Forum offered an immersive Collective Action experience that allowed participants to learn about regional best practices, share and exchange common experiences and, most importantly, work together to identify opportunities for collaboration in the fight against corruption moving forward.

This document summarises insights from a peer learning workshop in Basel, Switzerland in June 2023. The workshop explored best practices in anti-corruption Collective Action initiatives. The report covers:

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.

The newsletter covers highlights at the Basel Institute from November and early December 2023. It also features our latest news, blogs and other publications. We take this chance to welcome three new staff members to the team.

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Research findings from Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda raise concerns about the extent and impact of sextortion, sometimes called sexual corruption. Efforts to understand its impact and underlying causes will help us to address this widespread yet widely ignored problem.

Sextortion causes severe psychological harm and impacts victims’ health and well-being yet receives insufficient attention in both research and policy-making.