Between 3 and 5 December 2024, representatives of civil society organisations from around the world that are engaged in the recovery of the proceeds of corruption met in Brasília, Brazil, to discuss some of the most pressing barriers, challenges, and opportunities they are facing today.
Since 2022, CiFAR has been supporting civil society organizations across Africa to champion a new initiative under the Common African Position on Asset Recovery (CAPAR). The continent-wide CAPAR CSO network is driving transformative efforts to recover stolen assets, strengthen good governance, and ensure transparency in Africa, grounded in CAPAR's four key pillars: (1) detection and identification of stolen assets, (2) recovery and return of assets, (3) management of recovered assets, and (4) strengthening cooperation and partnerships.
2024 has seen an acceleration of targeted anti-corruption listings, with 32 new individuals being sanctioned, proving once again the use of targeted sanctions as a powerful diplomatic and anti-corruption tool. As CiFAR launches its updated Sanctions Watch platform today, which tracks individuals sanctioned for reasons related to corruption, this blog takes stock of the changed listings across key anti-corruption sanctions regimes in 2024.
As we step into 2025, the landscape of asset recovery is at a critical juncture. With heightened global attention on corruption and financial crime, there is a growing call for more robust mechanisms to recover stolen assets and ensure they benefit the communities from which they were taken. Here, we outline key expectations and aspirations for the field of asset recovery this year.
This week, we are holding our second Global Civil Society Forum on Asset Recovery. Having kicked off the series in Kenya in 2022, this second edition is taking place in Brazil and aims to bring together civil society organisations from across the globe to discuss the most pressing issues, challenges and opportunities in asset recovery and to identify opportunities for collective action.
This report is intended as a snapshot of the legislative landscape surrounding breaches of international sanctions in these jurisdictions, the innovations that have been put in place, and the shortcomings that still need to be addressed. It presents a mixed picture in terms of frameworks and penalties applied: some countries considering breaches as administrative offences, others having the possibility to impose prison sentences. It also demonstrates discrepancies between sanctioning jurisdictions in how frozen assets and enforcement actions are publicly reported – making it harder for journalists, civil society and citizens to monitor sanctions implementation.
Hoy nos complace presentar seis evaluaciones de la aplicación nacional de la Posición Común Africana sobre Recuperación de Activos.
Aujourd'hui, nous avons le plaisir de lancer six évaluations de mise en œuvre nationale de la Position africaine commune sur le recouvrement des avoirs (CAPAR).
Today we are pleased to launch six assessments of national implementation of the Common African Position on Asset Recovery.
This week we’ve launched a new policy brief exploring the topic of asset registers. While largely a technical discussion of processes and tools, the way this is done can have important impacts for anti-corruption and public participation more broadly.
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