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What are countries doing to investigate and confiscate sanctioned assets belonging to Russian oligarchs?

To answer this question, CiFAR has recently conducted research published in a report From Sanctions to Investigations. Legislation, policy and practice linking investigations into the origins of sanctioned assets and recommendations for governments to strengthen the investigation and confiscation of sanctioned assets in From Sanctions to Investigations. Policy brief and recommendations.

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Anti-corruption sanctions: 2023 in numbers

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Financial Investigations as a First Step to Recover Sanctioned Assets

Is it possible to confiscate sanctioned assets and use them for public good? How to do this quickly and without compromising the rule of law? These are some of the questions that CiFAR has been trying to understand since the freezing of Tunisian, Egyptian and Ukrainian assets under the EU’s misappropriation sanctions.

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Anti-corruption sanctions: 2022 in numbers

While sanctions lists have grown this year primarily due to new listings in connection to individuals linked to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, anti-corruption sanctions have not been forgotten. As CiFAR launches its updated Sanctions Watch platform today, which tracks individuals sanctioned for reasons related to corruption, this blog takes stock of this year’s changes in key anti-corruption sanctions lists across different jurisdiction

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WEBINAR: Enforcing sanctions successfully and using fines for the public good.

The aim of this webinar will be to explore the new possibilities and hurdles that the anti-breach legislation brings for the public and the private sector.

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WEBINAR: Opportunities for the confiscation of sanctioned assets.

In this webinar, we would like to look at the lessons learnt from the past in confiscating sanctioned assets, at how new initiatives can remedy existing challenges, as well as at ways in which countries are already attempting to confiscate Russian and other foreign assets.