"Corruption and thefts of public assets harm a diffuse set of victims, weakens confidence in public institutions, damages the private investment climate, and threatens the foundations of the society as a whole. In developing countries with scarce public resources, the cost of corruption is an impediment to development: developing countries lose between US$20 to US$40 billion each year through bribery, misappropriation of funds, and other ..."
"Civil Lawsuits to Recover Stolen Assets Jean-Pierre Brun, Pascale Helene
Dubois, Emile van der Does de Willebois, Jeanne Hauch, Sarah Jais, Yannis
Mekki, Anastasia Sotiropoulou, Katherine Rose Sylvester, Mahesh
Uttamchandani ... See, for example, in France, the participation of NGOs (
Transparency International France, supported by SHERPA) as civil party in
criminal proceedings in the case of the “Ill-gotten Gains” (l'affaire des bi ..."