""Corruption has a devastating impact on developing and transition countries, with estimates of $20 billion to $40 billion per year stolen by public officials, a figure equivalent to 20 to 40 percent of flows of official development assistance. The return of the proceeds of corruption--asset recovery--can have a significant development impact. Returns can be used directly for development purposes, such as improvements in the health and e ..."
"Developing countries lose an estimated US$20-40 billion each year through bribery, misappropriation of funds, and other corrupt practices. Much of the proceeds of this corruption find ‘safe haven’ in the world’s financial centers. These criminal flows are a drain on social services and economic development programs, contributing to the impoverishment of the world’s poorest countries. Many developing countries have already sought t ..."
"In recent years, revelations of grand corruption and the plunder of state assets have led to greater scrutiny of financial relationships with politically exposed persons (PEPs) - senior government officials, family members and close associates - and potential money laundering risks associated with these customers. Notwithstanding the efforts by many financial institutions and regulatory authorities to prevent corrupt PEPs from entering ..."
"Los países en desarrollo pierden aproximadamente $ 20-40 mil millones cada año por causa de sobornos, malversación de fondos y otras prácticas corruptas. Sólo una mínima parte se recupera. Esta enorme brecha en la recuperación real de los activos robados apunta a la presencia de importantes barreras que impiden su recuperación. Con el fin de llenar este vacío, la Iniciativa para la Recuperación de Activos Robados (StAR) ha lanzado Barre ..."
"A Guide for Practitioners Jean-Pierre Brun, Larissa Gray, Clive Scott, Kevin
Stephenson. Preface. Developing countries lose between US$20 to US$40
billion each year through bribery, misappropriation of funds, and other corrupt
practices. Much of the proceeds of corruption find “safe haven” in the world's
financial centers. These criminal flows are a drain on social services and
economic development programs, contributing to the fur ..."
"Non-Conviction Based (NCB) asset forfeiture is a powerful tool for recovering the proceeds and instrumentalities of corruption, particularly in cases where the proceeds are transferred abroad. A procedure that provides for the restraint, seizure, and forfeiture of tainted assets without the need for a criminal conviction, it can be critical when the wrongdoer is dead, has fled the jurisdiction, or is immune from prosecution features com ..."
"It was written by Larissa Gray (Task Team Leader, Senior Financial Sector
Specialist, StAR Initiative), Kjetil Hansen (Lead Governance Advisor, OECD),
Pranvera Recica-Kirkbride (Consultant, StAR Initiative), and Linnea Mills (
Consultant, ..."
"George Rae, The Country Banker: His Clients, Cares, and Work from an
Experience of Forty Years, (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886).
Revelations of grand corruption,7 the scale of the plunder of state assets, and
their impact on the ..."
"Perspective. Francis H. Cassidy* Ireland has well-developed legal remedies
aimed at the forfeiture of criminal assets. It includes both a criminal forfeiture
system and a non-conviction based (NCB) asset forfeiture system. The primary
motive for ..."