Asset recovery handbook: a guide for practitioners

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 to recover stolen assets. A numberof successful high-profile cases with creative international cooperation havedemonstrated that asset recovery is possible. However, it is highly complex, involving coordination and collaboration with domestic agencies and ministriesin multiple jurisdictions, as well as the capacity to trace and secure assetsand pursue various legal options—whether criminal confiscation, non-conviction based confiscation, civil actions, or other alternatives.

• ISBN: 978-0-8213-8634-7
• Editorial: World Bank
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 282
• Fecha Publicación: 01/01/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés