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StAR | April 5 2013A hornet’s nest has been stirred up by the leak of millions of financial files by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) in collaboration with journalists around the
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StAR | March 27 2013Asset recovery, in the wake of the Arab Spring, has become a more urgent area of focus in the region and in the international community. The Arab Forum on Asset Recovery is an initiative to
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StAr | March 27 2013واشنطن، 27 مارس/آذار 2013 - أصبح استرداد الأموال المنهوبة، في أعقاب الربيع العربي، محط أنظار المنطقة والمجتمع الدولي بشكل أكثر إلحاحا من ذي قبل. ويعمل المنتدى العربي لاسترداد الأموال المنهوبة، وهو
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StAR | June 19 2013The move was momentous and, until a few weeks ago, quite unexpected. In a push to tear down the walls of corporate secrecy, the G8 has just committed to ensuring that each of its members will have
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StAR | April 12 2013إنها أنباء سارة أن تسترد تونس 28.8 مليون دولار استولى عليها الرئيس السابق زين العابدين بن علي بطريق الفساد. وخرجت هذه الأموال من حساب باسم زوجة بن علي بأحد البنوك اللبنانية، وسلمه علي بن فطيس المري،
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StAr | July 19 2013
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StAr | September 2 2013يبدأ غدًا (3 سبتمبر) فى لندن تجمع دولى هام حول دور منظمات المجتمع المدنى فى استرداد الأموال التى نهبت من دول فى العالم العربى.
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StAR | October 25 2013مراكش، 26 أكتوبر 2013- ينطلق اليوم الاجتماع الثاني للمنتدى العربي لاسترداد الأموال بمراكش بالمغرب. وينظم هذا الاجتماع بشراكة بين المملكة المغربية والمملكة المتحدة، وبتعاون مع مبادرة
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April 21 2014
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April 21 2014
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April 13 2014Notre collègue, notre ami Clément Gorrissen, qui travaillait pour l’Office des Nations Unies contre la Drogue et le Crime, a été tué en Somalie lundi dernier. Notre collègue Simon Davis a lui aussi été assassiné.
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April 4 2014Professor Matthew Stephenson, one of the founders of the Global Anti-Corruption blog, recently commented on our StAR publication in his post ‘What’s Left Out Of Left Out of the Bargain’. We very much welcome his insights and share his desire for further debate.
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March 24 2014The issue of ‘beneficial ownership’ has attracted unprecedented interest over the last year, including actions by the G8, topic of an earlier StAR blog: ‘Tearing down the walls of corporate secrecy’. The launch on March 18 of an international campaign by Global Witness at the TEDTalk of its co-founder Charmian Gooch serves as yet another compelling reminder of why there is an urgent need for global action.
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March 4 2014At the World Bank, we recognize corruption as a major obstacle in the fight against extreme poverty and inequality in our client countries. Corruption often involves stealing public funds which could have been used to provide schools, hospitals and clean water for citizens. Rampant corruption also discourages private sector investment, thereby reducing economic growth. Therefore, the fight against corruption is also a fight against poverty.
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Public Office, Private Interests - Press Release (Arabic)
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Towards a Global Architecture for Asset Recovery
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May 8 2014UK to host international meeting on stolen Ukrainian assetsLondon will host a two-day international meeting this week aimed at helping Ukraine's government to recover stolen assets, Britain's interior ministry said on Monday.
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March 26 2014U.S. settlements for overseas bribes – should foreign bribe victims get any?Is it fair that all fines, penalties and disgorged profits (from FCPA enforcement) actions go into the U.S. Treasury, given that the most apparent victims of foreign bribery are the citizens of foreign countries?
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A Good Practice Guide for Non-conviction-based Asset Forfeiture - French
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Towards a Global Architecture for Asset Recovery
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StAR Brochure
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March 1 2014Tunisie: Ben Ali, des biens mal acquis bien tranquillesLe recouvrement des avoirs du clan de Ben Ali à l'étranger reste difficile, malgré quelques premiers résultats.
