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Author Fenner Zinkernagel, Gretta

Title Emerging Trends in Asset Recovery
Published Bern : Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, 2013

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Contents Cover; Contents v; MARK PIETH Preface: Are we recovering any assets yet? xi; ANDREW DORNBIERER AND GRETTA FENNER ZINKERNAGEL Introduction xv; Contributors xxv; About the Basel Institute on Governance xxxiii; Acknowledgements xxxv; Abbreviations xxxvii; Road to recovering stolen assets 1; Part 1: The Arab spring 1; ARNOLD HOTTINGER Two years later: The Arab revolutions in transition 3; A. SAAD, U. FELLER AND M. FREY, K. SHAH AND CH. WELSH Recovering stolen assets: The Egyptian perspective 17; Part 2: Practice in financial centres 27
FREDERIC RAFFRAY The rule of law and 'Tommy Suharto' -- son of (former) President Suharto 29MARIA SCHNEBLI Lessons learned from the past: Today's response from requested countries 51; Major stumbling blocks 65; Part 1: Technical 67; JASON SHARMAN Shell companies and asset recovery: Piercing the corporate veil 67; MARKUS E. SCHULZ Beneficial ownership: The private sector perspective 75; MELIS MAMBETZHANOV Money laundering, corruption and the collapse of kleptocracies 83; SILVIO ANTONIO MARQUES Political immunities: Obstacles in the fight against corruption 93
RUDOLF WYSS Proactive cooperation within the mutual legal assistance procedure 105Part 2: Political and practical 115; MARCUS DAVIES Asset recovery: An ongoing dialogue 117; OLIVIER LONGCHAMP AND MARK HERKENRATH Money laundering, liability and sanctions for financial intermediaries -- the issue of having the assets of politically exposed persons in Switzerland 127; TILL FÖRSTER Between restoration, adaptation and appropriation: Governance in post-conflict Côte d'Ivoire 137; JESSE MWANGI WACHANGA Hurdles in asset recovery and fighting corruption by developing countries: The Kenya experience 147
Emerging trends, good practice 159Part 1: Overarching themes 159; DIMITRI VLASSIS, DOROTHEE GOTTWALD AND JI WON PARK Chapter V of UNCAC: Five years on experiences, obstacles and reforms on asset recovery 161; RITA ADAM AND VALENTIN ZELLWEGER The proposed Swiss comprehensive act on asset recovery 173; CHARLES MONTEITH Case and investigation strategy 183; PHIL MASON Being Janus: A donor agency's approach to asset recovery 197; Part 2: Tracing and freezing 205; DANIEL THELESKLAF AND AMAR SALIHODZIC The role of financial intelligence units in fighting corruption and asset recovery 207
PHYLLIS ATKINSON Asset tracing 219RICHARD E. MESSICK How financial disclosure laws help in the recovery of stolen assets 235; Part 3: Seizure and recovery 243; L. MUZILA, T. BERGER, M. MATHIAS AND M. MORALES Illicit enrichment: An emerging tool in the asset recovery process 245; CHARLES MONTEITH Non-conviction based forfeiture 257; RONALD VÍQUEZ SOLÍS Corruption and social damage in Costa Rica 265; OSCAR SOLORZANO AND PEDRO GOMES PEREIRA The Swiss plea-bargaining practice and asset recovery:The Alstom case 279
Summary Street protests in the †̃Arab Springâ€TM countries have illustrated that public demand for recovering stolen assets has grown exponentially, as have expectations by concerned populations and governments. From a topic discussed in expert forums, it has thus become a topic of the people. The question is: Have practitioners and policy makers delivered on these expectations? Clearly, since the ratification of the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) ten years ago, much progress has been made in streamlining respective legal and institutional frameworks. On the other hand, we also find that pr
Notes NURIA GARCÍA SANZ AND MANUEL OLLÉ SESÉ Political corruption and human rights in Equatorial Guinea 295
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SUBJECT United Nations Convention against Corruption (2003 October 31)
United Nations Convention against Corruption (2003 October 31) fast
Subject Political corruption.
Forfeiture.
Reparation (Criminal justice)
LAW -- Criminal Law -- General.
Forfeiture
Political corruption
Reparation (Criminal justice)
Form Electronic book
Author Monteith, Charles
Gomes Pereira, Pedro
ISBN 9783035106022
3035106029