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Basel Institute raises concerns over Peru’s decision to abolish its landmark 2018 asset forfeiture law could undermine anti-corruption efforts and lead to FATF grey-listing

by Jyotsna Bucktowar | May 5, 2025

Peru’s law, which recovered over USD 94 million in illicit assets and tackled high-level corruption and crime, is under threat due to Congress passing Bill 3577-2022. This bill makes forfeiture conditional on criminal convictions, undermining the law’s core...

AML Intelligence: Swiss Govt reports rise in frozen Russian assets to $8.38bn amid tighter sanctions enforcement — underscoring ongoing global efforts in FCC and asset tracing

by Jyotsna Bucktowar | Apr 1, 2025

The Swiss government has reported a significant increase in the value of Russian assets frozen under international sanctions. The total value of these frozen assets surged to 7.4 billion Swiss francs ($8.38 billion), up from 5.8 billion francs ($6.49 billion) a year...

Basel Institute reviews the powers and limitations EU Member States must adopt into their legislation to comply with the Asset Recovery and Confiscation Directive

by AdrianaAMLP | Feb 10, 2025

The 2024 EU Directive mandates that Member States introduce measures to confiscate “unexplained wealth” linked to crime. Specifically, Article 16 focuses on organised crime but allows Member States to extend this to other offences, including...

Europol holds its largest-ever operation to seize global criminal assets, uniting over 80 experts to trace, freeze, and seize organized crime profits, including €200,000 in cryptocurrencies

by AdrianaAMLP | Jan 17, 2025

Over 80 financial experts and representatives from 43 law enforcement agencies across 28 countries joined Europol for Project A.S.S.E.T. (Asset Search & Seize Enforcement Taskforce). This groundbreaking initiative, conducted from 13 to 17 January, aims to enhance...

US DoJ recovers an additional $20m in embezzled 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) funds

by AdrianaAMLP | Jan 17, 2025

This recovery is part of a broader effort that began in 2016 and has led to the seizure of over $1.7 billion in assets under the Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative, the largest of its kind…    
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