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Basel Institute of Governance explores the powers and restrictions EU Member States must include in their legislation to comply with the Directive on Asset Recovery and Confiscation
The 2024 EU Directive on Asset Recovery and Confiscation mandates that Member States introduce measures to confiscate “unexplained wealth” linked to crime. Specifically, Article 16 of the Directive requires Member States to target unexplained wealth related to organised crime, although they have the flexibility to extend this to other criminal activities, including corruption.
OECD assesses the steps takes by Bulgaria implement significant changes to its anti-corruption framework in new report
The first section of this report assesses the development and implementation of the CACIAF’s Strategic Plan 2022-2024 against the OECD Recommendation on Public Integrity and international best practices. The second provides an overview of the current asset forfeiture system in Bulgaria.
GRECO evaluates Poland’s progress on anti-corruption measures for parliamentarians, judges, and prosecutors, as well as judicial reforms from 2016-2018
GRECO commends Poland’s efforts to restore the independence of the National Council of the Judiciary (NCJ), but identifies a need for better scrutiny of prosecutors’ asset declarations and additional integrity counselling. Finds limited evidence of progress with respect to Parliamentarians. Key unmet recommendations include guidance on conflicts of interest, gift acceptance, asset declarations, and ethics standards for MPs and senators. Improved monitoring mechanisms are also needed.
US DoJ to transfer $52.88m in forfeited assets to Nigeria, citing its support in a Nigerian oil industry corruption probe
Of the funds, $50m will go to a renewable energy electrification project managed by the World Bank to expand electricity access in Nigeria, while $2.88m will support counterterrorism and rule-of-law programs through the International Institute for Justice & the Rule of Law, focusing on capacity-building and regional security…
SFO secures confiscation order for over £1m against Timothy Schools, a convicted solicitor implicated in a £100m fraud scheme
This action exemplifies the SFO’s commitment to tracing and recovering proceeds of complex economic crimes. The recovered funds will be used to compensate victims, with Schools facing an additional five-year prison term if he fails to comply with the repayment order. This case is part of a series of recent successful asset recovery actions by the SFO, demonstrating its ongoing efforts to combat financial crime and ensure that perpetrators do not benefit from their illicit activities…
BBC: Labour minister has been implicated in an investigation alleging her family embezzled up to £3.9 bn from infrastructure projects in Bangladesh
The UK’s Treasury Economic Secretary is accused of brokering a deal in 2013 that inflated the cost of a nuclear power plant in Bangladesh as part of a wider corruption probe into her aunt former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. A source close to Siddiq dismissed the claims as politically motivated and fabricated. Conservative MP Matt Vickers criticized Siddiq’s involvement calling it another blemish on Labour leader Keir Starmer’s…
SFO charges five men, including two solicitors following the collapse of the law firm Axiom Ince and alleged improper use of over £60m of client money
The firm’s CEO and director Pragnesh Modhwadia is charged alongside co-director Shyam Mistry and Chief Financial Officer Muhammad Ali with two counts of fraud by abuse of position. They are alleged to have misused client funds and exposed thousands of the firm’s clients to losses…
EPPO Romania indicts 5 individuals, including the former Mayor, and one Company for bribery, fraud, and corruption linked to EU-funded projects for sports fields and a multifunctional centre
Between 2019 and 2021 the mayor and others allegedly falsified documents and statements to illegally obtain €200,000 and took a bribe of €55,000 from a company. Four defendants remain under judicial control facing potential prison sentences if convicted…
Reuters: Former IMF chief Rodrigo Rato sentenced to a new prison term for corruption
A Madrid court has sentenced former IMF chief Rodrigo Rato to nearly five years in prison for corruption, a ruling he plans to appeal calling it “unfair.” Rato has denied wrongdoing throughout the nine-year investigation. He previously served a two-year prison term for embezzlement during his time as chairman of Bankia…
TI-UK’s “Cheques and Balances” report analyses UK political finance, highlighting vulnerabilities in electoral laws that may have allowed illicit financial flows to influence party operations
Report focuses on the rising political costs if big money, which has increased the power of wealthy individuals. It also considers vulnerabilities in electoral laws, which may have enabled potentially illicit financial flows to influence party operations. Cash-for-access and undue influence is also covered in this report, as is the spectre of foreign interference.
OECD Report on National Integrity and Transparency System in Peru, suggests strengthening leadership and structuring a system that integrates integrity, transparency, and data protection
This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the integrity system in Peru, including the progress made so far and the challenges that remain. It provides concrete recommendations for the establishment of a National Integrity and Transparency System, including defining the legal nature of the system, creating a National Integrity and Transparency Authority as the governing body, and reforming the High-Level Anti-Corruption Commission to improve inter-institutional co-ordination within the new system and relations with non-state actors…
OECD Working Group on Bribery expresses strong concerns about Poland’s lack of progress in fighting foreign bribery
The OECD has called on Poland to urgently address major shortcomings in its implementation of the Anti-Bribery Convention, citing minimal progress since 2022. Key issues include stalled judicial independence reforms, lack of corporate liability enforcement, inadequate whistleblower protections, and no national strategy to combat foreign bribery. Positive steps include progress on money laundering recommendations and new prosecutorial guidelines. Poland must submit an action plan by March 2025 for review.