Short summaries and current trends on anti-corruption, collective-action, asset recovery and other topics

eLearning for asset tracing and financial analysis
Someone once said that the more knowledge is freely shared, the more it grows. Our free eLearning courses on asset tracing, intelligence gathering and financial analysis exemplify this idea. Peter Hu…

The role of FIUs in asset recovery
Practically every country has a Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) and it plays a vital role in combating money laundering and other financial crimes. Yet there is often confusion – even among anti-co…

Illicit enrichment
What is illicit enrichment in a nutshell? What are the benefits for asset recovery? Why is there some controversy?

Effective training on financial investigations
This quick guide explains ICAR’s unique training approach – and how it helps investigators, prosecutors, members of the judiciary and Financial Intelligence Units in partner countries gain investigat…

Social network analysis in combating organised crime and trafficking
Jacopo Costa, Senior Research Fellow, explains how social network analysis (SNA) can help us to better understand and tackle the transnational organised crime and dark networks that sustain corruptio…

Integrity and anti-corruption compliance for SMEs
Gemma Aiolfi, Head of Compliance and Collective Action, explains that anti-corruption compliance doesn’t have to be complicated. Even small and mid-sized companies can easily build the basics of an e…