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

Quick guide to financial investigations and asset recovery
This quick guide explores the main ideas and trends in financial investigation in the context of financial crime and asset recovery cases.

Offshore structures and beneficial ownership
This quick guide looks at how criminals manipulate and misuse corporate vehicles in offshore jurisdictions to launder money. It focuses on the meaning of "corporate vehicle" and "offshore" and other…

Mobile money and financial crime
The amount of money flowing through mobile payment systems such as M-Pesa, MTN Mobile Money and Orange Money has exploded, in part due to covid-19 lockdowns. Should we be worried about the use of mob…