Objective 1: Identification and exposure of stolen assets – I

Method of engagement

Generating useful information and intelligence for law enforcement.

Possible actions

• Collect, verify and expose intelligence/information about the location and origins of potentially stolen assets.
• Co-operate with investigative journalists in your country/region or in the concerned foreign jurisdiction to generate information.

Best practices

• Use only verifiable and identifiable information.
• Collaborate or coordinate with public law enforcement bodies if possible.

Resources

• Tracing Illegal Assets - A Practitioner's Guide. Basel Institute on Governance, 2015. Available in Arabic, Bulgarian, English, Spanish, Ukrainian. For Russian and Thai, see an earlier publication: Tracing Stolen Assets - A Practitioner's Handbook. Basel Institute on Governance, 2009.
• Asset Recovery Handbook - A Guide for Practitioners. Washington, DC: StAR Initiative / The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank, 2010.
• Exposing the Invisible: Obtaining Evidence

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