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Greater integration, cooperation needed in UN instruments to prevent organized crime and corruption

14 February 2018, by Ugi Zvekic – This post was originally published on the Global Initiative website. Crime prevention necessitates an integrated mix of initiatives, not just those that fall within the scope of criminal law and justice systems, but…

Nigeria’s National Assembly, anti-NGO bill and authoritarianism

4 January 2018, by Kolawole Olaniyan – Nigeria’s National Assembly has turned its sights on NGOs, which are bracing for a crackdown in 2018. The Yakubu Dogara led House of Representatives is desperately pushing to pass the ‘NGO Regulatory Bill’…

GFAR civil society groups welcome return of stolen assets to Nigeria, call for more accountable asset recovery

Washington, DC, 6 December 2017 – In a statement delivered at the closing plenary of the first ever Global Forum on Asset Recovery that ends today, a coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) welcomed the political will generated by the…

Civil Society Statement for the Global Forum on Asset Recovery Closing Session

Washington, DC, 6 December 2017 – At this first ever Global Forum on Asset Recovery co-hosted by the US and UK, with its focus on Sri Lanka, Tunisia, Nigeria and Ukraine, civil society organisations from these focal countries and international…

Civil Society Statement for the Global Forum on Asset Recovery

4 December 2017 – On the occasion of the first Global Forum on Asset Recovery co-hosted by the United States and the United Kingdom in Washington D.C., USA, 4–6 December 2017, GFAR focus country civil society organisations, the UNCAC Coalition[1]…

Nigerian CSOs at the Washington GFAR Meeting Welcome MoU on the Repatriation of $321 Million Abacha Loot to Nigeria

Washington, DC, 4 December 2017 – Nine NGOs representing Nigerian Civil Society Organizations at the 1st Global Forum on Asset Recovery, GFAR, inaugural meeting in the United States have hailed the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Nigerian government and…

Uzbek Civil Society Open Letter

1 December 2017 – Global Forum for Asset Recovery The StAR Secretariat 1818 H Street NW Washington DC 20433 USA CC: US Department of State; US Department of Justice; The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, United Kingdom From: Association for Human…

Open letter to the Federal Council: Don’t release Egypt's Frozen Assets in Switzerland

27 November 2017 The Federal Council Palais fédéral ouest 3003 Berne Your Excellencies, Distinguished Members of the Swiss Federal Council, On 11th February 2011, the Swiss authorities decided to issue a decree following the Egyptian Revolution pertaining to the freezing…

Transparency International and UNCAC Coalition Letter to UNCAC COSP President and Secretary

Vienna, 10 November 2017 > Download the letter here (.pdf) > Download the response from UNODC here (.pdf)   The Hon. Thelma Aldana Hernández de López Chair of the UNCAC Conference of States Parties UNCAC Bureau, UN Vienna Mr. Dimitri…

Transparency International Statement at Plenary Session of 7th UNCAC COSP

Vienna, 8 November 2017 Mr President, distinguished delegates, My name is Delia Ferreira Rubio and I am the Chair of Transparency International. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak to you today on behalf of Transparency International. I…

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