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Job Title: Senior Investigation and Asset Recovery Specialist (Tanzania)
Employer: Basel Institute on Governance
Location: Tanzania… Continue Reading
Job Title: Team Leader – Illegal Wildlife Trade (IWT)
Employer: Basel Institute on Governance
Location: Basel, Switzerland
Description: The Basel Institute has recently established a cross-divisional program of work focused on intelligence- led action against financial crime in the illegal wildlife trade (IWT).… Continue Reading
Just because a country has a law — or a company has a compliance system, for that matter — it doesn’t automatically mean it works or is put to work. And so it is with countries’ anti-money laundering and counter financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) systems, in which this year’s Basel AML Index has recorded a spectacular lack of progress.… Continue Reading
Job Title: Programme Officer ICAR
Employer: Basel Institute on Governance
Location: Basel, Switzerland
Description: Experienced Programme Officer with substantial program management experience in the context of international development / technical assistance programmes, preferably in the field of anti-corruption, asset recovery and/or criminal justice reform.… Continue Reading
Job Title: Senior Financial Investigation Specialist – Illegal Wildlife Trafficking
Employer: Basel Institute on Governance
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Description: This position will be responsible for advising law enforcement partners in Sub-Saharan Africa in devising and implementing financial investigation strategies in relation to IWT cases and promoting regional cooperation in this area.… Continue Reading
Job Title: Program Manager / Component Leader Collective Action Illegal Wildlife Trafficking Program (IWT)
Employer: Basel Institute on Governance
Location: Basel, Switzerland
Description: Basel Institute’s Board has taken the strategic decision to offer expertise and know-how in support of anti-crime efforts in areas that are particularly affected by illegal financial flows and transactions.… Continue Reading
Job Title: Head of Programs – International Centre for Asset Recovery
Employer: Basel Institute on Governance 
Location: Basel, Switzerland
Description: In view of International Centre for Asset Recovery’s growing portfolio of country-specific long-term technical assistance programs, ICAR is looking for an experienced program manager with substantial program management experience in the context of international development cooperation / technical assistance programs, preferably in the field of anti-corruption, asset recovery and/or criminal justice reform.… Continue Reading
Job Title: Senior Asset Recovery Specialist – Mozambique
Employer: Basel Institute on Governance 
Location: Mozambique
Description: The Basel Institute on Governance’s International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR) has been mandated by the Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC) in Mozambique to undertake a 4-months technical assessment of the country’s institutional, legal and regulatory framework for asset recovery (AR).… Continue Reading
This overview provides a perspective on an industry sector – the art market – that has increasingly come into the spotlight of law enforcement and business integrity circles in recent years.… Continue Reading
Earlier this year, the Basel Institute on Governance asked FCPA Blog readers about your perceptions on whether and how e-governance reduces corruption. Thanks to those of you who answered, we are pleased to share with you the results of our anonymous web survey published today in a new report entitled New Perspectives on E-Government and the Prevention of Corruption.… Continue Reading
What is the responsibility and possible criminal liability of companies and their officials relating to human right violations allegedly committed abroad?
Should a CEO for example step down when a violation of financial or other conduct rules has occurred, which may even make the corporation complicit in terrorism financing or war crimes?… Continue Reading
Do e-government and digital technologies really help to prevent corruption? Companies appear to believe that they do — but what’s your view?
E-government such as e-procurement, e-customs, e-tax filing and e-sourcing aim to promote efficient and clean business.… Continue Reading