Author: Jackson Oldfield

Jackson Oldfield has a background in international law. For the past five years he has been working in a range of policy and research positions looking at asset recovery and anti-corruption, corporate human rights responsibility and legal reform.

Angola and Mozambique: Asset Recovery Workshop Programme (Online)

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In September and October 2024, CiFAR is running an Asset Recovery Workshop Programme (online) designed to support civil society in Angola and Mozambique, in cooperation with local partners: Fórum de Monitoria do Orçamento, Centro de Integridade Pública, Associação OMUNGA, Pro Bono Angola, Associação Mãos Livres e UYELE, Associação Cívica. Asset recovery is a complex and Read more about Angola and Mozambique: Asset Recovery Workshop Programme (Online)[…]

Fondos de Retorno Independientes: Presentación de dos nuevos informes

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22 de febrero de 2024 CiFAR y Transparencia Internacional Venezuela lanzan hoy dos nuevos informes: Estos informes responden a los esfuerzos en curso para establecer el Fondo para la Protección Social del Pueblo de Venezuela, que se espera que transfiera hasta 3.000 millones de USD al pueblo de Venezuela en los próximos años. El Fondo Read more about <strong>Fondos de Retorno Independientes: Presentación de dos nuevos informes</strong>[…]

Independent return funds: launch of two new reports

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22 February 2024 Today CiFAR and Transparency International Venezuela launch two new reports: These reports respond to the efforts underway to establish the Fondo para la Protección Social del Pueblo de Venezuela, whichis expected to transfer up to USD 3 billion to the people of Venezuela in the coming years. The Fund is the result Read more about <a><strong>Independent return funds: launch of two new reports</strong></a>[…]

CiFAR launches its Strategy 2024-2027

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Today, CiFAR has launched its new strategy – Ready for Action. Our strategy builds on the work we have done since 2016 to support more citizen and civil society engagement in asset recovery and looks to further position us as leaders in forward thinking about transparency, accountability and participation in the recovery of the proceeds Read more about CiFAR launches its Strategy 2024-2027[…]

RUSSIAN ESCAPE INVESTIGATIONS – WEBINAR

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Findings and lessons learnt for sanctions in Europe Online, 6 December 2023, 14:00 – 15:15 CET (Berlin time) Background Between autumn 2022 and June 2023 CiFAR and European Investigative Collaborations, with the support of OCCRP and thanks to IJ4EU and the National Endowment for Democracy, coordinated the Russian Escape investigations into how far sanctions applied Read more about RUSSIAN ESCAPE INVESTIGATIONS – WEBINAR[…]

Empowering Citizens to Combat Corruption: CiFAR Launches the Citizen Guide to Asset Recovery in Kenya

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Corruption continues to be a pressing issue affecting countries worldwide, with citizens bearing the brunt of its detrimental consequences. Asset recovery plays a vital role in the fight against corruption, ensuring that stolen funds are returned to their rightful owners and reinforcing transparency and accountability within the nation. In Kenya, we are seeing growing amounts Read more about <strong>Empowering Citizens to Combat Corruption: CiFAR Launches the Citizen Guide to Asset Recovery in Kenya</strong>[…]

The Jersey Return: Public Participation and Transparency Lessons

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The announcement of the Jersey return of GBP 3 million  – the latest cross border return to Kenya – was welcomed with pomp and gladness by Kenyans in general, because these had been a long coming return! The signing and announcement of the Agreement for the recovery, transfer, repatriation, disposition and management of recovered asset Read more about The Jersey Return: Public Participation and Transparency Lessons[…]

#RussianEscape

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Berlin, 26 June 2023 Today, investigative stories are being launched across Europe into the implementation of sanctions following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The investigation was coordinated by CiFAR and the EIC (European Investigative Collaboration) with the support of OCCRP and thanks to IJ4EU and NED, and published by Mediapart (France), Info Libre (Spain), and Read more about #RussianEscape[…]

Recovering assets through reconciliation agreements

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Read our new report – Reconciliation agreements and asset recovery Reconciliation agreements are a way for states to recover assets obtained through corruption by entering into deals with persons involved in corruption, whereby money is given to the state in exchange for amnesty from prosecution for the original crime. For states involved in long and Read more about Recovering assets through reconciliation agreements[…]

Outcome statement – Global South Forum

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Between the 7 – 9 November 30 civil society organisations, engaged on asset recovery from across the world, came together in Nairobi to discuss priorities in asset recovery with a particular focus on the priorities of the Global South and countries typically designated as ‘countries of origin’ – countries where the predicate offence(s) occurred – Read more about Outcome statement – Global South Forum[…]