International Anti-Corruption Day 2021: Spotlight on Individuals Sanctioned for Serious Corruption

Posted on 09/12/202109/12/2021 by Jackson Oldfield

Today, 9th of December, marks Anti-Corruption Day. As cross-border corruption continues to threaten the rule of law and sustainable development, we at CiFAR have continued documenting the people under anti-corruption sanctions and analysing sanctions as a tool against cross-border corruption and for asset recovery. Anti-corruption sanctions The theft of public funds and resources by public Read more about International Anti-Corruption Day 2021: Spotlight on Individuals Sanctioned for Serious Corruption[…]

Launch of CiFAR’s 2021 Country Profiles

Posted on 26/10/202126/10/2021 by Jackson Oldfield

CiFAR launches its 2021 country profiles today. Across these seven countries, we see new advancements and setbacks in the anti-corruption and asset recovery fields. Covering a broad range of policy and legislation surrounding asset recovery, we hope that these profiles can provide useful insight into the current state of asset recovery in the countries covered. Read more about Launch of CiFAR’s 2021 Country Profiles[…]

Transforming the Pandora Papers into Asset Recovery: 5 stories, 5 cases?

Posted on 14/10/202114/10/2021 by Jackson Oldfield

Launched Sunday 3rd October, the Pandora Papers are the latest – and largest – ICIJ leak to cause ripples across the world through exposing the systems, structures and individuals used as part of the shadow economy. As has been widely reported, the Pandora Papers are a trove of 2.94 TB of data – the equivalent Read more about Transforming the Pandora Papers into Asset Recovery: 5 stories, 5 cases?[…]

CiFAR at Five

Posted on 24/06/202124/06/2021 by Jackson Oldfield

Five years ago, in May 2016 CiFAR was established. At that time, we were a group of three founders, who came together with the idea that more could be done, and more needed to be done, to support civil society to work on one of the most complex, time-consuming and difficult areas of anti-corruption work: Read more about CiFAR at Five[…]

Launch of Investigate website and Investigate: The Manual

Posted on 17/06/202124/06/2021 by Jackson Oldfield

Today we launch our new website: Investigate, and our new investigative journalism handbook: Investigate – The Manual. Investigate showcases the work of CiFAR and our trainees coming out of three rounds of our training programme for investigative journalists. It includes information on our trainees, and is therefore an excellent resource for anyone looking to connect Read more about Launch of Investigate website and Investigate: The Manual[…]

Annual Report 2020

Posted on 07/06/202107/06/2021 by Jackson Oldfield

Today we are happy to launch our 2020 Annual Report. The report details the work we have done over the past year to advance accountable and transparent asset recovery. 2020 was an exciting and interesting year for CiFAR. The global COVID-19 pandemic saw us forced us to rapidly and drastically alter our project planning and Read more about Annual Report 2020[…]

Transparency International wants to reopen case into Mubarak assets

Posted on 09/04/202109/04/2021 by Jackson Oldfield

Although the European Council decided to unfreeze the assets of the Egypt’s former President Hosni Mubarak’s family on 12 March, the NGO Transparency International is pushing to reopen the case. In France, can the preliminary investigation opened in 2011 against the Mubarak clan for organised money laundering and corruption yield anything? Transparency International France, a Read more about Transparency International wants to reopen case into Mubarak assets[…]

Informal construction endangering the status of Lake Ohrid

Posted on 30/10/202030/10/2020 by Jackson Oldfield

Informal construction is endangering the status of Lake Ohrid causing irreparable environmental damage.Arlis Alikaj, Ivana Nateska This is a summary of a cross-border article published by trainees of our Investigate programme, supported by GIZ. For several years, the non-governmental organizations that take care of the preservation of the Ohrid region have been sounding the alarm Read more about Informal construction endangering the status of Lake Ohrid[…]

Angola: From the Dos Santos recovery towards the future?

Posted on 04/09/202004/09/2020 by Jackson Oldfield

In mid-August, Angola was again in the news over the conviction of José Filomeno dos Santos, the ex-governor of Angola’s national bank and two others, for fraud and influence peddling relating to the transfer of USD 500,000 from the Angolan National Bank to a bank account in the UK. This case though comes as part Read more about Angola: From the Dos Santos recovery towards the future?[…]

Statement on safeguarding

Posted on 01/09/202001/09/2020 by Jackson Oldfield

In recent days, allegations have emerged of sexual harassment related to an external trainer used by CiFAR in one of our programmes in 2017-2018. We take these allegations very seriously and are committed to ensuring that we fully give effect to our zero tolerance policy on harassment and discrimination. In light of and as a Read more about Statement on safeguarding[…]