The lost potential of Nigeria’s asset recovery: How is the recovery of stolen assets sabotaged by politicians?

Posted on 14/10/202118/10/2021 by Lucia Cizmaziova

This is a guest blog by Vaclav Prusa, independent researcher and asset recovery expert, and Samuel Asimi, programme officer at the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre. For any inquiries, you may contact vaclavprusa@yahoo.com. To read CiFAR’s blog series about Nigerian asset recovery, see here. During his recent visit to the United States for the 76th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Read more about The lost potential of Nigeria’s asset recovery: How is the recovery of stolen assets sabotaged by politicians?[…]

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Lucia Cizmaziova on 14/10/2021.

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?[…]

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Jackson Oldfield on 14/10/2021.

Understanding Uganda’s asset recovery policy

Posted on 06/08/202106/08/2021 by Lucia Cizmaziova

This is a guest blog by Agaba Tabitha. For any inquiries, you may contact her at tabithaagaba6@gmail.com Asset recovery – the return of assets stolen through corruption from the countries where they were hidden – is an important tool in the fight against corruption because it helps countries recover lost resources. Whereas some countries have taken Read more about Understanding Uganda’s asset recovery policy[…]

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Lucia Cizmaziova on 06/08/2021.

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[…]

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Jackson Oldfield on 24/06/2021.

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[…]

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Jackson Oldfield on 17/06/2021.

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[…]

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Jackson Oldfield on 07/06/2021.

WEBINAR | Cuidado digital para la sociedad civil luchando contra la corrupción

Posted on 07/05/202111/05/2021 by Lucia Cizmaziova

Cuándo: 26 de Mayo a las 16:00-19:00 Tiempo universal coordinado (UTC)Idioma: EspañolGrupos: NGOs trabajando en el campo de ante-corrupciónPlataforma: ZoomSubscripción: Por favor, inscríbase aquí La pandemia de Covid-19 no solo aumentó el tiempo que la sociedad civil gasta comunicándose en línea, sino que también aumentó el riesgo alrededor de la comunicación digital. Esto ha sido Read more about WEBINAR | Cuidado digital para la sociedad civil luchando contra la corrupción[…]

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Lucia Cizmaziova on 07/05/2021.

WEBINAR | Digital security for civil society fighting corruption

Posted on 30/04/202103/05/2021 by Lucia Cizmaziova

When: 11th May 2021, 14:00-17:00 Central European Summer Time (CEST)Language: EnglishTarget group: NGOs and activists working in the anti-corruption fieldCost: Free upon accepted registrationPlatform to be used: ZoomRegistration: The number of spaces is limited so please sign up here The COVID-19 pandemics has not only increased the time civil society spends communicating online but it Read more about WEBINAR | Digital security for civil society fighting corruption[…]

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Lucia Cizmaziova on 30/04/2021.

WEBINAR | Segurança digital destinado à sociedade civil no combate à corrupção

Posted on 23/04/202104/05/2021 by Lucia Cizmaziova

Quando: 6 maio de 2021, das 14h às 17h Horário de Verão da Europa Central (CEST)Língua: PortuguêsGrupo alvo: Ativistas da sociedade civil que trabalham na área de combate à corrupção. Custo: Gratuito, mediante aceitação do registoPlataforma a ser usada: Zoom Inscrição: O número de vagas é limitado, por favor inscreva-se A pandemia da COVID-19 fez Read more about WEBINAR | Segurança digital destinado à sociedade civil no combate à corrupção[…]

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Lucia Cizmaziova on 23/04/2021.

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[…]

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Jackson Oldfield on 09/04/2021.