Conference – New Trends & Destination Countries

CiFAR and the International State Crime Initiative Kleptocracy and Asset Recovery: The Role of Destination Countries Cross-border corruption is a multi-billion dollar a year challenge to democratic norms and to transparent and accountable governance. Corruption cements the power base of authoritarian regimes, using financial jurisdictions in regions such as the UK, US and Switzerland to […]

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[…]

Lesson 1: The impact of stolen assets

Understanding the impact of stolen assets and illicit financial flows Lesson one introduces you to key concepts and ideas in stolen assets and illicit financial flows. You will start the lesson by defining stolen assets and the origin of stolen assets found in commercial activities, criminal activities, corruption and abuse of public office for personal Read more about Lesson 1: The impact of stolen assets[…]

The Ibori Loot: The controversy surrounding the destination of the returned money

Posted on 15/06/202124/06/2021 by Lucia Cizmaziova

This is a guest blog by Elfredah Kevin-Alerechi, a journalist at Nigeria’s Peoples Gazette. For any inquiries, you may contact her at elfretutle.ei@gmail.com. On 18th May 2021, the Nigerian government received the expected £4.2 million from the British Government, recovered from family members and associates of the oil-rich former Delta State Governor, James Ibori. In the months preceding the Read more about The Ibori Loot: The controversy surrounding the destination of the returned money[…]

Where we work

This page outlines where we work across the world and the projects we are working on in each country. Even where a country is not highlighted, we are generally engaged with a country if there is an ongoing case. Africa Supporting CSOs in East and Southern Africa to tackle illicit financial flows Burundi Ethiopia South […]

INVESTIGATE | AFRIQUE DE L’OUEST

mis en œuvre par: en coopération avec: Formation en Journalisme d’Investigation, troisième volet, par CiFARAppel à candidature pour journalistes d’investigation anglophones ou francophones basés en Afrique de l’Ouest et en Europe Clôture de l’appel à candidature: 20 May 2021 CiFAR est une organisation à but non-lucratif engagée dans la lutte contre le circuit des richesses […]

INVESTIGATE | WEST AFRICA

Implemented by: In cooperation with: CiFAR's third investigative journalism programme:Calling anglophone and francophone journalists from West Africa and Europe Pour la version en français, cliquez ici. Application deadline: 20 May 2021 CiFAR is a civil society organisation committed to fighting the flow of corrupt wealth by political leaders across borders and to secure the […]

Event

Ten years on: are sanctions working for asset recovery? 12th February 2021, 17:00 - 19:00 CET The event will be held in English with Portuguese and Spanish interpretation REGISTER Jason Leung/Unsplash Kleptocrats are estimated to steal billions of US dollars annually, however only a small fraction of illicit assets is successfully traced and frozen, and […]

Our team

Agatino Camarda | Director & Co-Founder Agatino Camarda is a founder of CiFAR and leads our programmes. With a background in international relations and a focus on the Middle East and North Africa, since 2010 Agatino has worked to support civil society worldwide on human rights, anti-corruption, migration and asset recovery. Jackson Oldfield | Director […]

Strategy

Strategy 2020-2023 Since our last strategy in 2016, many things have changed for CiFAR, in the fight against cross-border corruption and for accountable and transparent asset recovery. When CiFAR was founded the issue of illicit financial flows and of asset recovery was largely unknown outside of specialist circles amongst government, civil society organisations and academia, […]