AT the 4th
Global Focal Point Conference on Asset Recovery, a new tool to improve
international cooperation in asset recovery efforts in investigations
potentially spanning the globe has been unveiled yesterday.
Hosted by the
National Anti-Corruption Commission of Thailand, the three-day (3 – 5 July)
meeting, organized by INTERPOL’s Anti-Corruption unit and the Stolen Asset
Recovery Initiative (StAR) – a partnership between the World Bank and the United
Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and in cooperation with the United
States Department of State, brings together some 155 anti-corruption
investigators and prosecutors from 67 countries.
With the theme of the
conference ‘Operational Support for Asset Recovery’, delegates will be updated
on the launch of the Secure Email Capability for Asset Recovery (SECAR)
developed by INTERPOL further to the recommendation unanimously adopted at the
3rd StAR-INTERPOL asset recovery meeting, hosted by the Jordanian
Anti-Corruption Commission in Amman, in 2012.
For the first time within
the anti-corruption community, this innovative INTERPOL tool will enable the
instant and secure exchange of information and technical knowledge on corruption
and related asset recovery. Immediate and real-time information exchange is
essential in such investigations as any delay significantly reduces the chance
or recovering stolen assets.
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