Recovery of Corruption Proceeds and Transparent Use of Recovered Assets

Course overview

Grand corruption cases in the region often involve inflated contracts, ghost payments and diverted development funds. Recovering that money is only half the public's demand; the other half is seeing it used properly. This corruption proceeds recovery course connects the two, taking participants from the investigation of corruption proceeds to decisions about how recovered assets are used and reported.

Participants examine how corruption proceeds are generated and laundered through procurement, payroll and public works, and how anti-corruption agencies, asset recovery bodies and prosecutors identify and recover them. They then turn to the use of recovered assets: legal options, the case for returning funds to affected institutions or communities, safeguards against recovered money being misused again, and transparency measures such as public registers, audit and civil society monitoring. Case studies cover county-level procurement fraud, diversion of donor-funded projects and the return of funds from abroad.

Participants leave able to strengthen corruption recovery cases and to design transparent arrangements for using what is recovered.

What you will be able to do

• Explain how corruption proceeds are generated and laundered in the public sector
• Identify evidence that links corrupt conduct to recoverable assets
• Apply criminal, civil and administrative routes to recover corruption proceeds
• Evaluate legal options for using recovered corruption proceeds
• Design safeguards that prevent recovered funds from being misused
• Plan transparency and public reporting on recovered corruption proceeds

Who should attend

For anti-corruption, asset recovery and public finance professionals involved in recovering stolen public funds or deciding how recovered funds are used.

• Anti-corruption agency investigators
• Asset recovery officers
• Prosecutors
• Public finance and treasury officers
• Auditor-general staff
• Civil society monitoring officers
• County government accounting officers

Course outline

Fees are per participant in US dollars and cover tuition, course materials and your certificate. Travel and accommodation are not included.