Designing National Asset Recovery Strategies, Policies and Legislative Reforms

Course overview

Countries that recover criminal assets successfully rarely do so by accident. They have a national strategy that sets priorities, legal tools that fit their risks, institutions with clear roles and a way of measuring progress. This national asset recovery strategy course guides policy makers through designing those elements for their own country.

Participants learn how to assess a national asset recovery system against international standards and national risk assessments, identifying legal, institutional and operational gaps. They then develop strategic objectives, priority actions and institutional arrangements, and examine the legislative options available, including non-conviction-based forfeiture, unexplained wealth orders, extended confiscation, asset management provisions and use of recovered assets. The course covers drafting policy papers and legislative proposals, consulting stakeholders, costing implementation and building monitoring frameworks. Comparative examples from Africa and beyond show what has worked and what has not.

Participants leave with a draft national asset recovery strategy outline and a prioritised reform agenda.

What you will be able to do

• Assess a national asset recovery system against international standards
• Identify legal, institutional and operational gaps
• Set strategic objectives and priority actions
• Compare legislative options for strengthening recovery
• Prepare policy papers and legislative proposals
• Design implementation, costing and monitoring arrangements

Who should attend

For senior policy makers, legislative drafters and agency leaders responsible for national asset recovery policy and legal reform.

• Ministry of justice and finance policy leaders
• Legislative drafters
• Heads of asset recovery and anti-corruption agencies
• National AML/CFT coordinators
• Law reform commission staff
• Parliamentary legal advisers

Course outline

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