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Asset Recovery Handbook
Asset Recovery Handbook eveloping countries lose billions each year through bribery, misappropriation of funds, Dand other corrupt practices. Much of the proceeds of this corruption find “safe haven” in the world’s financial centers. These criminal flows are a drain on social services and economic development programs, contributing to the impoverishment of the world’s poorest countries. Many developing countries have already sought to recover stolen assets. A number of successful high-profile cases with creative international cooperation has demonstrated Asset Recovery Handbook that asset recovery is possible. However, it is highly complex, involving coordination and collaboration with domestic agencies and ministries in multiple jurisdictions, as well as the A Guide for Practitioners, Second Edition capacity to trace and secure assets and pursue various legal options—whether criminal confiscation, non-conviction based confiscation, civil actions, or other alternatives. A Guide for Practitioners, This process can be overwhelming for even the most experienced practitioners. It is exception- ally difficult for those working in the context of failed states, widespread corruption, or limited Jean-Pierre Brun resources. With this in mind, the Stolen Asset Recovery (StAR) Initiative has developed and Anastasia Sotiropoulou updated this Asset Recovery Handbook: A Guide for Practitioners to assist those grappling with Larissa Gray the strategic, organizational, investigative, and legal challenges of recovering stolen assets. Clive Scott A practitioner-led project, the Handbook provides common approaches to recovering stolen assets located in foreign jurisdictions, identifies the challenges that practitioners are likely to Kevin M. Stephenson encounter, and introduces good practices. It includes examples of tools that can be used by Second Edition practitioners, such as sample intelligence reports, applications for court orders, and mutual legal assistance requests. -
10Th Anniversary of the Asset Recovery Network of the Financial Action Task Force of Latin America - RRAG September 2020
10th Anniversary of the Asset Recovery Network of the Financial Action Task Force of Latin America - RRAG September 2020 10th Anniversary of the Asset Recovery Network of the Financial Action Task Force of Latin America - RRAG GAFILAT is grateful for the technical assistance provided by the German Development Cooperation, implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Iternationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) for the elaboration of this document, with the additional support of Ms. Andrea Garzón. The contents of this publication are the sole responsibility of the Financial Action Task Force of Latin America (GAFILAT). Copyright © GAFILAT. All rights reserved. Reproduction or translation of this publication is prohibited without prior written permission. Requests for permission to reproduce or translate this publication in whole or in part should be addressed to Florida 939 - 10º A - C1005AAS - Buenos Aires, Argentina – Telephone (+54-11) 5252-9292; e-mail: [email protected]. 1 X años de la RRAG Por eso hay que lograr Que contenga los reclamos Hoy estamos celebrando De quien nos hace el pedido El décimo aniversario De lo contrario les digo De una red, que intercambiando No parece funcionar. Información sobre activos Es preciso contestar Va creciendo en el camino Todo lo que se nos pide Que todos vamos forjando. Que nada se nos olvide Y en un tiempo prudencial. En los primeros momentos Surgió como alternativa Algo que es distintivo De fuente de información Y que merece respaldo Pero el tiempo y la razón Es reunir cada año La fueron robusteciendo A los puntos de contacto Y hoy además va creciendo Para analizar aciertos En sus puntos de contacto Las experiencias, los retos Que más que en el intercambio Que se alcanzan en la red De información policial También para que después La red sirve de canal Al final de cada encuentro Para el contacto diario. -
WP.1 ITC LOP.Pdf
List of participants 82nd session of (WP.1) Start Date: Monday, March 08, 2021 End Date: Friday, March 12, 2021 Governments (UNECE Bodies) - ECE Member States Austria Mr. Christian KAINZMEIER Legal Adviser Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology Belgium Mr. Karel HOFMAN Advisor Service réglementation routière SPF Mobilité et Transports Bulgaria Mrs. Marta PETROVA Director of Directorate of Strategies, Analysis and Evaluation State Agency Road Safety Canada Ms. Valerie HARASEMCHUK Research Analyst Transport Canada Mr. Andrew PHILLIPS Manager, Connected and Automated Vehicle Safety Programs Transport Canada Denmark Mr. Mads HEDEGAARD Legal advisor The Danish Road Directorate Estonia Mr. Tiit POLL Chief Specialist Examination Department, Traffic Division Estonian Transport Administration Finland Dr. Kimmo KIISKI (HoD) Senior Transport Adviser Ministry of Transport and Communications Mr. Mikko KARHUNEN Senior engineer Ministry of Transport and Communications Mrs. Kirsi MIETTINEN Senior Adviser for Legislative Affairs Ministry of Transport and Communications Ms. Monika MUTANEN Senior Officer Ministry of Transport and Communications (Finland) Mr. Tuomas ÖSTERMAN Expert on Road Signs and markings Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency France Mr. Joël VALMAIN Conseiller Technique "Europe International" Délégation interministérielle à la sécurité routière Ministère de l'intérieur Mme Marine MOLINA Technical expert Ministry of the Interior Germany Mrs. Martina OCHEL-BRINKSCHRÖDER Deputy Head of Divison German Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure 2 Thursday, March 18, 2021 Dr. Birgit Ulrike RUDOLPH Assistant Head of Division DG 24 Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure Greece Ms. Despoina DIMOSTHENIADOU administrative officer (engineer) Directorate of Road Traffic and Safety Ministry of Infrastructure & Transport Ireland Ms. Deirdre HORKAN In-house counsel Road Safety Authority Israel Mr. -
Interpol-Unodc
SIDE EVENT INTERPOL-UNODC JOINT APPROACH AGAINST MIGRANT SMUGGLING AND TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (OPERATION TURQUESA II) 30th Session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice MONDAY 17 MAY V I E N N A, A U S T R I A Over the past few years, INTERPOL and UNODC have been 30th session of promoting a model of coordination between law enforcement the Commission on agencies and specialized prosecutors to combat the smuggling of Crime Prevention and migrant and trafficking in persons. This cooperation unfolded in Criminal Justice the context of INTERPOL-facilitated operations in the Americas, such as Operation Andes and Operation Turquesa, and has Monday 17 May 2021 led to reinforced operational action between the ISON (the INTERPOL Specialized Operational Network against migrant from 14.10 to 15.00 CET smuggling), and REDTRAM (the Ibero-American Network of The event will be Specialized Prosecutors against trafficking in persons and the online using the KUDO smuggling of migrants). service A recent example of this collective and inclusive approach Prior registration is against crime in the Americas is Operation Turquesa II, which required before Friday resulted in the arrest of 161 suspects and the identification and 14 May using this link or assistance of 95 victims of human trafficking, thanks to the joint QR code: efforts of authorities in 32 countries. In light of UNGA resolution 75/10 (November 2020) on the cooperation between the United Nations and the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL), this Side Event will aim to present the results of the partnership between both organizations in countering trafficking in persons and smuggling of migrants, look at synergies within their respective mandates, and discuss ways to take this cooperation forward through structured, long-term initiatives that will promote international cooperation. -
Food Processing Ingredients
Required Report: Required - Public Distribution Date: March 31, 2021 Report Number: BR2021-0011 Report Name: Food Processing Ingredients Country: Brazil Post: Sao Paulo ATO Report Category: Food Processing Ingredients Prepared By: Alexandre Vendemiatti Approved By: Nicolas Rubio Report Highlights: Brazil continues to present opportunities for U.S. exporters of ingredients, with its food processing industry market estimated in 2020 at $152 billion, an increase of 12.7 percent compared to the previous year. High-performance ingredients that add value to products will continue to show good market potential in the country. Although Brazil's economic situation was heavily affected by the COVID-19 social distance measures, the country's food industry kept its resilience and is expected to grow in 2021. THIS REPORT CONTAINS ASSESSMENTS OF COMMODITY AND TRADE ISSUES MADE BY USDA STAFF AND NOT NECESSARILY STATEMENTS OF OFFICIAL U.S. GOVERNMENT POLICY Executive Summary Food Retail Industry Brazil is the largest economy in Latin America and The Brazilian Supermarket Association (ABRAS) one of the largest in the world. Brazil’s Gross reported supermarket revenues of $73.3 billion Domestic Product (GDP) closed out 2020 with a (R$378.3 billion) in 2019, an increase of 6.4 percent record contraction of 4.1 percent compared to the in nominal terms. Brazil’s retail sector includes previous year. This is the most significant drop in the 89,806 stores. The sector is expected to grow by 4.5 historical series with the current methodology, percent in 2021. The final 2020 numbers have not surpassing the retraction of 3.5 percent registered in been released as of the release of this GAIN report 2015. -
Country Case Study 5 Giants Don’T Leap: Verification in Brazil’S Process Towards Sustainable Forestry
Case Study May 2006 Country Case Study 5 Giants Don’t Leap: Verification in Brazil’s Process towards Sustainable Forestry Hans Thiel and Marcel Viergever Summary This case study illustrates the importance of political commitment and coordination at the highest level of government in tackling the causes of illegality in the forest sector in a country as large and complex as Brazil. The paper touches on some of the issues which restrict sustainable timber production, such as land use change and forest land tenure, but also discusses the impact that changes in the legal framework, in particular the introduction of the Law on Management of Public Forests, may have on the forest sector. The paper describes the currently ongoing creation of a decentralised forest administration and verification system under the coordination of a national forest authority. LESSONS LEARNED • A trans-sectoral approach to forest policy issues, political leverage at the highest level of decision making and strong individual leadership are critical elements for successful formulation and implementation of programmes to combat illegality in the forest sector. • Broad participatory processes that include ‘non forest actors’ often result in pragmatic approaches to forest and conservation issues, that focus on ‘the possible’ rather than ‘the ideal’ from the perspective of environmentalists and foresters. • Perhaps obvious, but nevertheless frequently overlooked, is the fact that possibilities for the forest sector to operate legally are often limited by confusing land tenure conditions. A first step to allow the forest sector to operate legally is to provide a transparent legal framework for land ownership. • A decentralised (state or province) forest administration and verification system needs to be linked to a comprehensive information system that allows verification and audit by national and federal forest authorities. -
Drug Trafficking Analysis Situational
CBTA Rustica_english_OKOKOK:Layout 1 5/9/13 15:44 Página 1 «a police point of view» situational analysis drug traffickingof «a police point of view» bolivia, brazil, colombia, ecuador, panama and peru situational analysis of drug trafficking analysis situational ameripol ameripol comunidad de policías de américa comunidad de policías de américa Integration for public security Integration for public security PROJECT FUNDED BY and protection and protection THE EUROPEAN UNION TRIPAS_AMERIPOL_INGLES:Layout 2 5/9/13 15:03 Página 1 situational analysis of drug trafficking. «a police point of view» bolivia, brazil, colombia, ecuador, panama and peru TRIPAS_AMERIPOL_INGLES:Layout 2 5/9/13 15:03 Página 2 TRIPAS_AMERIPOL_INGLES:Layout 2 5/9/13 15:03 Página 3 ameripol comunidad de policías de américa Integration for public security and protection TRIPAS_AMERIPOL_INGLES:Layout 2 5/9/13 15:03 Página 4 TRIPAS_AMERIPOL_INGLES:Layout 2 5/9/13 15:03 Página 5 situational analysis of drug trafficking «a police point of view» bolivia, brazil, colombia, ecuador, panama and peru ameripol comunidad de policías de américa TRIPAS_AMERIPOL_INGLES:Layout 2 5/9/13 15:03 Página 6 Mayor General Rodolfo Palomino López President of AMERIPOL Ambassador - Head of the Delegation for Colombia and Ecuador Tanya María Wilhelmina Josepha Antonia Van Gool Mr Enrique Francisco Galindo Ceballos Executive Secretary of AMERIPOL Lieutenant Colonel Yesid Romanos Linares Deputy for the President of AMERIPOL Ms Zulma Ivonne Villa Nava Deputy for the Executive Secretary of AMERIPOL EDITORIAL -
Renegotiations and Corruption in Infrastructure: the Odebrecht Case
RENEGOTIATIONS AND CORRUPTION IN INFRASTRUCTURE: THE ODEBRECHT CASE Nicolás Campos Eduardo Engel Ronald D. Fischer Alexander Galetovic First version: February 13, 2019 This version: May 7, 20191 Abstract In 2016, Brazilian construction rm Odebrecht was ned $2.6 billion by the US Department of Justice (DOJ). According to the plea agreement, between 2001 and 2016 Odebrecht paid $788 million in bribes in 10 Latin American and two African countries in more than 100 large projects. The DOJ estimated that bribe payments increased Odebrecht’s prots by $2.4 billion. Judicial documents and press reports on the Odebrecht case reveal detailed information on the work- ings of corruption in the infrastructure sector. Based on these sources we establish ve facts. First, for projects where Odebrecht paid bribes, renegotiations amounted to 71.3 percent of initial investment es- timates, compared with 6.5 percent for projects where Odebrecht paid no bribes. Second, Odebrecht’s bribes were less than one percent of a project’s nal investment. Third, the prots Odebrecht obtained from bribes as well as its overall prots were relatively small: around 1 to 2 percent of sales. Fourth, the creation of the Division of Structured Operations (DSO) by Odebrecht in 2006 led to major reductions in the rm’s costs of paying bribes and recipients’ costs of hiding the ilegal proceeds. Fifth, following the creation of the DSO, Odebrecht’s sales multiplied tenfold in four years, while its prots remained relatively small. We build a model where rms compete for a project, anticipating a bilateral renegotiation in which their bargaining power will be larger if they pay a bribe. -
Applying SEIR Model Without Vaccination for COVID-19 in Case Of
Epidemiol. Methods 2021; 10(s1): 20200036 Marwan Al-Raeei*, Moustafa Sayem El-Daher and Oliya Solieva Applying SEIR model without vaccination for COVID-19 in case of the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, Brazil, France, and India https://doi.org/10.1515/em-2020-0036 Received September 2, 2020; accepted May 11, 2021; published online May 28, 2021 Abstract Objectives: Compartmental models are helpful tools to simulate and predict the spread of infectious diseases. In this work we use the SEIR model to discuss the spreading of COVID-19 pandemic for countries with the most confirmed cases up to the end of 2020, i.e. the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, Brazil, and India. The simulation considers the susceptible, exposed, infective, and the recovered cases of the disease. Method: We employ the order Runge–Kutta method to solve the SIER model equations-for modelling and forecasting the spread of the new coronavirus disease. The parameters used in this work are based on the confirmed cases from the real data available for the countries reporting most cases up to December 29,2020. Results: We extracted the coefficients of the exposed, infected, recovered and mortality rate of the SEIRmodel by fitting the collected real data of the new coronavirus disease up to December 29, 2020 in the countries with the most cases. We predict the dates of the peak of the infection and the basic reproduction number for the countries studied here. We foresee COVID-19 peaks in January-February 2021 in Brazil and the United Kingdom, and in February-March 2021 in France, Russia, and India, and in March-April 2021 in the United States. -
Leadership Crisis Led Healthcare Debacle and Economic Turmoil in Brazil
International Journal of Research in Engineering, Science and Management 73 Volume 4, Issue 5, May 2021 https://www.ijresm.com | ISSN (Online): 2581-5792 Leadership Crisis Led Healthcare Debacle and Economic Turmoil in Brazil Subhendu Bhattacharya1*, Y. Nisha2 1,2Amity Global Business School, Mumbai, India Abstract: The world was deeply impacted with the outbreak of service sectors. It had been top notch coffee producer of the corona virus in early 2020, Brazil was no different. In fact, Brazil world for long. People across the globe poured down to Brazil was the worst affected among all the Latin American countries. every year as it acted as favourite tourist destination but that More than three million people died till March 2021 due to COVID 19 infection. Healthcare service was stressed out and completely tourist flow thinned out and virtually reduced to nil as COVID overwhelmed with daily rise in cases. President of Brazil, Jair M sparked a disaster beyond imagination. Although economy Bolsonaro received criticism from all corners of the world when progressed remarkably in the first decade of 21st century but it his erroneous leadership pushed nation to an unprecedented slowed down substantially later on and unsettled issues like health emergency and economic distress. He downplayed novel poverty, unemployment, government apathy and corrupt corona virus since the early phase of the spread, antagonized practices in nation’s social, economic and political institutions quarantine necessity and opposed lockdown measures in fear of economic loss. Vaccination drive remained abysmally low as surfaced repeatedly. There was environment crisis due to miniscule 2 percent people were inoculated till March end of 2021. -
Brazil's Lax Approach to Countering Terrorism Key Findings • Brazil Enacted Its First Counterterrorism Law in 2016, But
Brazil’s Lax Approach to Countering Terrorism The Tri-Border Area between Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina is a hotspot for terrorist and criminal activity. (Source: Wikimedia Commons) Key Findings Brazil enacted its first counterterrorism law in 2016, but the country continues to allow representatives of internationally designated entities freedom of movement in the country. Hezbollah continues to use Brazil as a fundraising and planning base of operations. The Brazilian government has in the past referred to Hezbollah as a political movement, rather than a terrorist group. Overview Numerous terrorist groups operate in Brazil’s southwest near its border with Argentina and Paraguay. The region, known as the Tri-Border Area (TBA) of South America, is considered a hotspot for criminal and terrorist activity. U.S.-sanctioned terrorist groups, including Hezbollah, al-Qaeda, and Hamas, are believed to recruit, plan attacks, and fundraise in the TBA, and within Brazil specifically.1 The Brazilian security forces are aware of members of Hezbollah and al- Qaeda residing in Brazil, but have not arrested these individuals. Hezbollah representative Bilal Mohsen Wehbe freely serves as the imam of São Paulo mosque,2 while al-Qaeda propagandist 1 “Terrorist and Organized Crime Groups in the Tri-Border Area (TBA) of South America,” Library of Congress, last updated December 2010, https://www.loc.gov/rr/frd/pdf-files/TerrOrgCrime_TBA.pdf; Rebeca Duran, “Terrorism in Brazil,” The Brazil Business, December 12, 2013, http://thebrazilbusiness.com/article/terrorism-in- brazil; “Al Qaeda members hide in Brazil, raise money – report,” Reuters, April 2, 2011, https://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFTRE7312LT20110402. -
Corruption, Populism and the Crisis of the Rule of Law in Brazil
CORRUPTION, POPULISM AND THE CRISIS OF THE RULE OF LAW IN BRAZIL CORRUPÇÃO, POPULISMO E A CRISE DO “RULE OF LAW” NO BRASIL Alberto do Amaral Junior * Mariana Boer Martins** RESUMO: O mundo testemunhou recentemente o aumento do ABSTRACT: The world has recently witnessed the rise of populism populismo e do autoritarismo em várias democracias. O Brasil , é and authoritarianism in several democracies. Brazil, of course, is claro, não é exceção. No entanto, o processo que culminou com o no exception. However, the process that culminated in the result of resultado das últimas eleições presidenciais brasileiras é the last Brazilian presidential elections is fundamentally different fundamentalmente diferente do que tem sido observado em alguns from that which has been observed in some countries of the Global países do Norte Global. Embora a raiz da atual situação política no North. Although the root cause of the current political situation in Brasil seja complexa, um de seus principais fatores é o nível Brazil is complex, one of its main factors is the country’s notoriously notoriamente alto de corrupção do país. A hipótese que o presente high level of corruption. The hypothesis which the present article artigo pretende explorar é a de que existe uma articulação entre a aims to explore is that there is a linkage between the disclosure of divulgação das investigações realizadas no âmbito da Operação the investigations which were carried out in the context of Lava Jato, lançada em 2014 pela Polícia Federal do Brasil, e a subida Operation Car Wash, launched in 2014 by the Federal Police of ao poder de um governo populista de direita.