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An independent centre of expertise dedicated to advancing good governance and countering corruption for a better world.

The Basel Institute on Governance is an independent centre of expertise dedicated to advancing good governance and countering corruption. Our aim is to contribute to a more peaceful, just and sustainable world. We work hand in hand with governments, civil society and the private sector to prevent corruption, recover illicit assets and foster business integrity. Our approach combines capacity building and learning, convening and peer engagement, hands-on advice and mentoring, and applied research and policy guidance. Together, they advance knowledge, practice and policy on anti-corruption and related fields. Our work helps to safeguard public resources and address global challenges like poverty, health, climate change, environmental sustainability, security and crime – with positive impacts for citizens, governments and economies all over the world. The Basel Institute on Governance is an Associated Institute of the University of Basel.

10/08/2026

📖 Nueva publicación sobre extinción de dominio en Perú 🇵🇪

El debate acerca de la legitimidad, el alcance, la naturaleza y los límites del régimen de extinción de dominio del Perú ha resurgido tras los cambios legislativos y constitucionales del 2025.

En este contexto, esta publicación ofrece una guía práctica para jueces, fiscales, legisladores y académicos del ámbito jurídico que buscan interpretar, adaptar y aplicar estándares internacionales sobre decomiso sin condena en sus propias jurisdicciones.

En siete capítulos, los autores:

🔹 examinan el modelo peruano a la luz de las convenciones de las Naciones Unidas, la Ley Modelo de la UNODC y las recomendaciones del GAFI;
🔹 lo comparan con el decomiso preventivo antimafia italiano y el decomiso civil estadounidense;
🔹 exploran la experiencia constitucional regional; y
🔹 evalúan los desafíos que enfrenta el Perú en la lucha contra la corrupción, el lavado de activos y el crimen organizado.

Esta publicación constituye una contribución oportuna al debate sobre el futuro de la recuperación de activos en Perú y sobre cómo los Estados pueden recuperar activos ilícitos, incluidos aquellos situados fuera de sus fronteras nacionales, respetando al mismo tiempo el Estado de derecho, el debido proceso y los derechos fundamentales.

👉 Léela aquí: https://baselgovernance.org/resources/publications/la-extincion-de-dominio-instrumentos-internacionales/

El Programa GFP Subnacional es financiado por SECO Economic Cooperation and Development. Estamos agradecidos por el apoyo que nos ha brindado a lo largo de los años para llevar a cabo este importante trabajo. 🇵🇪🇨🇭

Embajada de Suiza en el Perú

10/08/2026

📖 New publication on asset forfeiture without conviction in Peru 🇵🇪

The context: Legislative and constitutional developments in Peru in 2025 have reopened the debate about the legitimacy, scope, nature and limits of Peru’s Extinción de dominio regime.

This publication offers a practical guide for judges, prosecutors, legislators and legal scholars involved in interpreting, adapting and applying global standards on non-conviction based forfeiture within their own jurisdictions.

Across seven chapters, the authors:
🔹 examine Peru’s model in light of United Nations conventions, the UNODC Model Law and FATF Recommendations
🔹 compare it with Italy's anti-Mafia preventive confiscation and US civil forfeiture
🔹 explore regional constitutional experience and
🔹 assess the challenges Peru faces in the fight against corruption, money laundering and organised crime.

The study is a timely contribution to the debate about the future direction of Peru’s asset recovery framework and how states can recover illicit assets – including across national borders – while respecting the rule of law, due process and fundamental rights.

Available in Spanish 👉🏽 https://baselgovernance.org/resources/publications/la-extincion-de-dominio-instrumentos-internacionales

The Swiss SECO Economic Cooperation and Development funds our Programa GFP Subnacional through its cooperation programme in Peru. We are grateful for its long-standing support, which makes this valuable work possible. 🇵🇪 🇨🇭

Embajada de Suiza en el Perú

06/08/2026

👏 Fantastic news from Brasília, where the Inter-American Development Bank has announced a new USD 4 billion commitment to strengthen citizen security and justice across Latin America and the Caribbean.

A central part of this investment is PROACTIVOS, a new regional alliance that puts financial investigations and asset recovery where they belong: at the heart of the response to organised crime.

Targeting the finances of the worst sorts of criminals is an investment in safer, more prosperous and fairer societies. But this in turn requires investment in skilled practitioners, strong laws and institutions, specialist capabilities and international cooperation.

We are proud to join PROACTIVOS as a strategic partner and contribute the expertise of our International Centre for Asset Recovery in all those things and more.

Our Head of Latin America, Oscar Solorzano, is at the Summit helping shape the initiative’s next steps and sharing practical lessons on building sustainable asset recovery capacity within prosecutorial authorities.

Congratulations to the IDB and partners for this ambitious regional initiative, and thank you for your trust and collaboration towards our shared goals.

IDB press release: https://www.iadb.org/en/news/idb-expands-financing-security-latin-america-and-caribbean-4-billion

06/08/2026

"We want to defend our land and its resources. It is becoming increasingly difficult, but thanks to [the Basel Institute] we have new tools that can help us in our mission and in the preservation of our culture", Deyser Royer Quevare García, FECONA president.

When we worked with Indigenous communities in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest, we were able to put into practice a conviction that has long guided our work:

Public financial management is more effective, and its improvements more sustainable in the long term, when it goes beyond technical reforms.

Through the work of our Programa GFP Subnacional in Loreto, with a group of 14 Indigenous communities, the focus was placed on strengthening environmental governance.

As a result, these communities are now able to exercise greater self-determination and play a more active role in managing the conservation area they inhabit.

👉 Read more about our work with these communities and its impact here: https://baselgovernance.org/resources/stories/indigenous-communities-peru

The Swiss SECO Economic Cooperation and Development funds our Programa GFP Subnacional through its cooperation programme in Peru. We are grateful for its long-standing support, which makes this valuable work possible. 🇨🇭🇵

05/08/2026

What motivates a prosecutor to specialise in asset recovery? For Julio Petrucci, it was the challenges he encountered while investigating complex financial crime cases.

That led him to enrol in our postgraduate programme, Combating Financial Crime Through Asset Recovery. Thanks to partial funding from the Gretta Fenner Scholarship Fund, he was able to take part.

“To donors and benefactors, I would say that their contribution is not just individual support for a student: it is a direct investment in justice systems in our countries. Thanks to their contribution, I now have the tools to investigate complex crimes and recover assets that belong to society", he said.

👉 Read Julio's story and find out why he encourages other prosecutors to pursue specialised training: https://baselgovernance.org/resources/news/alumni-stories-julio-petrucci

🎓 If you'd like to help more talented professionals like Julio access this programme, please consider supporting the Gretta Fenner Scholarship Fund: https://whydonate.com/fundraising/gretta-fenner-scholarship-fund

Our sincere thanks to The International Academy of Financial Crime Litigators, BONIFASSI Avocats, ECO Strategic Communications, Bennett Jones and Kellerhals Carrard for their generous support, which helps make opportunities like this possible

29/07/2026

Congratulations to our first cohort of the Certificate of Advanced Studies "Combating Financial Crime Through Asset Recovery" on completing their classes! 👏

Over the past six months, 12 professionals from across South America, Europe, Asia and Africa joined the first cohort of this new online study programme, run together with the University of Basel.

They now return to their institutions with the practical skills to investigate financial crime and recover illicit assets.

A big congratulations to our first graduates! We look forward to seeing the impact you'll make.

👉 Read more about what participants learned throughout the programme and how we celebrated the end of the classes in 🇨🇭 Basel and online: https://baselgovernance.org/resources/news/asset-recovery-postgraduate-programme-first-cohort

🎓 Applications for the next cohort are now open: https://baselgovernance.org/learning/basel-study/cas-asset-recovery

28/07/2026

If you can't be with us in Luxembourg, join us online!

The 10th Global Conference on Criminal Finances and Cryptoassets on 15-16 September is bursting at the seams, but virtual participation is unlimited.

You'll get to hear leading experts from law enforcement, policy and industry speaking about real cases, emerging crypto-🚀 threats and practical ways to fight back. Most sessions are not recorded, or are only available to registered participants afterwards.

👉 Register now to join us and 2,000+ others from 140+ countries: https://baselgovernance.org/10crc

Co-organised by Europol, UNODC - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the Basel Institute on Governance, and generously hosted by the Luxembourg Bureau de gestion des avoirs (BGA).

23/07/2026

Year 1 was a great success. To repeat that, we need your help.

Dozens of strong candidates are currently waiting to join Basel STUDY, our academic programmes with the University of Basel. Many come from countries where their skills are urgently needed, but they cannot afford the tuition fees.

Through the Gretta Fenner Scholarship Fund, donors have already helped 14 professionals take part. Now we are raising funds to support the next group of students through full and partial scholarships.

A donation of any size can help more committed professionals gain the knowledge, skills and connections to fight corruption in their countries.

👉 Donate here: https://whydonate.com/fundraising/gretta-fenner-scholarship-fund

Thank you for helping us open the door to the next generation of anti-corruption professionals.

22/07/2026

“Organised crime has evolved, and so must we.”

🇵🇪 Peru is making financial investigation and asset recovery central to its response to organised crime.

Under the leadership of Attorney General Tomás Aladino Gálvez Villegas, the Ministerio Público - Fiscalía de la Nación del Perú is building an integrated system to strengthen investigations, coordination and the recovery of criminal assets in Peru and abroad.

For the Basel Institute, this marks an important milestone in more than a decade of cooperation through our International Centre for Asset Recovery.

In this new article, Iker Lekuona and Oscar Solorzano explain why Peru’s reforms matter and what other countries can learn from them.

Read more: https://baselgovernance.org/resources/news/peru-asset-recovery-system

21/07/2026

Record asset recovery, new wins against environmental crime, growing momentum for Collective Action and how social science methodologies are key to how we address emerging challenges in the fight against corruption. These are some of the stories behind our Annual Report 2025.

Hear it from Elizabeth Andersen herself in this short video.

📄 We also invite you to read her foreword, co-authored with Peter Maurer, here: https://baselgovernance.org/resources/news/2025-annual-report-foreword

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