Left Out of the Bargain : Settlements in Foreign Bribery Cases and Implications for Asset Recovery

Over the past decade, countries have increasingly used settlements—that is, any procedure short of a full trial—to conclude foreign bribery cases and have imposed billions in monetary sanctions. There exists a gap in knowledge, however, regarding settlement practices around the world and the disposi...

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Main Authors: Oduor, Jacinta Anyango, Fernando, Francisca M. U., Flah, Agustin, Gottwald, Dorothee, Dorothee, Jeanne M., Mathias, Marianne, Park, Ji Won, Stolpe, Oliver
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Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2013
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spelling okr-10986-162712021-06-08T12:08:54Z Left Out of the Bargain : Settlements in Foreign Bribery Cases and Implications for Asset Recovery Oduor, Jacinta Anyango Fernando, Francisca M. U. Flah, Agustin Gottwald, Dorothee Dorothee, Jeanne M. Mathias, Marianne Park, Ji Won Stolpe, Oliver asset recovery asset return corruption foreign bribery settlements transparency UNODC UNCAC Over the past decade, countries have increasingly used settlements—that is, any procedure short of a full trial—to conclude foreign bribery cases and have imposed billions in monetary sanctions. There exists a gap in knowledge, however, regarding settlement practices around the world and the disposition of these monetary sanctions—notably through the lens of recovery of stolen assets. Left Out of the Bargain , a study by the Stolen Asset RecoveryInitiative (StAR), provides an overview of settlement practices by civil and common law countries that have been active in the fight against foreign bribery. 2013-11-18T14:49:04Z 2013-11-18T14:49:04Z 2014 978-1-4648-0086-3 10.1596/978-1-4648-0086-3 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16271 en_US Stolen Asset Recovery Initiative; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research East Asia Europe North Africa Sub-Saharan Africa Latin America Bangladesh India
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topic asset recovery
asset return
corruption
foreign bribery
settlements
transparency
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asset return
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transparency
UNODC
UNCAC
Oduor, Jacinta Anyango
Fernando, Francisca M. U.
Flah, Agustin
Gottwald, Dorothee
Dorothee, Jeanne M.
Mathias, Marianne
Park, Ji Won
Stolpe, Oliver
Left Out of the Bargain : Settlements in Foreign Bribery Cases and Implications for Asset Recovery
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North Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Latin America
Bangladesh
India
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description Over the past decade, countries have increasingly used settlements—that is, any procedure short of a full trial—to conclude foreign bribery cases and have imposed billions in monetary sanctions. There exists a gap in knowledge, however, regarding settlement practices around the world and the disposition of these monetary sanctions—notably through the lens of recovery of stolen assets. Left Out of the Bargain , a study by the Stolen Asset RecoveryInitiative (StAR), provides an overview of settlement practices by civil and common law countries that have been active in the fight against foreign bribery.
format Publications & Research :: Publication
author Oduor, Jacinta Anyango
Fernando, Francisca M. U.
Flah, Agustin
Gottwald, Dorothee
Dorothee, Jeanne M.
Mathias, Marianne
Park, Ji Won
Stolpe, Oliver
author_facet Oduor, Jacinta Anyango
Fernando, Francisca M. U.
Flah, Agustin
Gottwald, Dorothee
Dorothee, Jeanne M.
Mathias, Marianne
Park, Ji Won
Stolpe, Oliver
author_sort Oduor, Jacinta Anyango
title Left Out of the Bargain : Settlements in Foreign Bribery Cases and Implications for Asset Recovery
title_short Left Out of the Bargain : Settlements in Foreign Bribery Cases and Implications for Asset Recovery
title_full Left Out of the Bargain : Settlements in Foreign Bribery Cases and Implications for Asset Recovery
title_fullStr Left Out of the Bargain : Settlements in Foreign Bribery Cases and Implications for Asset Recovery
title_full_unstemmed Left Out of the Bargain : Settlements in Foreign Bribery Cases and Implications for Asset Recovery
title_sort left out of the bargain : settlements in foreign bribery cases and implications for asset recovery
publisher Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate 2013
url http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16271
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