The publication, Stolen Asset Recovery: A Good Practices Guide for Non-Conviction Based Asset Forfeiture was produced under the auspices of the Bank’s and UNODC’s Stolen Asset Recovery Initiative (StAR), as part of its overall efforts to end impunity for corruption worldwide. NCB asset forfeiture is a legal regime that provides for the seizure and forfeiture
(recovery) of the proceeds of serious crime, including corruption, without the need for a criminal conviction. NCB is often the only option that governments can use when the corrupt official or the person paying the bribe is dead, has fled the jurisdiction, is immune from prosecution, or is too powerful to prosecute—all common in cases of grand corruption. Read more
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