Barriers to Asset Recovery: An Analysis of the Key Barriers and Recommendations for Actions
- Washington D. C. The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank 2011
- 200p.
The Stolen Asset Recovery Initiative (StAR) estimates that only $5 billion in stolen assets has been repatriated over the past 15 years. This study, builds on the experience of dozens of practitioners around the world who have hands-on experience in asset recovery and on independent analyses by staff . More than 50 practitioners with day-to-day experience in asset recovery, both from requesting jurisdictions and from the requested jurisdictions, were consulted through a series of workshops, country visits, and a thorough review of the findings of the study before publication. Its key objective is to mobilise policy makers on the existing difficulties in stolen asset recovery actions and convince them to take action on the featured recommendations.
