01104nam a2200133   4500100002700000245011700027250001300144260004200157300000800199490001900207520066600226650002700892856005100919  aPerdriel- Vaissiere, M  aThe Accumulation of Unexplained Wealth by Public Officials: Making the Offence of Illicit Enrichment Enforceable  aU4 Brief  bAnti-Corruption Resource Centrec2012  a4p.  aJanuary 2012:1  aRecent high-profile cases have focused attention on the transfer of assets abroad by heads of state and other senior officials from developing countries in amounts that far exceed their legitimate sources of income. Article 20 of the United Nations Convention against Corruption, criminalizing illicit enrichment, was drafted to address this issue. However, very few of the states parties to the UNCAC have introduced this offence in their legal systems, largely because of due process concerns. The challenge is to find ways to implement Article 20 that balance the rights of the accused with the right of society to recover illicitly acquired national wealth.  aOffshore, Transparency  uiffoadatabase.trustafrica.org/iff/B2012-01.pdf