Boxes 1.1 The Busan Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation—Combating Corruption and Illicit Flows 3.1 International Commercial Arbitration—An Innovative Avenue for Asset Recovery 4.1 Good Practice Examples: Elements of Successful Asset Recovery Policies 4.2 Guidance and Tools on Asset Recovery and Related Topics Produced by G8, G20, and the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) 5.1 Good Practice: Innovative Legislation to Overcome Barriers 5.2 Arab Spring Asset Freezing Measures 6.1 Specialized Units Focusing on Corruption Offenses and Asset Recovery 6.2 Good Practices in Building Capacity of Requesting Jurisdictions 7.1 Good Practices—Cooperation between Requested and Requesting Jurisdictions; Actions by Developing Countries 7.2 StAR’s Practical Handbooks and Policy Notes on Asset Recovery (Available at http://www.worldbank.org/star) 8.1 Good Practice: Development Agencies Finance Law Enforcement Efforts to Combat Corruption and Recover Assets 8.2 Good Practice: A Development Agency Advises on a Return of Assets Pursuant to a Settlement Agreement Figures 1.1 Process for Recovery of Stolen Assets 2.1 Laws, Policies, and Data on Cases Available on the Swiss Government Website 3.1 OECD Country Reports of Assets Frozen and Assets Returned to Foreign Jurisdictions, Seperated by Reporting Periods 3.2 OECD Country Reports of Assets Frozen and Assets Returned to Foreign Jurisdictions, Combined Totals 2006–June 2012 Summary 3.3 Total Value of Assets Frozen and Returned 2006–June 2012 3.4 Illustration of Trends in Asset Recovery Cases (Anecdotal) 3.5 Assets Frozen and Returned, by OECD Country, 2006–June 2012 3.6 Libyan Asset Freezes Reported by Four OECD Members, 2010–June 2012 3.7 Assets Frozen by OECD Members 2010–June 2012, Showing Jurisdictions and Amounts 3.8 Assets Returned by OECD Members, 2010–June 2012, Showing Jurisdictions and Amounts 3.9 Increases in Asset Freezing or Recovery Cases with Developing Countries between 2006 and June 2012 3.10 Legal Avenues Used for Asset Recovery, 2010–June 2012 3.11 Assets Returned Pursuant to a Settlement Agreement, 2010–June 2012
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