| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 258 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
World Bank e-Library.
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| Contents |
Contents of the CD-ROM Appendix of Legal Resources; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part A Understanding the Problem and the International Response; 1. Theft of Public Assets: A Development Problem of the Greatest Magnitude; 2. Global Consensus on the Need for Concerted Action; 3. Non-Conviction Based Forfeiture as a Tool for Asset Recovery; Part B Key Concepts in Non-Conviction Based Asset Forfeiture; Prime Imperatives; Defining Assets and Offenses Subject to NCB Asset Forfeiture; Measures for Investigation and Preservation of Assets |
| Summary |
Non-Conviction Based (NCB) asset forfeiture is a powerful tool for recovering the proceeds and instrumentalities of corruption, particularly in cases where the proceeds are transferred abroad. A procedure that provides for the restraint, seizure, and forfeiture of tainted assets without the need for a criminal conviction, it can be critical when the wrongdoer is dead, has fled the jurisdiction, or is immune from prosecution??features common in cases of grand corruption. A growing number of jurisdictions have established a system to allow NCB forfeiture. In addition, NCB forfeiture has been rec |
| Analysis |
Stolen asset recovery |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Forfeiture.
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Fines (Penalties)
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LAW -- Criminal Law -- General.
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Fines (Penalties)
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Forfeiture
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Corruptie.
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Verbeurdverklaring.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Greenberg, Theodore S
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| ISBN |
9780821379028 |
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082137902X |
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