Stream House authors contribute to a new publication addressing Financial Crime – Research Handbook on International Financial Crime
This Handbook addresses financial crimes such as fraud, corruption and money laundering, and highlights both the risks presented by these crimes, as well as their impact on the economy. The contributors cover the practical issues on the topic on a transnational level, both in terms of the crimes and the steps taken to control them….
Lucy Koechlin has been invited as a speaker at a TEDx event at the University of St Gallen, Switzerland, on 5 December 2015
The theme of the event is “The Little Things in Life: The Power of an Idea”. Lucy will be picking up on this theme and speaking about “The Power of Corruption”, for ‘corruption’ evokes many a powerful idea – and it affects the little things in life in myriad ways. What is the power of…
Alan Bacarese spoke at the recent Roxin Alliance Annual meeting in Brasilia, Brazil.
Alan Bacarese spoke at the recent Roxin Alliance Annual meeting in Brasilia, Brazil – 19-20 November 2015. Alan addressed both fellow Roxin Alliance lawyers but also to invited Brazilian corporations on the the UK Bribery Act with an update on recent enforcement of the Act and developments in Deferred Prosecutions Agreements. More information can be…
Alan Bacarese writes on the Asset Recovery Forum about corruption successes in Malawi
The current corruption scandals that are besetting Malawi are unprecedented and continue to rock the country and its political classes. The Cashgate scandal, as it has become known, broke in September 2013 when the former Budget Director, Paul Mphwiyo, was shot in a failed assassination attempt. The violent incident led to the exposure of a…
Human Trafficking and Migration Smuggling Conference in Islamabad
On 15th and 16th of June 2015, Sam Makkan presented at a Regional Conference organized by UNODC on Human Trafficking and Migration Smuggling. The conference was in Islamabad and was predominantly for Regional partners who share a common borders through which much of this activity takes place. The topic delivered by Sam was “Legal Instruments…
International Criminal Law Conference
Stream House is delighted to have been invited to speak at the forthcoming International Criminal Law Conference, organised by the Munich Criminal Bar Association on the 13th of March. Stream House will deliver a talk on Current Trends in International Asset Recovery.
ASEM Intl’ Experts Workshop on Stolen Assets and Hidden Wealth: Theft, Recovery and Restitution
The Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) of the Republic of the Philippines and the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) of the Swiss Confederation organized an International Expert’s Workshop on Stolen Assets and Hidden Wealth: Theft, Recovery and Restitution in Manila, Philippines on 19-21 November 2014. Hari Mulukutla spoke at the conference, leading the working group…
Alan Bacarese and Betrand de Speville (2014) Opinion on the Law of the Bureau on Prevention and Combating of Corruption of Latvia – OSCE
Alan Bacarese contributed to a new technical Opinion for the OSCE on the Latvian Law on the Bureau of Prevention and Combating of Corruption. In August 2014, the Deputy Speaker of the Saeima (Parliament) of Latvia sent a request to review the Law on the Bureau on Prevention and Combating of Corruption of Latvia to…
Lucy Koechlin chairs panel at Mining Industry – S.Africa Conference
On 7th and 8th November 2014 Lucy Koechlin attended a conference on the mining industry in Southern Africa, organised by the Centre for African Studies Basel (CASB), KEESA, Solifonds and the Afrika-Komitee. Speakers included Professor Philip Frankel (Director Agency for Social Reconstruction; formerly at Wits University), Mascha Madörin, Bishop Jo Seoka (President Bench Mark Foundation)…