Supporting Reform to Rule of Law

Supporting Reform to Rule of Law

During 2014 Alan Bacarese led Component One of the European Union Rule of Law reform project consisting of high-level policy and operational reform at beneficiary organizations such as the Ministry of Justice, Supreme Court of Montenegro, Supreme State Prosecution Office, the Judicial Training Centre, the Ministry of Interior, the Police Administration, the Administration for the Prevention of…

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Strengthening Anti-Corruption Policies and Practices

Strengthening Anti-Corruption Policies and Practices

Stream House supports the European Union/Council of Europe Joint Programme on Strengthening Anti-Corruption Policies and Practices in Turkey, which aims to contribute to a more efficient and effective structure in the fight against corruption in Turkey. The project’s purpose is to strengthen the capacity of inspectors monitoring of all major agencies on investigation, reporting, coordination,…

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Corruption, Conflict and Cities in East and West Africa

Corruption, Conflict and Cities in East and West Africa

As senior lecturer at the Institute of Social Anthropology and Centre of African Studies Basel, Lucy Koechlin has led and coordinated various research projects on the state and social transformation in African societies. The most recent project involves an interdisciplinary team of doctoral and post-doctoral scholars under the lead of Prof. Till Förster, Chair of…

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Train the Trainers Program

Train the Trainers Program

Corruption Casework Instructor’s Guide Tom Lasich designed and created a 7-phase train the trainer program for the “Corruption Casework” project for the Nigerian judiciary. The main topics included were anti-money laundering, corruption investigations, mutual legal assistance and trial preparation. Delivered 4 phases of the program in Abuja and Port Harcourt Authored a 100+ page manual…

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Law Enforcement Training

Law Enforcement Training

The training program was designed as a simulated case tailored for the Burundi context involving a gold smuggling route originating from DRC across the Burundi border. A fictitious newspaper article about the arrest and detention of a motorbike courier smuggling gold bars across the border starts off the case resulting in several whistleblower reports about the alleged…

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ICGLR – Whistleblower Mechanism

ICGLR – Whistleblower Mechanism

Stream House has been assisting in the implementation of a whistleblowing mechanism within the context of the prevention of illegal exploitation of natural resources in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Burundi which are member states of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR). This region is plagued by the “paradox of…

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Trade Route Incident Management System (TRIMS)

Trade Route Incident Management System (TRIMS)

TRIMS is a crowd-sourced facility for traders and general citizens to send anonymous, structured text (SMS) messages to a public website to report non-tariff barriers encountered such as artificial check points, bribery solicitations and other forms of harassment leading to delays and increasing the cost of essential goods such as perishable food items, agricultural goods…

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Income and Asset Declaration Systems

Income and Asset Declaration Systems

Hari Mulukutla jointly delivered a training program developed by the World Bank Public Sector Group tailor made for the CCB on Income and Asset Disclosure (IAD) systems. The training was organized by the UNODC office in Abuja and financial support for the training was provided through the World Bank, including through a GPF trust fund supporting development…

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Casework

Casework

Stream House is currently engaged in assisting in a number of financial crime cases including a complex asset recovery case involving historical sanctions breaches in West Africa and individuals and companies in South Eastern Europe. Stream House is also providing assistance with regard to the enforcement of a North American judgment for victims of serious…

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Roundtable on Income Asset Declarations

Roundtable on Income Asset Declarations

Hari Mulukutla jointly facilitated a round table discussion on income and assets declaration systems for the Federal Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (FEACC) and Regional Ethics & Anti-corruption Commission (REACC) Officials in Debrezeit Ethiopia from Nov 17-19 2013. The program was organized by UNODC and supported by the World Bank. A number of key topics were…

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