BRIBES PAID IN WEST AFRICA CAN BE SPENT ON A YACHT IN MIAMI – JEFF SESSIONS

Background Being  full text of Attorney General Jeff Sessions speech delivered at the Global Forum on Asset Recovery, GFAR, hosted by the United States and the United Kingdom, Washington, DC, Monday, December 4, 2017 On behalf of President Trump, I want to thank Baroness Williams and the U.K. delegation.  The United States is proud to co-host the forum with you.  We are proud to […]

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NIGERIA & SWITZERLAND SIGN MoU ON RETURN OF $321MILLION TO NIGERIA…in pics

Background A high point of the inaugural Global Forum for Asset Recovery, GFAR, is the Memorandum of Understanding which was signed between Nigeria and Switzerland, 4th December, 2017 to return $321million Abacha Loot to Nigeria. A key government official had this to say about how the returned loot is going to be expended. ‘It is important to note that the […]

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ANEEJ PRESENTS ASSET RECOVERY REPORT AT GFAR SUMMIT WASHINGTON DC TODAY

Background and Objectives The inaugural Global Forum on Asset Recovery (GFAR) begins today, 4th December 2017 in Washington DC to end on the 6th. It is being hosted by both the United Kingdom and the United States with support from the Stolen Asset Recovery Initiative (StAR). Its inaugural meeting will focus on assistance to four priority countries: Nigeria, Sri Lanka, […]

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IFF IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: STOLEN ASSETS AND THE ROLE OF THE MEDIA AND CIVIL SOCIETY (CSOS)

Background 9 November 2017, 4 p.m. – 5.30 p.m. Official UN side events are a platform for admitted observer organizations, which have limited speaking opportunities in the formal negotiations, to engage with Parties and other participants for knowledge sharing, capacity building, networking and exploring actionable options for meeting the climate challenge. UN agencies, admitted observer organizations and those Parties that partner […]

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ANEEJ HAILS PCAR INAUGURATION, URGES PROFESSIONAL HANDLING OF RECOVERED ASSETS

Press Release 22nd November, 2017. Benin City, Nigeria…The Africa Network for  Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, has hailed the inauguration of the Presidential Committee on Asset Recovery, PCAR, saying that it yields to the call by Nigerians for a comprehensive audit of all seized assets. ANEEJ executive director, the Rev David Ugolor who made this call said that the PCAR […]

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RESOLVING ISSUES OF STOLEN ASSET RECOVERY

  This year when the inaugural global forum for asset recovery will take place in Washington DC, in December the attention of the world will focus on four countries – Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Ukraine and Tunisia. I am not really sure why the focus will be on those other three other countries but I have a pretty faint idea why […]

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AT THE FARM INN SOUTH AFRICA, ANEEJ & AFRICAN CSOs STRATEGIZE ON IFIs

Background Key to the objective of the ANEEJ-SERAP pre-GFAR Consultative Summit in Abuja, 26th October, 2017 is the need to  develop an enduring asset recovery framework for Nigeria with a harmonised message to the inaugural GFAR summit in Washington DC in December, 2017. To build on this, ANEEJ has attended a  Development and Investment in Africa: Strategy and Advocacy Workshop at […]

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ASSET RECOVERY AN IMPORTANT SHARED PRIORITY IN UK/NIGERIA TIES – ARKWRIGHT

Background BEING THE UK HIGH COMMISSIONER’S OPENING REMARKS PRE-GLOBAL FORUM ON ASSET RECOVERY, ABUJA, 26 OCTOBER 2017  I am extremely pleased to join national and international partners here today for this pre-GFAR consultative meeting, in the lead up to the main event in Washington in December.  Thank you for inviting me to make these brief opening remarks. As some of […]

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ANEEJ SPEAKS AT UNODC SPECIAL EVENT ON ILLICIT FINANCIAL FLOWS, IFF,…IN VIENNA

Background: Consequent upon request from Olga Amestitova, Rule-of-Law Expert for the EU and GIZ, ANEEJ executive director the Rev David Ugolor has submitted his bio preparatory to his speech at the UN CoSP 7 side event.  Official side events are a platform for admitted observer organizations, which have limited speaking opportunities in the formal negotiations, to engage with Parties and other […]

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ANEEJ @ 7TH SESSION OF THE UNCAC CoSP VIENNA – PHOTOS

Background Civil Society Briefing Session, Sunday 5 November -A Civil Society Briefing Session hosted by the UNCAC Coalition held for all CSOs  from 10.30-17.30 at the EURO PLAZA Conference Center. The briefing had sessions including a general briefing on the COSP7 and CSOs role, advocacy strategies and messaging, and a general opportunity to network with other CSOs ahead of the conference. There were […]

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