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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463560703321

Autore

Oduor Jacinta Anyango

Titolo

Left out of the bargain : settlements in foreign bribery cases and implications for asset recovery / / Jacinta Anyango Oduor [and seven others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC : , : The World Bank, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

1-4648-0087-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (181 p.)

Collana

Stolen asset recovery (StAR) series

Altri autori (Persone)

OduorJacinta

Disciplina

345/.02323

Soggetti

Forfeiture

Compromise (Law)

Reparation (Criminal justice)

Corporations - Corrupt practices

Bribery

Damages

Political corruption - Prevention

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Settlements in foreign bribery cases -- Common threads and general observations about settlements -- The impact of settlements on pending and future cases in other jurisdictions -- Implications of settlements on asset recovery -- Conclusions -- Case summaries.

Sommario/riassunto

Over the past decade, countries have increasingly used settlements-that is, any procedure short of a full trial-to conclude foreign bribery cases and have imposed billions in monetary sanctions. There exists a gap in knowledge, however, regarding settlement practices around the world and the disposition of these monetary sanctions-notably through the lens of recovery of stolen assets. Left out of the Bargain, a study by the Stolen Asset Recovery Initiative (StAR), provides an overview of settlement practices by civil and common law countries that have been active in the fight against foreign b