Corruption is not just a factor in many of the globe’s current dire refugee and security crises. Corrupt regimes are responsible for some of the worst human rights atrocities, including the forcible displacement of their citizens.
Corruption and the Private Sector: A Concise Action Plan
Peter German Canadian Task Force Against Global Construction Download the Action Plan: The pace of life, and crime, have accelerated exponentially in recent years. As technology races ahead, enabling globalization of both trade and transportation, so does the threat environment and the need to mitigate those threats to the greatest extent possible. The intent of this […]
Making Transgresors Pay: Repurposing Sanctioned Assets of Offending Governments
On 2 May 2024, the World Refugee & Migration Council organized a major conference with Chatham House and its Russia-Eurasia and Global Economy and Finance Programmes in London to evaluate and discuss options for repurposing frozen or seized assets to compensate victims of aggression and corruption. Watch the Conference Video *use the icon in the […]
Canadian Ukrainian Social Impact Reconstruction Trust Fund
Alison Lawton & Lauren Casey Discussion paper produced as part of the World Refugee & Migration Council’s Canadian Task Force Against Global Corruption. Abstract According to international law, Russia must provide full reparations and compensation to Ukraine for the harm inflicted during an undeclared war. In response, Canada has enacted legislation allowing for the seizure […]
World Refugee & Migration Council Welcomes Government of Canada’s Efforts to Seize Assets of Sanctioned Oligarch to Assist Ukraine
The World Refugee & Migration Council welcomes and applauds the Government of Canada’s decision to launch proceedings to seize and pursue the forfeiture of US $26 million from Granite Capital Holdings Ltd., a company owned by Roman Abramovich — a Russian oligarch.