A/HRC/35/33 review process where States evaluate each other’s implementation of the Convention on an ongoing basis. Under the OECD process, each State is subject to continuous monitoring, whereas the United Nations Convention against Corruption process provides a staggered review where not every State party is assessed regularly. 76. Several networks exist for practitioners to share useful practices and support each other in operations fighting corruption and recovering assets. For instance, the Camden Assets Recovery Interagency Network, hosted by Europol, brings together law enforcement officers and judicial experts from 54 States and 9 international organizations to share expertise and provide a network whereby members can cooperate to recover assets from unlawful financial transactions including corruption. 64 The effectiveness of the Network model has led to similar networks being established in the Asia Pacific region, Southern Africa and West Africa.65 The Corruption Hunters Network is another useful group in the fight against corruption, which brings together police and prosecutors from nearly 20 States (and all regions of the world) to exchange experiences regularly and discuss how best to coordinate efforts. 66 The World Bank similarly brings together experts in the field, including non-State actors, every two years as part of its International Corruption Hunters Alliance. 77. A new initiative spearheaded by the United Kingdom, in partnership with Australia, Canada, Germany, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland and the United States, will create a permanent centre through which States will be able to cooperate in cases of grand corruption involving international dimensions. The International Anti-Corruption Coordination Centre will be based in London and will establish and implement an operating model based on international cooperation through intelligence collection and analysis, practical actions and case coordination. 67 78. International financial institutions can play an important role in terms of sharing information with national authorities. For instance, the World Bank Integrity Vice Presidency has helped generate successful domestic prosecutions through its referral system. The Integrity Vice Presidency conducts investigations of World Bank-financed projects to determine if any project-related corruption or fraud has occurred. If, in the course of its investigations, the Bank believes that national laws have been violated, it can provide information to national law enforcement to initiate criminal investigations and prosecutions. The Stolen Asset Recovery Initiative, run jointly with the UNODC, works with States to build capacities and, when requested, assists with specific asset recovery cases. 79. The above-mentioned Initiative has several online tools that can help States recover assets that have been unlawfully transferred overseas. For instance, it compiles asset recovery guides for key jurisdictions around the world. 68 It has also created an in-depth Asset Recovery Handbook that provides guidance on all stages of asset recovery. 69 The OECD Typology on Mutual Legal Assistance in Foreign Bribery Cases also provides detailed guidance on cooperation in foreign bribery cases. 70 In addition, the Group of 20 has 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 See http://carin-network.org/. See http://carin-network.org/other-information. See www.norad.no/en/front/thematic-areas/democracy-and-good-governance/corruption-hunters/. See INTERPOL, “Tackling corruption requires collective response, INTERPOL Chief tells international summit” (12 May 2016). Available from www.interpol.int/en/News-andmedia/News/2016/N2016-060/; see also www.gov.uk/government/news/pm-announces-new-plan-atanti-corruption-summit-to-recover-stolen-assets. See http://star.worldbank.org/star/ArabForum/asset-recovery-guides. See World Bank and UNODC, Asset Recovery Handbook A Guide for Practitioners (Washington, D.C., 2011). Available from https://star.worldbank.org/star/sites/star/files/asset_recovery_ handbook_0.pdf. See OECD, Typology on Mutual Legal Assistance in Foreign Bribery Cases (Paris, 2012). Available from http://www.oecd.org/daf/anti-bribery/TypologyMLA2012.pdf. 17

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