This policy report presents the findings of interdisciplinary academic research that explores the contested role of lawyers in relation to kleptocracy, state capture and grand corruption. Focusing on the role...
In 2018, Zamira Hajiyeva became the first person in the UK to be subject to an Unexplained Wealth Order (“UWO”), a tool which was heralded as a turning point in law enforcement’s ability to investigate and seize assets suspected to be linked to illicit wealth.
The government’s new AMLAR Strategy makes welcome commitments to tackling dirty money, but real impact will require sustained investment. A greater share of recovered assets should be reinvested through an Economic Crime Fighting Fund to build long-term enforcement capacity. Here we examine what’s driving increased asset recovery and what’s needed to scale up these efforts.
