Corruption causes enormous harm. It damages trust in public institutions and governance, causes significant losses to the public purse, and distorts public spending priorities. Yet the detailed harm caused by specific corrupt acts is rarely elaborated in court trials or put to juries in corruption cases. Those who are harmed most by the corruption – often the poorest in affected countries – rarely receive any compensation or direct benefit from successful enforcement actions.
We advocate for proper representation of harm caused by corruption in criminal trials and Deferred Prosecution Agreements, and compensation to be given to victims of bribery, corruption and economic crimes, particularly to communities that have suffered harm from these crimes.
Today’s announcement that the UK’s National Crime Agency has recovered $23.5 million of funds stolen from Nigeria by family and associates of former head of state, Sani Abacha, is very...
Spotlight on Corruption welcomes the UK’s new “Framework for transparent and accountable asset return” as a positive step in the fight against corruption. For this Framework to be effective, the...
An overview of all the UK litigation related to James Ibori, with relevant court documents. This is an example of just one of the many case overviews (with documents) we...
Spotlight on Corruption welcomes news that the UK government will be returning £4.2 million of Nigerian funds looted by former governor, James Ibori and those connected with him. However, our...
What’s the issue? Corruption causes enormous harm. It damages trust in public institutions and governance, causes significant losses to the public purse, and distorts public spending priorities. Yet the detailed...
