The eruption of large-scale corruption and money laundering cases during 2016 has shown that we are still far from rooting out corruption. Very significant sums of money continue to be stolen each year from countries that struggle from lack of resources to sustain a meaningful development path. At the same time, the fact that these cases have been detected and are pro-actively investigated shows that there is continuous and indeed growing energy in this field. That being said, in most countries the investigation and legal techniques required to not only jail the criminals but to also recover their assets are still little understood. And with the criminals becoming more sophisticated every day, even experienced law enforcement agencies need to learn and adapt. ICAR’s support therefore remains as critical as ever

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