Criminal Asset Recovery - Why So Small?

The recovery of the proceeds of crime has been a key commitment from many governments worldwide. There are many compelling reasons to trace criminal assets, recover them and invest the proceeds in communities affected by the original crime or other worthy schemes. This removes the incentive to commit crime, disrupts the criminal business cycle and removes negative role models from our communities. The level of assets being recovered are, however, tiny, estimated by the UN at less that 1% and ...