Senior officials of the World Bank and the StAR institution, which operates under the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, have expressed agreement to provide the necessary technical and expert assistance for the process of re‑assigning assets existing in foreign countries that are considered to have been earned through crime.
A special discussion on this matter was held last afternoon (02) at the Ministry of Justice and National Integration, under the patronage of Minister of Justice Harshana Nanayakkara.
The World Bank and the StAR institution under the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime have expressed agreement to provide the necessary support to the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption, the Ministry of Justice and National Integration, the Police Division for the Recovery of Proceeds of Crime, the Attorney General’s Department, the Police Department, and the Financial Intelligence Unit, for the process of re‑assigning assets produced by crime.
Senior Economic Specialist of the StAR Initiative, Laura Pop, Secretary of the Ministry of Justice and National Integration, President’s Counsel Ayesha Jinasena, Director General of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption, High Court Judge Ranga Dissanayake, World Bank Specialist on Governance in Sri Lanka Till Hartmann, StAR Initiative Advisor Dmytro Kotlyar, StAR Initiative Specialist Karen Greenaway, and senior officials of the Ministry of Justice participated in this discussion. (Newswire)