The fourth cycle of webinars has been organized by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the ARIN-WCA Network  

The ongoing series of webinars, organized by the Regional Office of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in cooperation with the Secretariat of the Asset Recovery Interagency Network for Western and Central Asia (ARIN-WCA), continued with a new session on the topic: “Time limits, confiscation, and seizure of assets in the process of asset recovery”.

The webinar was attended by representatives of the ARIN-WCA Network Secretariat (the Academy), the General Prosecutor’s Office, the Ministry of Justice, the National Agency for Advanced Projects, as well as the Customs and Tax Committees.

Experts at the event included Sudhir Gidwani, Head of the Asset Recovery Division of the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) of Hong Kong, and Calvin Yu Ho Min, a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Participants were introduced to the legal challenges arising during the temporary restriction and confiscation of assets, measures to protect the legitimate rights and interests of third parties when procedural measures are applied, as well as practical experience in the field of asset confiscation.