Cover -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Methodology -- How the Handbook Can Be Used -- 1. Overview of the Asset Recovery Process and Avenues for Recovering Assets -- 1.1 General Process for Asset Recovery -- 1.2 Legal Avenues for Achieving Asset Recovery -- 1.3 Use of Asset Recovery Avenues in Practice: Three Case Examples -- 2. Strategic Considerations for Developing and Managing a Case -- 2.1 Gathering Facts: Initial Sources of Information -- 2.2 Assembling a Team or Unit, Task Forces, and Joint Investigations with Foreign Authorities -- 2.3 Establishing Contact with Foreign Counterparts and Assessing Ability to Obtain International Cooperation -- 2.4 Securing Support and Adequate Resources -- 2.5 Assessing Legislation and Considering Legal Reforms -- 2.6 Addressing Legal Issues and Obstacles -- 2.7 Identifying All Liable Parties -- 2.8 Specific Considerations in Criminal Cases -- 2.9 Implementing a Case Management System -- 3. Securing Evidence and Tracing Assets -- 3.1 Introducing a Plan and Important Considerations -- 3.2 Creating a Subject Profile -- 3.3 Obtaining Financial Data and Other Evidence -- 3.4 Identifying Relevant Data: Examples from Commonly Sourced Documents -- 3.5 Organizing Data: Creating a Financial Profile -- 3.6 Analyzing Data: Comparing the Flows with the Financial Profile -- 3.7 Garnering International Cooperation -- 4. Securing the Assets -- 4.1 Terminology: Seizure and Restraint -- 4.2 Provisional Order Requirements -- 4.3 Pre-restraint or Pre-seizure Planning -- 4.4 Timing of Provisional Measures -- 4.5 Exceptions to Restraint Orders for Payment of Expenses -- 4.6 Ancillary Orders -- 4.7 Third-Party Interests -- 4.8 Alternatives to Provisional Measures -- 5. Managing Assets Subject to Confiscation.

5.1 Key Players in Asset Management -- 5.2 Powers of the Asset Manager -- 5.3 Recording Inventory and Reporting -- 5.4 Common Types of Assets and Associated Problems -- 5.5 Ongoing Management Issues -- 5.6 Consultations -- 5.7 Liquidation (Sale) of Assets -- 5.8 Fees Payable to Asset Managers -- 5.9 Funding Asset Management -- 6. Mechanisms for Confiscation -- 6.1 Confiscation Systems -- 6.2 How Confiscation Works -- 6.3 Confiscation Enhancements -- 6.4 Third-Party Interests -- 6.5 Confiscation of Assets Located in Foreign Jurisdictions -- 6.6 Recovery through Confiscation for the Victims of Crime -- 6.7 Disposal of Confiscated Assets -- 7. International Cooperation in Asset Recovery -- 7.1 Key Principles -- 7.2 Comparative Overview of Informal Assistance and MLA Requests -- 7.3 Informal Assistance -- 7.4 MLA Requests -- 7.5 Cooperation in Cases of Confiscation without a Conviction -- 7.6 Cooperation in Civil Recovery (Private Law) Cases -- 7.7 Asset Return -- 8. Civil Proceedings -- 8.1 Potential Claims and Remedies -- 8.2 Bringing a Civil Action to Recover Assets -- 8.3 Final Dispositions -- 8.4 Formal Insolvency Processes -- 9. Domestic Confiscation Proceedings Undertaken in Foreign Jurisdictions -- 9.1 Jurisdiction -- 9.2 Procedure for Beginning an Action -- 9.3 Role of the Jurisdiction Harmed by Corruption Offenses in Foreign Investigation and Prosecution -- 9.4 Ensuring Recovery of Assets from the Foreign Jurisdiction -- Appendix A. Offenses to Consider in Criminal Prosecution -- Appendix B. Explanation of Selected Corporate Vehicles and Business Terms -- Appendix C. Sample Financial Intelligence Unit Report -- Appendix D. Planning the Execution of a Search and Seizure Warrant -- Appendix E. Sample Document Production Order for Financial Institutions -- Appendix F. Serial and Cover Payment Methods in Electronic Funds Transfers.

Appendix G. Sample Financial Profile Form -- Appendix H. Possible Discussion Points with Contacts-Informal Assistance Stage -- Appendix I. Mutual Legal Assistance Template and Drafting Tips -- Appendix J. Web Site Resources -- Glossary -- Index.