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World Bank, UN StAR Initiative to support Sri Lanka in recovering crime-linked foreign assets

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…

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