By Ahmad al-Furaij, KUNA
Kuala Lumpur : The second session of the conference of the courtiers and parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) in Bali, Indonesia, on Sunday probed several practical experiments on how to recover state public funds and properties, a Kuwaiti jurist said.
Dr. Moahmed al-Muqatea’, a Kuwaiti constitutional expert, made the remarks to the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) by phone.
He said that during the conference, which wrapped up on Friday, he had expounded on the Kuwaiti experiment on getting back money stolen through state investments in Spain.
Addressing the gathering, he also touched upon legal measures taken through criminal and civil lawsuits and how to chase and restore money to Kuwait, using the help of judiciary.
The Kuwaiti experiment was made ahead of the adoption of the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC), he said, hailing the convention as very important in the consolidation of countries’ abilities to chase stolen money transferred among other countries via banks and financial institutions.
But, he said the convention required some changes in order to shore up existing measures and to ensure maximum exploitation of international agreements on the restoration of stolen funds.
The conferees also considered the high costs of the legal assistance system, he said, noting that many countries could not afford them.
Attending the event as a World Bank expert, al-Muqatea’ hailed Kuwaiti’s participation in the conference, which involved a delegation of officials, parliamentarians and civil society organizations.