Mutual Legal Assistance, Extradition and Recovery of Proceeds of Corruption in Asia and the Pacific
Subtitle: Frameworks and Practices in 27 Asian and Pacific Jurisdictions – Final Report
By: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and Asian Development Bank
Contributors: Asian Development Bank
Series: ADB/OECD Anti-Corruption Initiative for Asia and the Pacific
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 321
ISBN-13: 9789264100411
Subjects: Governance
Description: The purpose of this report is to provide an overview of the legal and institutional framework for extradition and mutual legal assistance in corruption cases in 27 of the 28 jurisdictions which have endorsed the Anti-Corruption Action Plan for Asia-Pacific of the ADB/OECD Anti-Corruption Initiative for Asia-Pacific: Australia; Bangladesh; Cambodia; P.R. China; the Cook Islands; the Fiji Islands; Hong Kong, China; India; Indonesia; Japan; Kazakhstan; Korea; the Kyrgyz Republic; Macao, China; Malaysia; Mongolia; Nepal; Pakistan; Palau; Papua New Guinea; Philippines; Samoa; Singapore; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Vanuatu; and Vietnam. This report does not cover Bhutan which became the 28th member of the Initiative in September 2007 after the thematic review began.