Challenges And Mechanisms For Recovering Corruption Proceeds According To Provisions Of International And Jordanian Legislation

Abstract

The research was devoted to revealing the adequacy of Jordanian legislation to recover the proceeds of corruption. The research revealed the fact that some of the official institutions involved are discreet in disclosing a large portion of information related to the amount of stolen funds that the government was unable to recover. In addition to restricting media and popular censorship, the failure to implement some anti-corruption legislation, and the inadequacy of some of them, such as the legal rules related to financial disclosure. The research recommends that the Jordanian legislator explicitly include journalists and ordinary people who secretly or publicly filmed or recorded an incident that may constitute a corruption crime with immunity from criminal prosecution, and transfer the burden of proving the veracity of their claim to the Public Prosecution in case they are accused of committing the crime of defamation or character assassination, considering any increase in the assets of the public employee or whoever holds this capacity and his branches, whether adults or minors, and not declaring it, is a definitive legal presumption to conceal crimes of corruption or illegal profit from public office, considering failure to report suspected corruption crimes or procr[1]astination in providing assistance to the relevant authorities as conclusive legal evidence of criminal involvement, failure to set a ceiling for the period during which the bodies responsible for combating corruption must issue their decision, not to exclude or immunize any natural or legal person from criminal liability and not to open the door of financial settlements with the corrupt, Finally, address to the competent national or international judiciary in case of procrastination or refusal to provide International cooperation.