According to Minister of Justice, Prison Affairs and Constitutional Reform, President's Counsel, Dr. Wijayadasa Rajapaksa, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime has agreed to provide the necessary support to recover the money of people who have fraudulently earned assets and deposited them in foreign countries.
The United Nations Office on Narcotics and Crime is working on behalf of the World Bank to recover the money of people who earned money in such a way and deposited it in foreign countries, and with the new anti-corruption law coming into force on the 15th of this month, the ability to deal with such people is new. The Minister of Justice said that the Bribery or Corruption Investigation Commission will be empowered.
In order to recover stolen assets, the World Bank and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime will work together to recover the money of people who have fraudulently earned assets and deposited them in foreign countries according to the STAR method.
This was revealed in a special discussion between the Minister of Justice, Prison Affairs and Constitutional Reform, Dr. Wijayadasa Rajapaksa and the South Asian Regional Representative of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Marco Teixeira.