How to Return Stolen Assets Responsibly

Click to expand Image People looking at luxury cars owned by Teodoro Obiang, son of Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, before an auction of sales house Bonhams at the Bonmont Abbey Golf & Country Club near Geneva, Switzerland, September 29, 2019. © 2019 Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP Corruption bleeds billions of dollars from governments every year, money that can end up paying for lavish lifestyles or stashed away in bank accounts. The public from whom these funds are stolen often pays a heavy price for the corruption, such as lower investment in…

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