Abstract
A lot of countries have experienced corrupt governance and its consequences on public management. In numerous cases, heads of Government, presidents, dictators and other forms of political leaders have stolen large amounts of public money. Nowadays, the Governments of those countries are reclaiming the funds, known as "looted assets", from the host banks and countries, such as Switzerland. A recent case in which a "bank country" has decided to cooperate, enlightening the possibilities to recover looted assets, is the starting point of our study. The case: Abacha - Switzerland (Sani Abacha was the former president of Nigeria) gives a perfect example of bilateral cooperation for the restitution of stolen assets. In our paper, we will analyze the possibilities of a cooperation mechanism between countries and the role that the World Bank can play in fighting against global corruption.
