{"product_id":"unexplained-wealth-orders-and-the-zine-clancy-9780198907282","title":"Unexplained Wealth Orders and the Uk's Anti-Corruption Regime","description":"The Russian invasion of Ukraine reignited discussions on London's property and financial markets as prime destinations for the spoils of kleptocracy and other forms of corrupt wealth. \u003cem\u003eUnexplained Wealth Orders and the United Kingdom's Anti-Corruption Regime \u003c\/em\u003euses the introduction and operation of the Unexplained Wealth Order (UWO) mechanism--which targets foreign senior public officials, their families and their close associates (collectively referred to as 'politically exposed persons' or 'PEPs')--as a prism through which to contextualize and critique the United Kingdom's under-scrutinized anti-corruption regime insofar as it relates to the proceeds of overseas official corruption. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGrand corruption involves political elites or their close associates using their power and connections to misappropriate state assets. In theory, the UWO holds enormous potential as an anti-corruption device because it allows law enforcement authorities to seize the UK-based proceeds of overseas corruption and to return those assets to the citizens of the states in which the assets originated. In practice, it has not lived up to its promise. Employing doctrinal, socio-legal and theoretical methods, this book subjects the United Kingdom's legal and policy responses to overseas grand corruption including the PEP-specific UWO to scrutiny, evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of those responses, highlights further options available to recover the proceeds of corruption, and considers options for future reform. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is an open access title available under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). It is free to read on the Oxford Academic platform and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Áine Clancy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0198907281\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198907282\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/18\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.33h x 6.48w x 0.90d","brand":"Áine Clancy","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48437530951935,"sku":"9780198907282","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2ff32797-3260-430b-b147-4d39a7d73066.jpg?v=1777162447","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/unexplained-wealth-orders-and-the-zine-clancy-9780198907282","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}