Asset Recovery Liechtenstein 2015

Asset Recovery Liechtenstein 2015 deals with numerous aspects of Liechtenstein civil and criminal law and asset recovery with procedural measures. The publication provides a detailed overview of possible options in cases of civil and criminal asset recovery. 

Substantive civil law offers extensive possibilities to reclaim and recover lost or seized assets, e.g., through 

• Claims for damages
• Claims in tort
• Enrichment claims 
• Surrender of property and subsequent enforcement. 

It also provides some effective measures to secure existing claims, as well as injunctions to secure assets and further losses through interim injunctions and other provisional measures. 

Criminal law and criminal procedure law contain several provisions on the freezing and seizure of assets in connection with a criminal offence. Furthermore, measures for the forfeiture and confiscation of the proceeds of crime through forfeiture and skimming procedures of the state (also for the benefit of a victim and affected person) are included.

In addition, as a member of the European Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters and other multilateral conventions, Liechtenstein provides legal assistance to foreign states in criminal cases concerning the recovery of assets.

(Niedermüller, Matthias: in: Asset Recovery 2015; “Getting the Deal Through”, Law Business Research Ltd., 2015)