The international community was seen by many in this part of the world as not doing enough, or even being complicit in the crime, as illicit money being transferred to save heavenshavens in Switzerland, the Caribbean, and offshore accounts, are hard to be tracedtrace and retrievedretrieve. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OECD(OECD) reported in 2014 that, “progress“Progress on recovering and repatriating stolen assets to developing countries has been modest” (OECD, 2014). Such assets acquired through corruption and other financial crimes deprive developing countries of prosperity and development. Furthermore, middle easternMiddle Eastern sovereign funds are depleted because of lawsuits and because of corrupt officials who have found a place where they feel safe by exploiting local laws, even though some of them arehave been found guilty in their homeland, but–in. In many cases-cases, such officials and the illicit assets cannot be retrieved because there are no ‘legal treaties’ to hand over suspects. The issue is complicated, however, it can be mitigated through international cooperation can be mitigated.