The 8th Annual
OffshoreAlert Financial Due Diligence Conference
May 2-4, 2010 - The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach - Miami Beach, FL
In association with Grant Thornton
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
If you want a 'real' event that is organized by someone with substance who has put his neck on the block repeatedly to expose serious financial crime, The OffshoreAlert Conference will fit you as tightly as a US prison cell fits offshore fraudster Allen Stanford's bulging 6 ft. 4 in. frame.
Reality, for us anyway, is that the compliance industry is a joke, banks knowingly assist criminals, many liquidators are more interested in racking up fees than paying dividends to creditors, investors don't appreciate due diligence, and the so-called 'good guys' are often not much better than the 'bad guys'.
Come join us at The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach on May 2-4, 2010 and we will show you the light.
:: David Marchant
:: Publisher
:: OffshoreAlert
50 Speakers. 30 Countries. More than 300 Professionals.
OffshoreAlert has a flawless track record of exposing fraud since our launch in 1997 – before fraud became newsworthy. Who better to assist you in detecting financial crime and recovering hidden assets? We don't pay lip service to the topic and we're not jumping on any bandwagon: We've been doing it successfully for 13 years.
Meet with your peers to tackle key issues facing Offshore Financial Centers, whilst tapping into the experience of some of the foremost experts in the fields of offshore finance, asset recovery and compliance.
As noted attorney Jack Blum described our event in The Wall Street Journal:
"It's like that famous bar in 'Star Wars' where they all come together – the good guys, the bad guys, the seriously guilty – and they all exchange information on neutral territory."
Talk to speakers one-on-one, meet others who share the same concerns and objectives and develop stronger relationships with onshore and offshore regulators, law enforcement and vendors.
24 Concurrent Sessions and 4 General Sessions. Keep up-to-date with the latest offshore products and services and learn more about the risks involved, how to stay on the right side of the law and how to locate, freeze and seize concealed assets.
3 Educational Tracks. Offshore Finance is a broad and complicated topic. To ensure you receive useful information that you can apply to your own situation, we’ve grouped content into 3 parallel educational tracks: Fraud & Asset Recovery, Money Laundering & Compliance, and Investigation & Intelligence. Stay in one track or move between all three – make sure you get the answers, insights and discussion you need.
Hundreds of Connections. With a Speed Networking event, two cocktail receptions and several refreshment breaks, you will have opportunities to mingle with many significant and influential experts in the complex world of offshore finance.
NEW FOR 2010
- Current Trends in The World's Major OFCs
- Understanding Why Corporations Use OFCs
- Fraud-Victim Class Actions
- Emerging Areas for Whistleblowers (with the attorney for LGT Bank whistleblower Heinrich Kieber)
- America's Home-Bred OFCs – Delaware, Nevada & Wyoming: Their role in eastern European tax evasion
- WikiLeaks.org: Reinventing Intelligence-Gathering
And there's so much more. You will learn everything you need to know about …
- How to prevent and detect Serious Financial Crime.
- How to Locate, Freeze and Seize the proceeds of fraud and other crimes.
- How to Investigate and Gather Intelligence in offshore centers.
- How to better understand Complex Financial Structures, Investments & Tax Issues.
- How to Comply with existing – and sometimes conflicting – laws in multiple countries.
Whether you are pro- or anti-offshore, experienced or inexperienced in offshore finance, you will find opportunities to enhance your knowledge, expand your capabilities, make valuable contacts and learn new skills.
Regardless of your experience, you will benefit from our event.
$1495 (3 or more $1270.75)
OffshoreAlert Subscriber
$1495 (3 or more $1270.75)
Government Employee
$1695 (3 or more $1440.75)
Non-OffshoreAlert Subscriber, Non-Government Employee
Team Discounts
Register 3 or more and receive a 15% discount!
Who Should Attend
Senior management and owner/partners in:
- Law
- Government
- Law Enforcement
- Banking & Financial Services
- Fraud & Asset Recovery
- Compliance
- Private Investigations
- Accounting
Five reasons why you MUST attend — and reserve your place without delay
CUTTING-EDGE
The Conference program has been developed through many months of research and collaboration with senior level professionals in the fields of Offshore Finance, Fraud & Asset Recovery, Investigation & Intelligence, and Money Laundering & Compliance to devise an agenda covering the latest issues in and around detecting and preventing serious financial crime, recovering the proceeds of fraud, and major developments in OFCs.
KNOWLEDGE
We have brought together many of the leading figures in the field of Offshore Finance to offer their essential insights and experience on today’s hottest issues. You will have time to listen to and speak with them so that you can get the best opportunity to learn and benchmark.
FOCUSED & ENTIRELY RELEVANT
You have a choice of individual breakout sessions so that you can focus on the topics most relevant to your needs and concerns. Stay in one track or move between all three – make sure you get the answers, insights and discussion you need.
INDEPENDENT
The OffshoreAlert Conference is known for being neither pro- nor anti-offshore and brings the right mix of enforcers, practitioners and academics - often on opposing sides - together to ponder critical issues in today’s offshore landscape.
NETWORKING
With more than 10 hours of networking time built into the conference, you will be able to talk to speakers one-on-one, meet peers who share the same concerns and objectives and develop stronger relationships with onshore and offshore regulators, law enforcement and vendors.
Featured Speakers
OffshoreAlert is proud to bring together some of the brightest minds in onshore and offshore finance, compliance, law enforcement and government at its 8th Annual Conference on Financial Due Diligence.
Michael Foot
Michael recently completed a comprehensive review of British Offshore Financial Centers for the United Kingdom Government. Hear what his study uncovered in the key areas of financial crime, financial regulation and tax avoidance in Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Turks and Caicos Islands, Guernsey, Isle of Man and Jersey.
Charles Rawl
A financial adviser, Charles is best-known for blowing the whistle on former offshore banker and fraudster Allen Stanford. Rawl worked for Stanford from May, 2005 to December, 2007 and, with his former Stanford colleague Mark Tidwell, complained about illegal practices to the US authorities, who eventually shut down the Stanford group in February, 2009. Charles will speak about his experiences while working for Stanford.
Rudolf Elmer
After 16 years with Julius Baer, Rudolf became a whistleblower and is co-operating with tax authorities regarding alleged global tax evasion by the bank’s clients. Rudolf will discuss the inner workings of an offshore private bank and explain why he decided to switch sides.
Andrew Jennings
With the world's biggest sporting event – the soccer World Cup – due to take place soon in South Africa, acclaimed investigative journalist Andrew will present evidence of crude bribery and corruption among the highest-ranking executives of FIFA, which is the game's global governing body, and CONCACAF, which controls the game in North America, Central America and the Caribbean. Find out why FIFA’s President and Vice-President consider him Public Enemy Number One.
Martin S. Kenney
Martin is, perhaps, the world's best-known asset recovery attorney. His reputation is such that the mere hiring of him by victims is sometimes enough to make crooks come to the negotiating table, rather than endure the inevitability of lengthy and costly litigation and the prospect of having their concealed assets located, frozen and seized.
