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Investigation & Intelligence Track

Typical offshore structures and transactions are complicated and sophisticated. It can be difficult to discern what is going on. The use of nominees and a culture of privacy don't help. There is also a dearth of databases about individuals and businesses.

 

All of this makes a fact-finder's task problematical. Even when you obtain information, you still might not understand what is going on. Our sessions will unravel mysteries and our social functions will introduce you to new, high-level sources.

 

 

Sessions Include:

Understanding Why Corporations Use Offshore Financial Centers

This session will explain why and how major corporations in the UK, the USA and other major countries use OFCs in different commercial structures in the areas of banking, funds, securitization, insurance and trusts, including an analysis of the tax, legal and regulatory advantages.

  • Ben Arrindell, Member, United Nations Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters (Barbados)
  • Bob Hudson, Baker & McKenzie (Miami)

'Stings', 'Black Forest Runs', Pre-texting, Surveillance, & the Market for Private Data: Helpful or Harmful?

What are the legal and ethical limits on the conduct of a private investigation? The dynamic tension between (a) an effective and appropriately aggressive investigation to find concealed assets and (b) these restraints will be examined. This is where the ‘right to privacy’ collides with the ‘need to know’.

  • James R. McGunn, Martin Kenney & Co. (BVI)
  • Edward H. Davis, Jr., Astigarraga Davis (Miami)
  • Ross Gaffney, Gaffney, Gallagher & Philip (Fort Lauderdale)

Emerging Markets: Russia, China and India

How to conduct investigations and gather intelligence in three of the world's fastest-growing economies. Includes looking at what records are publicly-available and how they can be accessed, e.g. courts, criminal history, corporations, officers & directors, shareholders, regulatory, and property ownership.

 

  • Vladimir Solomanidin, Vlasta-Consulting (Russia)
  • Shivindra Singh, Lancers (India)
  • DC Page, Andrews International (China)

Investigaciones e Inteligencia: Latin America

How to conduct investigations and gather intelligence in Latin America and understand what it means. Includes looking at what records are publicly-available and how they can be accessed, e.g. courts, criminal history, corporations, officers & directors, shareholders, regulatory, and property ownership, and an analysis of methods that are used to conceal the beneficial ownership of companies and mask the true nature of their business activity.

  • Mario Loaiza, Mario Loaiza & Associates (Fort Lauderdale)
  • DC Page, Andrews International (Miami)

How to Gather Financial Intelligence and Evidence from OFCs

How to conduct investigations and gather intelligence in Offshore Financial Centers and understand what it means. Includes looking at what records are publicly-available and how they can be accessed, e.g. courts, criminal history, corporations, officers & directors, shareholders, regulatory, and property ownership, and an analysis of methods that are used to conceal the beneficial ownership of companies and mask the true nature of their business activity.

  • Martin Livingston, Maples and Calder (Cayman Islands)
  • Burke Files, Financial Examinations & Evaluations (Arizona)
  • Brian Simms, Lennox Paton (Bahamas)
  • Ross Gaffney, Gaffney, Gallagher & Philip (Fort Lauderdale)
  • Rodney Gallagher, Gaffney, Gallagher & Philip (Barbados)
  • Fred Abrams, The Law Office of Fred L. Abrams (New York)

THE DUE DILIGENCE MESS: A Radical Approach to Due Diligence

 

Part One

Indictments for Ponzi schemes and investor fraud have been increasing every day. While pundits, congress and financial experts pinpoint problems with regulatory agencies such as the SEC, the real problem centers on poor Due Diligence in the private sector.

In this two-hour action lab, participants will be taught to improve their Due Diligence investigations with the use of criminal forensics.

 

Part One will cover the following items:

 

  • The Problem with Databases: How to overcome their inadequacies
  • Treating Due Diligence as a Criminal Investigation

 

Part Two

Part Two will cover the following item:

 

  • Understanding Data In Context: How to assess data psychologically for improved accuracy.
  • Dale Yeager, SERAPH (Pennsylvania)