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Early Bird tickets are now on sale for OffshoreAlert's in-person conference in London, England, on October 17-18.

Jules Kroll, the founder of the modern corporate investigations industry, discusses the evolution of the industry over the course of his 50-year career with his son and business partner, Jeremy Kroll. In the conversation, Jules explores how he evolved his investigation and asset tracing techniques and strategies throughout his career to follow the money all the way back to its rightful owner. He dives into the importance of adapting these techniques and strategies to meet today’s challenges, including sanctions against Russia, the anonymity of cryptocurrency, and the increasing complexity of financial crimes. Recorded on April 26, 2022, at OffshoreAlert Miami 2022. 

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has led to a surge in financial sanctions against Russian Oligarchs, banks, and other entities. The hunt is now on to identify beneficiaries, trace and freeze assets, including private jets and superyachts. Learn databases and tools that will help you know who you're dealing with and locate assets that they don't want you to know about. Presented by Ellen Hewitt, Senior Director, FTI Consulting; Nigel Nicholson, CEO, GreyList Trace; Roman Anin, Investigative Reporter, IStories; and Will Fitzgibbon, Investigative Reporter, ICIJ.

This video looks at a zero-click smartphone spyware tool known as 'Pegasus'. Speakers Mark Seibel of the Washinton Post and Stephanie Kirchgaessner of The Guardian discuss how Pegasus worked and provide specific examples of what it was used for.

Opening Remarks for OffshoreAlert Miami, our signature in-person conference on intelligence, investigations, and recovery that took place on April 24-26, 2022.

The world’s leading intelligence-gatherers, investigators, and asset recovery attorneys will gather this month to learn, network, and do business at OffshoreAlert’s conference-by-the-ocean in sunny Miami Beach. There will be 17 sessions on topics such as Russia, crypto, offshore, litigation funding, and an array of other subjects, while speakers include industry giants such as Jules Kroll, who pioneered the modern corporate investigations industry.

A prominent Russian investigative journalist whose Moscow home was raided last year by the country's Federal Security Service will speak at next month's OffshoreAlert Miami conference.

'Zero-click' spyware that was used to hack mobile phones to spy on more than 50,000 people, including lawyers, businesspeople, politicians, and journalists, will be analyzed at next month's OffshoreAlert Miami conference.

Jules Kroll, who pioneered the modern corporate investigations industry, will be the keynote speaker at next month's OffshoreAlert Conference in Miami. The 18th OffshoreAlert Miami conference will take place at the luxury, oceanside Ritz-Carlton, South Beach hotel in Miami Beach, Florida on April 24-26, 2022.

Due to unprecedented demand, the host hotel for next month's OffshoreAlert Conference in Miami Beach is almost full for the nights of our event so, if you plan to attend but haven't yet booked, you need to act now.

This week marks the 25th anniversary of OffshoreAlert being launched on February 24th, 1997. Since then, OffshoreAlert or its publisher have been sued for defamation in Canada, Cayman Islands, England, Grenada, Panama, and United States, two of them criminal, and received several death threats.

The recent "compromise" agreement between the USA's SEC and the liquidators of a Cayman Islands fraudulent mutual fund will be analyzed at this year's OffshoreAlert Miami conference that will take place at the luxury, oceanside Ritz-Carlton, South Beach hotel in Miami Beach, Florida on April 24-26, 2022.

The world's leading experts in crypto investigations, recovery, litigation, and regulation will present sessions at OffshoreAlert's in-person conference in Miami in April. Speakers include those from Chainalysis, TRM Labs, Ava Labs, and members of the Crypto Fraud and Asset Recovery network.

OffshoreAlert today announced the agenda for our in-person conference on intelligence, investigations, and recovery in Miami Beach on April 24-26. The burgeoning crypto industry dominates this year's agenda, with nine of the event's 16 sessions devoted to it.

The following statement was released today by OffshoreAlert, through its editor, David Marchant, founder and owner of OffshoreAlert, located in Miami, FL, in response to questions about our future in-person conferences...

'Crypto Day' at next week's FREE OffshoreAlert vGlobal virtual conference will focus on investigating and recovering virtual assets. The action being created for investigators and recovery attorneys by this industry is extraordinary. This day is for them and anyone who needs their help.

'Recovery Day' at next week's FREE OffshoreAlert vGlobal virtual conference will focus on introducing fraud victims to professionals who can help them and educating those professionals about latest developments in the industry.

'Investigations Day' will be the busiest day at next week's FREE OffshoreAlert vGlobal virtual conference on intelligence, investigations, and recovery in high-value international finance.

Next week's FREE OffshoreAlert vGlobal virtual conference on intelligence, investigations, and recovery will kick-off with our 'Offshore Day' on Monday, December 6th.

The latest tools, databases, and techniques to help you investigate and understand high-value international finance will be on display at next month's week-long OffshoreAlert vGlobal virtual conference.

OffshoreAlert's second annual virtual conference on intelligence, investigations, and recovery for participants in high-value international finance will take place on December 6-10. vGlobal 2021 will be five days of live and on-demand sessions, Q&A, themed days, video and chat networking, product demos, and interactive booths so clients, investigators, investors, and providers all over the world can learn, meet, and conduct business.

The ICIJ will discuss its ‘Pandora Papers’ investigation into financial secrecy during a free OffshoreAlert webinar this Friday. Based on “11.9 million leaked records”, the ICIJ describes the investigation as “the largest in journalism history” and says it “exposes a shadow financial system that benefits the world’s most rich and powerful”.

This weekend, we launched a new website and logo as part of a refresh of our visual identity. In addition to the revamp, we've improved usability and the overall experience for visitors.

During the 2008 credit crisis, offshore funds found themselves in distress over a combination of unrealistic NAV valuations, investments into failed asset classes (such as asset-backed securities) and a lack […]

A practical guide for foreign insolvency practitioners to cooperate successfully with the Securities and Exchange Commission so that time and money is not wasted to the detriment of fraud victims […]

In this session, Deutsche Bank (UAE) whistleblower Anna Waterhouse will discuss: Blowing the whistle – steps taken by two Dubai-based whistleblowers (acting independently of one another) to report or highlight […]

With an unprecedented wave of international insolvencies expected as a result of the global financial crisis, this session will be a how-to guide to liquidating and recovering assets across borders […]

Investigators and information-gatherers who specialize in eastern Europe will pass on tips and discuss their experiences to help you with your research. Get Session Content Speakers Andrew Wordsworth, Partner at […]

One of the USA’s leading whistleblower attorneys, whose clients include $104 million-reward recipient Bradley Birkenfeld, will discuss developments affecting transnational whistleblowers. Speaker Steve Kohn, Partner at Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto […]

A playbook of how to enforce and monetize international arbitration awards. Speakers Erika Levin, Partner at Lewis Baach Kaufmann Middlemiss Sebastian Said, Partner at Appleby Wieger Wielinga, Omni Bridgeway – […]

A look at how bad actors exploit western legal systems to suppress legitimate investigative and due diligence work, causing the de-indexing or removal of articles and documents – even publicly-available […]

A look at jurisdictions – like Nevis and the Cook Islands – that have refused to buckle under international pressure and continue to offer products, services, and laws that appeal […]

Anti-Money Laundering training becomes critical in a pandemic era, as criminal activity increases during times of economic uncertainty. Without the ability to engage staff in face-to-face, instructor-led training, other training […]

A practical guide to locating and seizing assets to satisfy your judgment. Speaker Joe Dickerson, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Office at Financial Forensic Services Recorded at OffshoreAlert vGLOBAL on Wednesday […]

Public registers of Ultimate Beneficial Owners might make financial crime investigations more difficult and create a new industry of nominee or even fictitious UBOs, as fraudsters bury themselves more deeply […]

Leading international fraud and value recovery attorneys will take your questions and discuss emerging and dominant issues that impact your ability to be successful and effective. This session is intended […]

Introducing the GreyList Algorithm; Evidentiary considerations based on technology investigations; Using GreyList in Court; What happens when banks and their clients lie?; Using digital evidence to contradict and rebut financial […]

Leading international fraud and value recovery attorneys will take your questions and discuss emerging and dominant issues that impact your ability to be successful and effective. This session is intended […]

Litigation funders will discuss what types of claims they are interested in funding, in what amount, how funding contracts are structured, and related issues. If you’re a claimant seeking funding, […]

A member of The New York Times’ Visual Investigations team will demonstrate how to use digital sleuthing and the forensic analysis of visual evidence to determine the truth and establish […]

A look at non-traditional ways of recovering assets, including the use of private prosecutions. Speakers Howard Sharp QC, Founder at Ardent Chambers Jonathan Tickner, Head of Commercial Litigation & Civil […]

The use of artificial intelligence tools to locate assets, find beneficial owners, and identify relationships between individuals and legal entities. Speakers Bob Duffield, Executive Chairman at GreyList Trace Joe Sremack, […]

A look at how Isabel dos Santos, the oldest daughter of Angola’s former president José Eduardo dos Santos, became a billionaire through suspected fraud and corruption and the role of […]

Speakers Kevin Weekes, Director Operations, ZENRS Connor Allen, Lead Developer, ZENRS Sponsored By: Summary Profile: ZENRS’ purpose is to provide you with business critical intelligence and also help you manage […]

An investigation into what's taking place on 'The Dark Web', where you can obtain a degree from 'Hacker University' for $125, buy credit cards with CVV numbers for $5 each, ATM skimmers for $700, and hire hackers to 'destroy a competitor's business'.

Investigative journalists who led a joint investigation by 19 European media organizations from 12 countries will explain how a network of bankers, stock traders, and lawyers, including Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan […]

Never in the history of finance has there been a product that so lends itself to fraud and money laundering as cryptocurrency. This session will go into how these scams […]

An analysis of Donald Trump’s tax returns, focusing on techniques that he used and whether they are considered to be legal or illegal. Get Session Content Speakers Dan Alexander, Senior […]

Neil Woodford was once considered Britain’s best fund manager, known by some as the country’s version of Warren Buffett, until it all came crashing down in 2019 amid multi-billion pound […]

A demonstration of Internet-based tools to help you find, monitor, and understand information on targets. Speaker Dylan Kennedy, Director at Intelpool Recorded at OffshoreAlert vGLOBAL on Monday 7 December 2020 […]