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FATCA: The First Prosecution & Convictions of Foreign Bankers & Service Providers

The Demonization of Russia: Justified or Propaganda?

Kristofer Harrison, Edward Baumgartner

Litigation Funding: An Update on Returns, Legal Decisions & Emerging Issues

Ralph Sutton, Nick Rowles-Davies, Ken Epstein

How To Enforce Foreign Judgments in the USA & How US-based Agencies Can Reach Offshore Activity

Jonathan Sablone, Robert Fisher

J5: Tearing Down International Barriers

John D. (Don) Fort, Bert Langerak

Regulating Cryptocurrencies & ICOs: Security, Commodity, or Currency?

Rana Saoud, Martin Zerwitz, Dan Eckhart

Detained In Dubai: The Risks of Doing Business in The Arabian Gulf

Radha Stirling

Bill Browder: Hero or Villain?

Lucy Komisar, Jamison Firestone, David Marchant

Selling Scams To Foreigners: Inside Boiler Rooms & How Alternative Asset Recovery Methods Have Been Successful in SE Asia

Ken Gamble , Justin Deutsch

How To Get Your Claim Financed by Litigation Funders

Erika Levin, David Kerstein, Yves Klein, Patrick Moloney

The Inside Story of Senator Carl Levin’s Offshore Investigations & How They Drove AML and Tax Reforms

Elise Bean

A Whistleblower’s Guide To The Bounty: How to Confidentially Blow the Whistle & Qualify for Multi-Million Dollar Rewards

Stephen M. Kohn

International Value Recovery: Emerging Issues & Developments (Part 1)

Edward Davis, Jr., Jonathan Tickner, Tara Archer-Glasgow , Craig Boneau

International Value Recovery: Emerging Issues & Developments (Part 2)

Stephen Baker, Gonzalo Zeballos, Christopher Hoffman, Stephon Grey

Beyond The Kool-Aid: Blockchain Reality vs. Fantasy

Steve Wilson

Enriching Domestic & Foreign Whistleblowers: The Growth & Spreading Reach of US Programs

Eric Havian

Opening Remarks

David Marchant

The Rise of The Accountants: How They Broke Capitalism

Richard Brooks, Simon Bowers

Europe's Incredible €55B 'CumEx' Tax Fraud Scheme

Oliver Schröm, Christian Salewski

Applying the Insolvency Toolkit in High-Value, Cross-Border Judgment Enforcement

John O'Driscoll, Daria Plakhova-Freshville, Louise Trayhurn, Colin Diss, Mark Griffiths

Investigating The Investigators: An Analysis of Liabilities

Gretchen King, Joana Rego, Polly Sprenger, Bernard O'Sullivan

High-Value, Cross-Border Recovery: Tips From The Experts (Part One)

Alexander Amann, Gregory S. Grossman, Polly Sprenger

How Non-U.S. Citizens Can Participate in U.S. Whistleblower Reward Programs

Stephen M. Kohn

Carousel VAT Fraud Schemes: An Analysis

Imam Hoque, Sandra Desautels

High-Value, Cross-Border Recovery: Tips From The Experts (Part Two)

Jonathan Tickner, Howard Sharp QC, Simon Thomas

Football Leaks: Whistleblower or Thief?

Jason Lewis

Moneyland: How Thieves & Crooks Now Rule The World

Oliver Bullough

Artificial Intelligence Tools for Asset Recovery & Compliance

Jonathan Benton, Nigel Nicholson

Litigation as an Investor Tool: Lessons from the Financial Crisis for the Coming Downturn

Donald Hawthorne

Busting the Blockchain: How To Trace & Seize Virtual Assets in a Pseudo-Anonymous World

Joe Dewey, Tom Clark, Warren Gluck

Litigation Funding: Tips From The Experts

David Herbert, Mike Saville, Sanjay Desai

'AHAB v. al-Sanea et al': An Analysis of Cayman's $126B Fraud Judgment

Nick Matthews, William Peake, Hugh Dickson

Investigating Tax Evasion & Money Laundering: The 'Joint Chiefs of Global Tax Enforcement' Initiative

John D. (Don) Fort, Simon York

Crypto-Crime: How To Prevent and Detect Crypto-Fraud & Recover Coin If You've Already Been Swindled

Dan Eckhart, David Haas, Pawel Aleksander

Inside Liechtenstein: Are Trustees Misappropriating Assets When Clients Die & What Are The Remedies?

Steven Kay QC , Marc Hürner, Alexander Amann

Offshore Intelligence: Behind Closed Doors

Donald Toon , , John D. (Don) Fort

International Value Recovery: A 'Full & Frank' Discussion of Emerging Key Issues & Developments - Part One

Edward Davis, Jr., Margot Maclnnis, Howard Sharp QC, Warren Gluck

Protect Your Privacy: How To Scrub The Internet Of Negative Content

Dan Shefet

International Value Recovery: A 'Full & Frank' Discussion Of Emerging Key Issues & Developments - Part Two

Edward Davis, Jr., Andrew Morganti, Simon Thomas, Polly Sprenger

Investigative Revolution: How Litigation Funding is Changing the Investigations Industry

Andrew Wordsworth, Masha Shvetsova, Bernard O'Sullivan

How To Detect & Avoid Investment Fraud

Daniel Alberts, David Mapley

Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World

Bradley Hope

Litigation Funding: An Update On Returns, Legal Decisions & Emerging Issues

Bill Yuen , Louise Trayhurn, James Little, Christopher Delise

Lessons From the Danske Bank Case: Whistleblowing In Europe's Financial Institutions

Stephen M. Kohn

Spain's Costa del Fraud: Effective Strategies to Recover Assets

Antonio Flores

Connecting The Dots: How To Organize & Understand Complex Data To Detect Red Flags

Simon Bowers, Jean Villedieu

Selling Scams To Foreigners: Inside SE Asia's Boiler Rooms

Andrew Drummond , Ken Gamble

The Sergei Magnitsky Case: Fact vs. Fiction

Andrei Nekrasov, Jamison Firestone, Lucy Komisar

The 'Panama Papers' One Year Later: What Impact Has It Had On Offshore Financial Centers & Their Foreign Clients?

Will Fitzgibbon, Dawn Smith, Eryn Schornick

President Trump: How His Policies Will Affect Offshore Tax Avoidance Schemes, Corruption Investigations, Financial Regulations & Other Areas of International Finance

Arthur VanDesande, Jack Blum, Jeffrey Marcus

Strategies to Obtain Information in Offshore Jurisdictions

Yves Klein, Stephen Baker, Jeff Lane, Metta MacMillan-Hughes

Litigation Funding Fails: How & Why Law Firms & Funders Came Dangerously Unstuck In Cases Gone Wrong

Donald Hawthorne, Andrea Neuman, Anne Champion, Roy Powell

Weaponizing Information: The Rise Of Fake News To Influence Political & Business Events

David Mikkelson, Bethania Palma, Gina Smith

Recovering Value For Investors In Companies That 'Go Dark'

Christopher Ayers

1MDB: Dissecting One Of The World's Biggest Financial Scandals

Thomas Ajamie, Louis Burke

'Til Divorce Do Us Part: Recovering Assets Concealed By High Net Worth Spouses

Zachary Potter, Edward Davis, Jr., Metta MacMillan-Hughes

Economic Citizenship & Second Passports: An Investigation

Atossa Araxi Abrahamian

Chapter 15: Offshore Case Round-Ups & Updates

Gregory S. Grossman, Andrew Dawson, Edward J. Estrada

Suing Sovereign Nations For Corruption, Terrorism & Other Misdeeds: How Viable Is It & What Are The Legal Hurdles?

Lincoln Caylor, Gonzalo Zeballos, Stephane Bonifassi, Mark Goodman

SEC Performance Review: Behind The Enforcement Statistics

Urska Velikonja

Buying and Selling Notes, Mortgages, Claims and Judgments: How To Evaluate Deals and Get The Best Recovery

Joe Dickerson, David Sutherland, Joseph Downs

Inside Wall Street: Fraud As A Business Model

William Black, Randall Wray

Filing Foreign Claims In the USA: Jurisdictional Benefits & Legal Hurdles

Jonathan Sablone

How Litigation Funding Is Shaking Up The Legal Industry

Constantine Karides, James Little, Michael Weisz, David Kerstein, Emily Slater

Brazil: Financial Crisis and Grand Corruption - The Way Forward

Henrique Forssell, Marcelo Sacramone, Daniel Carnio Costa, Dr. Eronides Aparecido Rodrigues dos Santos

Offshore Tax Fraud: Lessons Learned From 'The USA v. The Billionaire Wyly Brothers'

Arthur VanDesande, Daniel Rashbaum

Fraud & Corruption In The Caribbean: How Was The £400 m Harlequin Property Scam Allowed To Go On For So Long & Who Can Be Held Liable?

Ian Richardson, Dustin Delany

IRS Offshore Compliance & Enforcement Efforts: 2017 and Beyond

Bryan Stiernagle, Carolyn A. Schenck, Dan Reeves, John McDougal

Binary Options Fraud: Inside A Multi-Billion Dollar Global Crime Wave

Austin Smith

Cross-Border Clashes and Cooperation Among Courts

Gary Miller, Barry Leon, Edward Morgan, John Pottow

Opening Remarks

David Marchant

IRS Whistleblower Program 10 Years On: What Works, What Doesn’t & What Must Change

Dan Reeves, Dean Zerbe, Bryan Skarlatos, Lee D. Martin

How A Short-Seller Took Down NYSE-Listed Bermuda Reinsurer Gerova Financial

Keith Dalrymple

The Donald Trump Phenomenon: A Psychological Analysis

Joseph Burgo

Piercing The Corporate Veil: How Jurisdictions Differ

Warren Gluck, Mark Goodman, Ivan Urzhumov

Bloomberg Billionaires Index: How Is It Calculated & Is It Accurate?

Robert LaFranco

Solving Previously Unsolvable Cases With Digital Forensics

David Cowen, Sheryl Falk

Recovering Assets & Enforcing Judgments in China Using Offshore Means

Robert Seiden, Edward Davis, Jr.

US Law Enforcement Assault on Market-Rigging and Capital Market Activities: An Analysis

Jacob S. Frenkel, John Couriel

Pre-Litigation Discovery: Latest Developments Across Jurisdictions

Jason Levine, Dan Wise

FATCA: How To Stay Out Of Trouble With The US Government

Arthur VanDesande

UBS Whistleblower Brad Birkenfeld On How Whistleblowers Should Be Protected, Supported & Rewarded

Bradley C. Birkenfeld

Winding-Up Cayman and BVI Companies: Winning Strategies

Guy Manning, Hugh Dickson, Russell Crumpler, Callum McNeil

Inside the Secretive World of Tax-Avoidance Experts

Brooke Harrington

Advanced Techniques in Asset Investigation and Debt Enforcement

Warren Gluck, Daniel Hall

You Can't Run a Ponzi Scheme Without a Bank: Victims Strike Back

Martin Kenney, Lincoln Caylor, Charles H. Lichtman, Yves Klein, Gonzalo Zeballos

Hypocrisy USA: The Country's Role as a Money Laundering Center & Offshore Tax Haven

Edward Davis, Jr., Shauna Leven, Jesse Drucker, James Barnacle, Peter Cotorceanu

Big Data, Big Headaches: E-Discovery Developments in Criminal, Civil & Regulatory Investigations

Jonathan Sablone

'The Panama Papers': An Analysis

Gerard Ryle, Arthur VanDesande

Protecting Data in the Era of Hacks & Leaks

Ruth Promislow, Dr. Chase Cunningham, Polly Pickering

Getting Commercial Disputes to Trial: A Discussion of the Bahamian Court System

Brian Simms QC, Brian M. Moree QC, Ian Winder

Opening Remarks

David Marchant

The IRS vs. Offshore Tax Evaders: An Update

Dan Reeves, Lindsey Stellwagen, Carolyn A. Schenck, Bryan Stiernagle

How Billions of Dollars of Eastern European Criminal Proceeds Are Laundered Into The West

Drew Sullivan, Paul Radu

Offshore Insolvencies: Round-Up of Important Developments

Martin Kenney, Ross McDonough, Gregory S. Grossman

'Help! Am I A Target or A Witness?': What Service Providers Should Do When Investigators Request Client Information

Jim Mastracchio, Tom Maher

The Sony Hack: Who Did It, How & Could It Happen To You?

Kurt Stammberger

Web-Sites That Short Stocks & Then Expose Them: Are They Making Money?

Chris Carey, Dan David, Roddy Boyd, Ben Axler

Statute of Limitations - Beware the Snake in the Grass

Martin Kenney, Annette Escobar

Grappling with a Government-Sponsored Fraudster

Chris Mangiaracina

Modern Day Grave Robbers: Evidence That Some Trustees Steal Assets When Settlors Die

Marc Hürner, Klaus Lins

Offshore Investigations & Fraud Detection: A Practical Guide

David Marchant, Gamal Newry, Craig Allam, Bill Butterworth, Stuart Bostock

The Lure Of The BVI: Why Is It THE Place For Chinese, Russians & Other Foreigners?

Martin Kenney, Bomi Anise

Investigators Gone Bad: The Incredible Story of Cullen Johnson & Elaine White

Nicole Bocra, Edward Davis, Jr.

Ten Commandments for Cross-Border Insolvency Office-Holders

Simon Conway, Julie Himo, Simon Dickson, Arnoldo Lacayo

Inside The UBS & HSBC Leaks

Gerard Ryle, Dean Zerbe, Bradley C. Birkenfeld, Hervé Falciani

Madoff's Silver Lining: US Private Fund Law Comes Into Focus

Jonathan Sablone

Beating The Odds: How Former UBS Wealth Boss Raoul Weil Defeated The IRS

Matthew Menchel

10-Year War: USA v. Eurofed Bank's Offshore Liquidators For $150 m in Offshore Banks

Jason Levine

Domain Name Theft: Execution, Recovery & Prevention

Jonathan Westreich, Michael Lee

Understanding the FATCA Risk

Sean Casey, William F. McGovern

Family Office Nightmare: Quest to Recover Millions 'Swindled' in Estate Planning Scheme

Alan Feuerstein, Richard Vento

The $1B Moldova Bank Fraud et al: How Eastern European Crime Proceeds Are Laundered Into The West

Drew Sullivan, Paul Radu

Closing Remarks

David Marchant

Opening Remarks

David Marchant

Jersey Uncovered: Inside One Of The World's Leading Offshore Jurisdictions

Philip Sinel

The Hunt For Data: Open Source Intelligence Tools & Techniques

Chris Taggart, Eduardo Amo, Natasha Dinkin

Litigating In The BVI: The Commercial Court's First Six Years

Barry Leon, Martin Kenney, Jeremy Marshall, Edward Bannister QC

Advanced Techniques In Asset Investigation & Debt Enforcement

Warren Gluck, Daniel Hall

Detecting Investment Fraud: Tips From Investigative Journalists

David Marchant, Tony Hetherington, Richard Smith

How Crime & Secretive Offshore Firms Are Behind London's Property Boom

Richard Brooks, Chido Dunn

Professional, Nominee & Independent Directors: Are They Untouchable?

Charles Coleman, Simon Thomas

FIFA Corruption: The Qatari Plot To Buy The World Cup

Jonathan Calvert

Using 1782 To Obtain Evidence In The USA For Your Foreign Proceeding

Edward Davis, Jr.

Whistleblowers Discuss What Really Goes On Inside International Banks

Stephanie Gibaud, John Christmas

Cash For Honours: An Ongoing, Very British Scandal

Angus MacNeil, Andrew Mell

How Corruption, Fraud & Tax Evasion Led To Catastrophe In Greece

George Tzogopoulos, Haris Theoharis

Piercing The Corporate Veil: How Jurisdictions Differ

Warren Gluck, Michael Redman, Dmytro Marchukov, Mark Goodman

Corrupt Britain: The Land of Cover-Ups, Whitewashes & Secrecy

Nick Kochan

Opening Remarks

David Marchant

Turks & Caicos Islands: Inside One of the World's Largest Asset Recovery Programs

James Maton

Inside the Cayman Islands: The 'Operation Tempura' Affair

Brent Fuller, Dan Duguay, John Evans, Martin Bridger

Financing Asset Recovery Attempts: Third-Party Litigation Funding & Success Fees for Asset Recovery Professionals

Martin Kenney, Timothy D. Scrantom, Jonathan Cooperman

Tax, Fraud, & Finance: Offshore Judges Discuss Key Rulings at Their Courts

Edward Davis, Jr., Edward Bannister QC, Neville Adderley, Ian Kawaley

Offshore Insurance Schemes: Are Insureds Cheating The Government Or Are Insurers Cheating Insureds?

Jay Adkisson, Denis Kleinfeld

Financial Transparency: A Comparison of Jurisdictions

Andres Knobel

Beneficial Ownership Registries: An Update

Gonzalo Jalles, Glenford Malone, Joe Kraus

When Onshore-Offshore Liquidations Collide: How are Assets Divided?

Neal Levin, Paul Dennis QC, Nicholas Fox, Hugh Dickson

In An Age of Transparency & Automatic Tax Information Exchange, Can OFCs Survive?

Burke Files, Tim Ridley, Jack Blum, James McConvill, Dan Reeves

How to Identify Investment Frauds & Reduce Your Liability

David Marchant, Carlo Fedrigoli, James Pomeroy

Tales From the Field: Do Banks Lie When Served with Documents Subpoenas in Fraud & Asset Recovery Inquiries?

Martin Kenney, Arnoldo Lacayo

The Next Big Thing: How The OECD's Action Plan on 'Base Erosion & Profit Shifting' Will Affect OFCs & Their Clients

Ben Arrindell, Chris Faiferlick

Gaddafi's Libya: Inside the Covert Operation to Recover $240 m of 'Stolen' Cash

Martin Kenney, Kim Marsh

Onshore Litigation Options for Offshore Funds

Jonathan Sablone, Colette Wilkins

Expected Implications & Likely Activities Flowing from FATCA & Related Intergovernmental Agreements

Tim Prudhoe, Sean Casey, Nick Matthews

Opening Remarks

David Marchant

The Modern Offshore World: Trends & Developments

Simon Filmer

Evaluating OFCs: Which Are Best and Why?

Mark Yeandle

Dan Reeves: My Experiences Leading the IRS Investigation into Offshore Tax Structures

Dan Reeves

WATCH: Fraud & Murder in the Bahamas: The Hywel Jones Affair

Illtyd Jones, David Marchant

Economic Passports: Trends & Developments

Burke Files, David Lesperance

Inside Cayman's Hedge Fund Industry

Don Seymour, John Prout, Matt Mulry

If An Offshore Investment Fails: Who Can Be Sued, For What & Where?

Martin Kenney, Felicity Toube QC, Maureen Ward, Ann Gittleman

The 2012 Evolving Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program: An Update of Hazards, Opportunities, & More

William Sharp

Whistleblowing: Bradley Birkenfeld's $104 m Award & Other Developments

R. Scott Oswald

Navigating the Regulation Nightmare in Offshore Transactions

Martin Livingston, Gonzalo Jalles, Robert Snetiker

Offshore Trusts: What Investigations Reveal About How They Really Work

Jack Blum, Bob Roach

Corruption in OFCs: How Big is The Problem & What Is Its Impact On International Business?

Edward Davis, Jr., Dan Duguay, Rodney Gallagher, Andrew Bodnar

The Global Shell Company Experiment: Offshore v. Onshore

Dr. Daniel Nielson

Practical Tips About Offshore Litigation For Foreign Counsel

Jeremy Walton

How to Identify Red Flags In The Offshore World

David Marchant, Jess Shakespeare, Hugh Dickson

The Evolution of Man: From Neanderthal to Madoff

Neal Levin

The Duties of 'Offshore Company' or Nominee Directors: Are They Held To A Lesser Standard?

Simon Dickson, Claire Robey, Kenneth Krys

Covert Discovery of Hidden Assets

Edward Davis, Jr., Martin Kenney, Matthew Lindsay, Ruth Promislow

Offshore Asset Protection Trusts: Staying on The Right Side of The Law

Barry Engel

Offshore Life Insurance & Viaticals Schemes: Avoiding The Perils

Steven Roth

Inside the Investigation Into OFCs by The ICIJ and The Guardian

David Leigh

Offshore v. Onshore Hedge Funds: A Comparison

George Aragon

Closing Remarks

David Marchant

The Changing Face of International Tax Planning and the Effect on Offshore Financial Centers

Ben Arrindell

International Asset Protection: The Cook Islands vs. Other Jurisdictions

Jennifer Davis, Antony Will

The G8 Agenda and Taxation: How the 'Fair Share' Argument Will Affect OFCs

Dax Basdeo, Andrew Morriss, Tim Ridley

The Cyprus Crisis: Could it Happen in Other OFCs?

Tim Ridley, Gonzalo Jalles, Richard Rahn, Warren Coats