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Preparation is the key in final weeks before IAAR London conference
By: Patricia Valdes
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Less than two weeks out, the 2011 Cross-Border Asset Tracing and Recovery Conference is kicking into high-gear as IAAR staff puts the finishing touches on what promises to be a groundbreaking group of sessions featuring top speakers from the anti-fraud, anti-corruption, regulatory, investigative... read more

UK Government agencies No. 1 target for fraudsters
By: David Quinones
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Move over, investors, companies and financial institutions. In the United Kingdom, as in many other industrialized countries, the most common victim of financial fraud is no longer any of you. Now, the pockets most often raided are those of the UK government. The findings of this year's KPMG... read more

International Asset Tracing in Insolvency: The definition of a 'sham'
By: Felicity Toube QC
Thursday, April 28, 2011
The following is an excerpt from International Asset Tracing in Insolvency (Oxford University Press), edited by IAAR Advisory Board member Felicity Toube QC. Toube QC will be a speaker at IAAR's 2011 Cross-Border Asset Tracing and Recovery Conference at the Waldorf Hilton in London, June 12-14.... read more

Poll respondents: 'UK Bribery Act is important, but we don't know why'
By: David Quinones
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
A recent poll of business professionals by Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP found that while 78 percent believe the UK Bribery Act will mean greater enforcement of anti-corruption measures, 73 percent professed they did not know what the provisions of the new law were. Ready or not, the UK... read more

IAAR to host panel of asset recovery and anti-corruption experts to address impending UK Bribery Act enforcement
By: Patricia Valdes
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
International membership organization to close Cross-Border Asset Tracing conference with panel on controversial legislation and what it means for businesses, governments, and asset recovery practitioners MIAMI – After more than a year of controversy and lackluster guidance, the United Kingdom... read more

Analyzing the 'vanity factor' can increase asset recovery yield
By: Kenneth Barden, JD, CSAR
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Developing a biographical and psychological profile can be an important step in asset recovery. Countless criminals have been brought down through their own extravagance and greed, often conducted in an attempt to demonstrate to their peers that they have “succeeded” in life.   While a... read more

The range and type of information sources available to office holders in asset tracing and recovery
By: Felicity Toube QC
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
 Office-holders in asset tracing and recovery efforts in the United Kingdom and Europe have numerous tools at their disposal to hunt the undisclosed wealth of targets. In this excerpt from International Asset Tracing in Insolvency, edited by IAAR Advisory Board member Felicity Toube QC and... read more

Third party funding, using UNCAC to recover assets among topics at OffshoreAlert Conference
By: David Quinones
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
With a learning track that reflected a growing demand for knowledge on the subject, the 9th Annual OffshoreAlert Conference addressed asset recovery with a bevy of experts detailing the challenges and victories in the fight to take back wrongly held and criminally derived wealth. More than 200... read more

Madoff, Stanford efforts illustrate the best and worst asset recovery scenarios
By: David Quinones
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
 It's been more than two years since asset recovery efforts were initiated following the historic frauds of which Bernard L. Madoff was convicted and R. Allen Stanford is accused. Both crimes shared so many similarities, we explore why the recovery efforts produced such disparate results.Two... read more

What must companies do to comply with the UK Bribery Act?
By: Michael Volkov
Monday, April 4, 2011
With freshly released guidance from the UK Justice Ministry, what must companies do to comply with the new law? IAAR contributor and former federal prosecutor Michael Volkov breaks down the steps. On July 1, 2011, the United Kingdom’s Bribery Act will come into force.  Last week, the Ministry... read more

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