Networking Breakfast sponsored by Valid8
Wren: Foyer
Opening Remarks
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David Marchant
Founder, Owner & Editor
OffshoreAlert
Cyprus Confidential (An ICIJ & Paper Trail Media Investigation)
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A session on the just-completed international investigative project led by the U.S.-based International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and Germany-based Paper Trail Media which the ICIJ stated "took 270+ journalists from 68 media partners around the world eight months to investigate".
Karrie Kehoe
Data & Research Deputy Editor
ICIJ
Simon Lock
Reporter
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
Sophia Baumann
Investigative Reporter
Paper Trail Media
Money Talks: The Rise of Saudi Arabia as a Global Player
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This session will look at the rise of Saudi Arabia as an emerging power on the global stage, including its involvement in world sports and global ambitions.
Aimen Dean
Co-Founder & Director of Operations
Cruickshank & Dean Global Intelligence
Arthur Snell
Consultant in Geopolitics and International Affairs
Freelance
Networking Break
Wren: Foyer
Credit Suisse: Failure of a Scandal-Plagued Bank
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This session will look at the collapse of Credit Suisse and its involvement in illegal activity.
David Pegg
Investigations Correspondent
The Guardian
Dirk Schütz
Editor-in-Chief, BILANZ
Ringier Axel Springer Schweiz AG
Edward H. Davis, Jr.
Founding Shareholder
Sequor Law
Tom Stocks
Senior Investigator
OCCRP
Networking Lunch sponsored by Blackdot Solutions
Leo's Restaurant
Offshore Finance: Intelligence Update
Wren: Nelson Suite
Financial Intelligence Unit officers in offshore financial centres will discuss the industry and take your questions.
Adrian Hale
Head
Guernsey Financial Intelligence Unit
Carl Ramagge
Head of Operations (Legal)
Gibraltar Financial Intelligence Unit
Jonathan Groom
Director
Jersey Financial Intelligence Unit
Phil Hunkin
Director
Isle of Man Financial Intelligence Unit
Investigating Entities & Locating Assets in Dubai
Wren: Dickens Suite
In recent years, Dubai has emerged a leading international financial center. In this session, our speakers will discuss how to investigate entities and locate assets in the jurisdiction.
Eiliv Frich Flydal
Investigative Journalist
VG/E24.no
Isabel Asquith
Senior Director
Raedas
Must-Have Investigative Tools
Wren: Nelson Suite
This session will look at databases, tools, and resources to investigate individuals and entities operating internationally.
Mark Stevens
Chief Customer Engagement Officer
Blackdot Solutions
Tod McDonald
Co-Founder
Valid8 Financial
Litigation Funding for Crypto Disputes
Wren: Dickens Suite
Crypto and fraud are a match made in heaven, leading to an unprecedented amount of scams in which investors and clients around the world have been collectively swindled out of tens of billions of dollars. In this session, litigation funding specialists will discuss the industry's appetite for financing crypto-related lawsuits and the factors they consider prior to making a decision.
Carmel King
Director
Grant Thornton
Charles Jeffery
Director - Legal Finance
Harbour Litigation Funding
Racheal Muldoon
Barrister
Maitland Chambers
Victoria Fox
Vice President, London
Burford Capital
Networking Break
Wren: Foyer
Are Sanctioned Russians Gaming the System?
Wren: Nelson Suite
This session explore whether sanctioned Russians are finding ways to game the system.
Matt Getz
Partner
Pallas Partners
Peter Jones
Deputy Editor in Chief, Investigations
OCCRP
Septimus Knox
Director, Disputes & Investigations
S-RM
The Post Office Scandal: How Did It Happen & What Does It Say About British Justice?
Wren: Dickens Suite
This session will look at one of the gravest miscarriages of justice in British history in which the Post Office wrongfully prosecuted hundreds of sub-postmasters and sub-postmistresses for theft, false accounting and fraud between 2000 and 2014 - all based on mis-information from a newly-installed defective computer system called Horizon.
Edward Henry KC
King’s Counsel - Head of Regulation
Mountford Chambers
Cocktail Reception sponsored by GreyList Trace, Sequor Law, Martin Kenney & Co (MKS), and S-RM
Sabine Rooftop Bar
Networking Breakfast sponsored by Valid8
Wren: Foyer
Investigating & Recovering Crypto: Everything You Need to Know
Wren: Nelson Suite
Amid a fraud crimewave unprecedented in the history of finance, this session will discuss techniques to investigate and recover crypto and answer any questions you might have.
Andrew Tennant
Director
GentiumUK
John Rawson
Chief Technology Officer
GreyList Trace
Nigel Nicholson
CEO
GreyList Trace
Richard Strike
Director
GentiumUK
Networking Break
Wren: Foyer
High-Value International Recovery: Ask Me Anything (Part 1)
Wren: Nelson Suite
Leading international fraud and value recovery specialists will take your questions and discuss emerging and dominant issues that impact your ability to be successful and effective. This session is intended to be informal and interactive and represents an opportunity for you to have your questions answered by experts who have 'been there, seen it, done it'.
Christopher A. Noel
Attorney
Sequor Law
Dan Wise
Partner
Martin Kenney & Co. (MKS)
Edward H. Davis, Jr.
Founding Shareholder
Sequor Law
John Gilkes
Principal, Forensic Advisory Services
Grant Thornton
Marcus Fishburn
Director, Head of Disputes & Investigations
S-RM
How to Overcome Flaws in the Companies House Search Engine to Reveal Hidden UBOs
Wren: Dickens Suite
Identifying beneficial ownership of international corporate structures and assets has never been more crucial than it is today. Many researchers check Companies House on a daily basis, performing due diligence checks on companies and individuals in compliance with AML and Sanctions regulations. Yet most are unaware that the Companies House internal search engine is unable to identify core information contained within its own dataset. As a result, it will fail to return relevant results for searches for Persons with Significant Control and Beneficial Owners. Can your investigation afford to miss that potentially crucial piece of information? Dylan Kennedy presents key examples and discusses the challenge of revealing hidden UBOs in detail.
Dylan Kennedy
Director of Analysis
Nodum Global
Networking Lunch sponsored by Grant Thornton
Leo's Restaurant
High-Value International Recovery: Ask Me Anything (Part 2)
Wren: Nelson Suite
Leading international fraud and value recovery specialists will take your questions and discuss emerging and dominant issues that impact your ability to be successful and effective. This session is intended to be informal and interactive and represents an opportunity for you to have your questions answered by experts who have 'been there, seen it, done it'.
Charles Bott KC
Head of Advocacy
Martin Kenney & Co. (MKS)
Edward H. Davis, Jr.
Founding Shareholder
Sequor Law
Rebecca Castaneda
Principal
Castaneda Law Firm
Simon Thomas
Partner
Baker & Partners
Deep Fakes & The Global Disinformation Industry
Wren: Dickens Suite
This session will look at the murky world of disinformation, including examples of deep fakes, help you to determine fact from fiction, and discuss its effect on business, politics, and society.
Dylan Kennedy
Director of Analysis
Nodum Global
Grace Rahman
Online Fact Checking Lead
Full Fact
William Ruzich
Chairman/Intelligence Officer
The Aracari Project
The Incredible Hunt for Billionaire Russian Criminal Viktor Bout (And His Subsequent Release for a U.S. Basketball Player)
Wren: Nelson Suite
Russian billionaire Viktor Bout was the world's foremost arms dealer. Known as the 'Merchant of Death', he was both 'Public Enemy No. 1' to the global intelligence agencies who hunted him and a ruthless criminal worth a fortune. He was also a former KGB officer and a tool of the Kremlin.
This session will go into 'Operation Relentless', the remarkable top-secret mission masterminded by former British Special Air Service elite soldier Mike Snow and a handful of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration operatives to hunt down Bout and bring him to justice - and discuss his release many years later in a seemingly lop-sided prisoner swap with U.S. basketball player Brittney Griner.
Damien Lewis
Author
Covert Investigations - When and Why They Should Be Used
Wren: Dickens Suite
During this session, Marlon Pinto, Director of Investigations at AnotherDay, will explore the significance of employing undercover strategies to aid both Criminal and Civil Investigations. Accompanying him is a former Metropolitan Police colleague with over three decades of experience as an undercover operative, alongside specialist litigators. Throughout the panel, they delve into tactics, their rationale, and the potential pitfalls when utilised by individuals lacking expertise in this domain.
Daniel Martin
Partner
JMW Solicitors
Don Simon
Head of Intelligence
STOP THE TRAFFIK
Josie Welland
Senior Associate
CMS UK
Marlon Pinto
Director of Investigations
AnotherDay
Networking Break
Wren: Foyer
Attorney From Hell: Stephen David Jones
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The incredible story of dishonest English attorney Stephen David Jones, the senior partner of Jirehouse law firm who was sentenced to 12 years in prison at London's Southwark Crown Court last year when an American billionaire client he swindled out of £13 million brought a private prosecution after the Police and Crown Prosecution Service inexplicably failed to act.
The session will be presented by Steven Kay KC, a criminal lawyer who led the private prosecution, and Nick Kochan, an English investigative journalist and author who has written about the case.
Nick Kochan
Investigative Journalist & Author
Steven Kay KC
Head of Chambers
9BR Chambers
Closing Remarks
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