This Advanced Techniques for Tracking Proceeds of Crime Workshop  will expose all the hidden techniques you need to know to effectively track the proceeds of crime.
This workshop will give participants insight and a thorough understanding of the key skills required to track proceeds of crime through technical investigations. It will also include gaining knowledge on the ability to follow the money through complex financial arrangements and use of sophisticated techniques to identify links between suspects and illicit financial activities. The participants will also gain an increased awareness of the risks to countries posed by tax crime, corruption and money laundering, and the role that tax crime investigators can play in combating these offences.

Successful investigations often rely on effective co-operation between government agencies and between countries. The workshop will include an analysis of different models for co-operation and how these can be used in combating tax crimes. The workshop is structured around a number of topics, which will be taught through a combination of lectures, group discussions, practical exercises and participant presentations.

Course Content

• The importance of tax crime investigations
• Dealing with the red flags
• The decision to investigate (investigation strategy part I)
• Principles of evidence
• Sources of information, including banks and other financial institutions
• Methods of proof
• Planning, conducting and recording interviews
• Investigative techniques
• Money laundering awareness
• Bribery and corruption awareness
• Obtaining information from overseas
• Recovering the proceeds of crime

Learning Outcomes

• Understand the importance of tax crime investigations
• Apply investigative techniques relevant to the tax crime
• Be able to recognise, record and collect evidence of the tax offences