Considering the growth of the worldwide white-collar criminal practice, we saw a need to bring together hardcore litigators to foster skills and allow court access when the case needs to be decided there.
A foundation for maintaining the rule of law is a strong and independent bar. The Academy will seek to foster our strength and independence through collegiality, nonpartisanship, inclusiveness, internationalism and learning.
We are a collegial fellowship of academics and litigation service professionals seeking to enrich skills, lead critical thinking, share experiences, and expand our knowledge related to the world of financial crime.
The Basel Institute encourages prosecution agencies to engage The Academy's litigators to represent them in foreign courts against financial institutions facing money laundering and corruption.
Gretta Fenner was the Managing Director of the Basel Institute on Governance and Director of its International Centre for Asset Recovery. She led the organisation from 2005–2008 and from 2011 to April 2024.
I am very excited to join this tremendous group of practitioners and academic experts.
Where theory meets practice
The International Academy of Financial Crime Litigators emerged from a vision to develop worldwide collaborative solutions that are based on research, collective experiences and best practices in cases of economic crime. The Academy has united the top public- and private-sector litigation professionals with the renowned Basel Institute on Governance and like-minded academics to form an independent, non-partisan global center of excellence that encourages collaboration and innovation to shape and advance financial-crime litigation practices for the future.
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White Collar Crime
Litigation Strategies
Insider Trading Risks in Big Law
Exploring how evolving enforcement theories, including shadow trading, are reshaping compliance expectations, governance frameworks, and institutional accountability across major law firms.
Karen Woody
Asset Recovery
Litigation Strategies
Tax Schemes
Money Laundering
Unexplained Wealth and the Logic of Asset Forfeiture
Exploring how evidential constraints and “unexplained wealth” frameworks shape asset forfeiture outcomes in Ireland, and what this reveals about the limits and selection effects of modern enforcement regimes.
Karyn Harty
Litigation Strategies
Money Laundering
Sanctions
Tax Schemes
UK Government’s New Fraud Strategy
Exploring the shift toward systemic fraud prevention, the implications for compliance frameworks, and the growing role of civil remedies in victim recovery.
Sue Thackeray
Bulletin of The International Academy of Financial Crime Litigators
Issue 6 | Spring 2026
Read on.
Built to Shape Economic Crime Litigation
Our founders share with Law360 how a bold idea became a platform for emerging voices tackling complex legal challenges.
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Sanctions and the rule of law
Overview of modern sanctions regimes in the UK, EU, and US, highlighting their design, impacts, and rule-of-law tensions. Read here.
GIR Series
Series of articles provided exclusively to GIR by members of the International Academy of Financial Crime Litigators.
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