Academy Advisor Eric Lewis presented a timeline of Assange’s WikiLeaks saga. A key takeaway is the importance of responsible publishing.

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Fellow Judith de Boer analyzed the recent Dutch court money laundering decision against Tornado Cash co-founder.

Time to celebrate. The Academy of Financial Crime Litigators turned 6 years.

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Can the Legal System Bar Trump from the Presidency? - Fred Davis

Steven Haynes discussed the perils of relying on unlawfully obtained information in litigation.

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TA Fellows reconvened for another virtual “Coffee Klatch,” with robust discussion.

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TA Fellows gathered for a virtual “Coffee Klatch” discussion of current issues in financial crime.

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Time to celebrate. The Academy of Financial Crime Litigators turned 5 years.

Thank you for joining and we look forward to our next gathering.

Thank you for joining and we look forward to our next gathering.

Fellow Fred Davis presents excerpts from seven classic films – three each from England and France, one from Iran – that address some common and very specific criminal procedures, and how differently they are handled. He is joined by Sam Bettwy, a federal prosecutor and Professor at Thomas Jefferson School of Law and author of the e-book “Comparing Criminal Procedures Through Films.”

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Corporate Criminal Liability - Jeremy Horder
Crypto Graphs / Crypto Maps
ESG and Financial Crime - David Schreuders
Reverse Engineering the Bitfinex Case - Andrew Stafford

Time to celebrate. The Academy of Financial Crime Litigators turned 4 years.

Compliance Monitorship in the Netherlands
Explore The New ISO Standard 37000

As we continue to support Ukraine, Bruce Zagaris presented on the efforts to find accountability for the Ukraine conflict. Asters lawyers joined and gave us the lay of the land live from Kiev.

Efforts At Accountability For Russian-Ukraine Conflict

During a 45-minute virtual event, Fellow Karyn Harty chaired a fireside chat with Fordham Law School Assistant Dean Toni Jaeger-Fine and The Academy contributors Elizabeth Ortega and Gretta Fenner about how to #BreakTheBias when considering diversity, equity and inclusion within organisations.

Academy Fellows hosted a two-hour conversation with Jean-François Bohnert, the National Financial Prosecutor of France, in Washington, D.C. at the French embassy courtesy of Fred Davis.

Accountability For Enablers Of Tax Crimes
Reflections on Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Judicial Review of Deferred Prosecution Agreements

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International Academy of Financial Crime Litigators: Third Anniversary

In The Academy’s third Ask the Expert session, Fellow Keith Oliver introduces guest speakers Amalia Neenan, Civil & Commercial Legal Researcher at Peters & Peters, and Amanda Wick, Chief of Legal Affairs at Chainalysis. During the event, Amalia and Amanda explain the block chain and discuss the future of crypto currency.

In this one-hour virtual session, Fellow Co-Chairs Gretta Fenner and Lucinda Low led a discussion with four distinguished panelists: Pascale H. Dubois, Dorothy Siron, Shin Jae Kim and Radha Curpen. The webinar included an interactive Q&A session at the end of the panel.

International Women's Day Webinar

Guest speakers Mary Inman, Partner at Constantine Cannon, and Christoper Ehrman, Director of the CFTC Whistleblower Office, introduce U.S. whistleblower reward programs and explain how they can be used by non-U.S. citizens too.

During The Academy’s first Ask the Expert event, Fellow and Professor Jeremy Horder presented on corporate liability for failure to prevent fraud under English law. 

Speakers Harry Travers and Fred Davis discuss corporate vulnerability to criminal prosecution as Lisa van der Wal moderates.

In our sixth roundtable, Gary Naftalis moderates a discussion on bench trials versus jury trials in complex white-collar cases with Speakers Adam Hoffinger and Mark Pieth.

Lucinda Low moderates a discussion on recent trends in corporate liability with speakers Jonathan Sack and Wolfgang Spoerr.

In this roundtable, moderator Dorothy Siron guides a discussion on the costs of international litigation with speakers Sue Thackeray and Lincoln Caylor.

Speakers Mark Pieth and Andrew Stafford QC discuss the role of auditors in the financial affairs of a company as Glenn Pomerantz moderates.

Stéphane Bonifassi moderates a discussion on the reach of the U.S. sanctions with speakers Professor Régis Bismuth and Ben Gruenstein.

Cathalijne van der Plas and Tim Prudhoe kicked off the Academy’s virtual roundtable series by presenting on the issue of remote advocacy.

The Academy turns 2

Corporate Criminal Enforcement in Germany after Dieselgate
Confiscation and due process
The Increase of Criminal  Prosecutions of Cross-Border Forest Crime

Academy members Antenor Madruga and Keith Oliver accompanied by Natalia Goncalves of Bonifassi Avocats.

The UK Ambassador to Bucharest, His Excellency Andrew Noble, graciously hosted a dinner for leading members of the local legal community at his residence on Tuesday, 14 May, 2019. They discussed the state of international law and, particularly, extradition issues generated by the case of Julian Assange of Wikileaks. Keith Oliver, founding member of The International Academy of Financial Crime Litigators and head of international for Peters & Peters Solicitors LLP, is pictured.

The Academy struck its first media partnership agreement with the OffshoreAlert Conference North America. Founding members raised the economic crime-fighting flag at #OACMiami 2019, while OffshoreAlert founder David Marchant spoke about competition to tame the rising tide of financial crime as he welcomed The Academy to the event.

Professional Rules and Negotiating Outcomes
Foreign Agents Registration Act

Join us for our biannual Member Meeting at which we will welcome new members, evaluate our mission of expanding the body of knowledge about economic crimes and how to address them, and discuss the latest cases and trends in financial crime litigation. 

Russia and Illicit Financial Flows
The Impact of Litigation Funding
United States v. Hoskins
The CLOUD and Similar non‐U.S. legislation
Privilege and Brady Considerations