This playlist represents audio recordings of the 4th Annual OffshoreAlert Conference Europe took place at The Grange St. Paul's Hotel, in London, on November 23-24.
With a theme of 'financial intelligence and investigations', the event examined a broad range of topics and issues that affect international finance, particularly offshore financial centers.
The aim was to arm attendees with knowledge and information that will help them make better business decisions in the amoral, unforgiving, cut-throat world of international finance.
Speakers included current and former BVI Commercial Judges Barry Leon and Edward Bannister QC, respectively; Angus MacNeil MP, bank whistleblowers Stephanie Gibaud and John Christmas, investigative journalist Tony Hetherington, corporate database specialists Chris Taggart, of OpenCorporates, and Eduardo Amo, of Dato Capital; Haris Theoharis, who until recently had the difficult task of overseeing tax collection in Greece, and Jersey-based lawyer Philip Sinel.
Sessions included:
• FIFA Corruption: The Qatari Plot To Buy The World Cup;
• Jersey Uncovered: Inside One Of The World's Leading Offshore Jurisdictions;
• Advanced Techniques In Asset Investigation & Debt Enforcement;
• Detecting Investment Fraud: Tips From Investigative Journalists;
• The $1B Moldova Bank Fraud Et Al: How Eastern European Crime Proceeds Are Laundered Into The West;
• How Corruption, Fraud & Tax Evasion Led To Catastrophe in Greece;
• Web-Sites That Short Stocks & Then Expose Them: Are They Making Money?;
• Litigating In The BVI: The Commercial Court's First Six Years;
• Bitcoin: Fact, Fiction & Fraud;
• Piercing The Corporate Veil: How Jurisdictions Differ;
• How Crime & Secretive Offshore Firms Are Behind London's Property Boom;
• Using 1782 To Obtain Evidence In The USA For Your Foreign Proceeding;
• Corrupt Britain: The Land of Cover-Ups & Whitewashes;
• The Hunt For Data: Open Source Intelligence Tools & Techniques;
• Professional, Nominee & Independent Directors: Are They Untouchable?
• Whistleblowers discuss What Really Goes On Inside International Banks; and
• Cash For Honours: An Ongoing, Very British Scandal.
Attendees represented over 25 countries, namely Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Cayman Islands, Cyprus, Dubai, France, Germany, Greece, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Isle of Man, Jersey, Liechtenstein, Malta, Norway, Romania, Russia, Singapore, Spain, St. Kitts & Nevis, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom, and USA.
The quality of the agenda was evidenced by the fact that 30 journalists signed up to cover the proceedings, representing news organizations such as the BBC, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, The Economist, The Guardian, Reuters, Bloomberg, BuzzFeed, Germany's Frankfurter Allgemeine, Russia's The New Times, and The Norwegian Business Daily.
Our next event is the 14th Annual OffshoreAlert Conference North America. It will take place on May 1-3, 2016 at The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach in Miami Beach Florida. To learn more about this event, please visit:
www.offshorealert.com/conference/miami/
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OffshoreAlert (
www.offshorealert.com) is an independent news website founded in 1997 by investigative reporter David Marchant and offers news, documents & intelligence about businesses and individuals operating in Offshore Financial Centers, with an emphasis on fraud investigations. OffshoreAlert also holds conferences in North America and Europe tailored for the offshore world. OffshoreAlert is generally considered to be a leading authority on OFCs and serious financial.