FraudNet members for Brazil, Henrique Forssell, of Forssell Advogados, Sao Paulo, the British Virgin Islands, Martin S Kenney, of Martin Kenney & Co, Road Town, the United Kingdom, Andrew Witts of Lawrence Graham, London, the USA, Edward H. Davis, of Astigarraga Davis, Miami, who were participating in the 2^nd Conference on International Fraud and Asset Recovery and Trans-Border Bankruptcy Cooperation organized by the Sao Paulo School of Magistrature (Escola Paulista da Magistratura) and the College of Public Attorneys of Sao Paulo (Escola Superior do Ministério Público do Estado de São Paulo -ESMP), were interviewed by leading Brazilian newspaper Folha de São Paulo on the recent convictions for corruption which occurred in Brazil, as well as the US$10.5 million judgment obtained from the Royal Court of Jersey for the Federal Republic of Brazil and the Municipality of Sao Paulo against former Sao Paolo mayor Paulo Maluf. Click here to read the article (in Portuguese) and here for an English translation.

FraudNet members for Jersey, Stephen Baker of Baker and Partners, St Helier and the United Kingdom, Andrew Witts of Lawrence Graham, London, were featured in the December 2012 issue of Commercial Crime International on the $10.5 million judgement for corruption they obtained from the Royal Court of Jersey for the Federal Republic of Brazil and the Municipality of Sao Paulo against Sao Paulo former mayor Paulo Maluf and others. Click here to read the article.

FraudNet has a new member in Colombia, Luis Alfredo Barragán – Arango, of Brigard & Urrutia Abogados S.A., Bogotá D.C.. Luis Alfredo Barragán is the partner in charge of the litigation, arbitration and insolvency of Brigard & Urrutia. He specializes in high-stakes commercial disputes and his practice covers all areas of complex litigation and alternative dispute resolution. Mr. Barragán has been present in landmark litigation, arbitration and insolvency cases for high-profile clients, representing them before Colombian courts, including the Supreme Court of Justice, as well as before national and international arbitration panels. The International Chamber of Commerce has appointed Mr. Barragán as arbitrator and he has been confirmed in such position by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, Netherlands. Currently, he is an active member of the International Association of Restructuring, Insolvency & Bankruptcy - INSOL, the Latin American Arbitration Group of the International Chamber of Commerce, the American Bar Association, the Club Español de Arbitraje and the Colombian Committee of Arbitration. Mr. Barragán has served as counsel of the World Bank, the Inter-American Bank of Development and the USAID. Mr. Barragán is former professor of several academic classes of Universidad del Rosario in Bogotá, in both undergraduate and graduate programs, is a regular lecturer in litigation and arbitration both in Colombia and internationally and has published many articles which include Cross-Border Insolvency: A Commentary on the UNCITRAL Model Law, (Globe Business Publishing Ltd., 2012), International Commercial Arbitration in Iberoamerica (Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves, Pereira, La Ley - Wolters Kluwers, 2012). Click here to view his profile.