FraudNet member for Cyprus, Panayiotis Neocleous, of Andreas Neocleous & Co LLC, Limassol published an article in ILO Newsletter titled “Courts rule on Norwich Pharmacal relief in fraudulent transfer of money case”. Visit our Publications and Resources pages for more material on the same topics: Cyprus, Disclosure orders.

Gary Hughes, of Wilson Harle, Auckland, FraudNet member for New Zealand published two articles in the December 2011 issue of Anti-Money Laundering Magazine titled “Damned if you do and damned if you do not” following the New Zealand Supreme Court decision in Westpac New Zealand Ltd v MAP & Associates Ltd [2011 NZSC 89], which sets a high threshold for any bank’s refusal to implement the customer’s instruction in case of suspicious transactions, and “New Zealand tackles more than rugby”, on New Zealand’s Anti-Money Laundering Regulations and Code of Practice 2012. See also by the same author in the same magazine “Kicking off clients without tipping off clients – the New Zealand position” (August 2011) and “Recapturing ill-gotten gains – the New Zealand experience so far” (May 2011). Visit our Publications and Resources pages for more material on the same topics: New Zealand, Compliance, Money laundering, Director & third party liability, Forfeiture.

FraudNet members for Canada Matt Lindsay, of Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP, Calgary, France, Stéphane Bonifassi, of Lebray & Associés, Paris, and Hong Kong, Jeff Lane of King and Wood , Hong Kong participated in the Conference on Prevention and Punishment of Organized Crime in the Globalization Era Fourth International Forum of Contemporary Criminal Law, hosted by the College for Criminal Law Science of Beijing Normal University and the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law Their joint presentation and papers are now available (click on the links to download the papers) “Asset recovery in organized crime cases” (joint presentation in English and Mandarin by Matt Lindsay and Stéphane Bonifassi);“Asset recovery in the context of organized crime: A Canadian perspective (paper by Matt Lindsay); and “Asset recovery in the context of organized crime: The French approach ” (paper by Stephane Bonifassi). Visit our Publications and Resources pages for more material on the same topics: France: Canada; Organized crime; Asset recovery.

FraudNet members for Brazil, Henrique Forssell, of Forssell Advogados, Sao Paulo, the British Virgin Islands, Martin Kenney, of Martin Kenney & Co, Road Town, Switzerland, Yves Klein, of Monfrini Crettol & Associés, Geneva, United Kingdom, Andrew Witts and Jennifer Iglesias , of Lawrence Graham, London, and the USA, Edward H. Davis, of Astigarraga Davis, Miami, and Christopher J. Redmond, of Husch Blackwell LLP, Kansas City, as well as Alexander Stein, fraud psychologist at the Boswell Group, New York, participated in the 1^st Conference on International Fraud & Asset Recovery and Trans‐Border Insolvency Cooperation organized by the College of Public Attorneys of Sao Paulo (Escola Superior do Ministério Público de São Paulo). The following presentations are now available (click on the links to download the pdf files): “Case study: a case of cross-border insolvency”/“Caso de estudo: um caso de insolvềncia transnacional” (Edward H. Davis);“The TRT Case – The forfeiture of the assets of Nicolau Dos Santos Neto in Switzerland”/“Caso TRT: o confisco dos bens de Nicolau dos Santos Neto na Suíça” (Yves Klein); “The Psychology of Fraud and Asset Recovery: An Introductory Overview”/“A Psicologia da Fraude e Recuperação de Bens: Uma visão Geral Introdutória”(Alexander Stein). Visit our Publications and Resources pages for more material on the same topics: Brazil Switzerland USA; Asset recovery; MLAT; Corruption; Criminal proceedings; Forfeiture, Psychology.

FraudNet member for Austria, Bettina Knoetzl, of Wolf Theiss, Vienna, made a presentation for the Vienna University of Economics and Business and Transparency International Austrian Chapter Conference on Corruption Prevention in CEE titled “Corruption Prevention in CEE – Ethics and Success in Difficult Markets” (click on the link to download the presentation). Visit our Publications and Resources pages for more material on the same topics: Corruption.