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The IMB aware of the escalating level of this criminal activity, wanted to provide a free service to the seafarer and established the 24 hour IMB Piracy Reporting Centre (PRC) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Losses due to official misconduct account for a great many maritime trade incidents. Each incident can be complex and wide-ranging in nature. It is therefore unlikely that any one company will have the knowledge and resources to be able to investigate it thoroughly.
Counterfeiting and piracy are a drain on our businesses and on the global economy. It has resulted in the widespread loss of lawful employment and a massive reduction of tax revenues.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 1st 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.
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