The 1MDB scandal: What now?
Only a swift, dynamic response from lawyers, forensic accountants and investigators will see assets frozen and ultimately recovered to those who lost them.
UK disbands police fraud squads. Guess what happens next?
UK police forces continue to suffer under the severely adverse consequences of the British government’s fiscal “austerity” measures.
Do the Aussies (and everyone else) need a national anti-corruption body?
Former judges are seeking what they describe as a “National Integrity Commission” to restore public trust in Australian democracy – Martin Kenney says every country needs such a public body to tackle corruption.
Premier League allegations show ‘farce’ of UBO register
A Scottish newspaper asserts that Alisher Usmanov, an Uzbek-born Russian billionaire who was a major shareholder in the Premier League football club, Arsenal , may be behind a Scottish entity that appears to be funnelling funds to and from Uzbekistan.
Oligarch’s divorce becomes global asset recovery case
A Russian oligarch’s divorce case is turning into a classic global asset recovery struggle.
Crooks are (predictably) avoiding open company registers
The UK’s National Crime Agency said there were now signs that criminals were finding new tax havens where they could exploit lax regulation and hide their links to corrupt assets.
The 1MBD Scandal Moves Apace
The criminal investigation into Malaysia’s 1MDB scandal must be conducted in tandem with a multifaceted, multi-jurisdictional, multidisciplinary civil asset recovery investigation, says Martin Kenney
Martin Kenney: Big AML scandal points back to UK’s Companies House
Martin Kenney is scathing about an alleged $8.3 billion Danske Bank money laundering scandal via Estonia, which partly relied on false data being submitted to the UK’s Companies House. The bank’s punishment so far? A “stern ticking off.”
Martin Kenney: Whistleblowing is still a career-ending suicide mission
We need to have an effective whistleblower program to hang like a Sword of Damocles over those who think they can act dishonestly and with impunity, argues Martin Kenney.
The political importance of asset recovery
Asset recovery is a term generally used to describe efforts made by a victim of a crime, usually a fraud, to get his or her stolen value back. It is a burgeoning area of practice, in major part because the quantum of value stolen and the overall risk has increased so much over the last 25 years.