Golden Visas are ripe for abuse in fraud cases
The EU is tightening controls on Golden Visas: “Due diligence becomes key. All of us need to up our game here.”
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Hear me out, please. Public UBO registers won’t work in 2019
Looking forward to 2019, Martin Kenney says campaigners hold a very firm assumption that public UBO registers are fundamental for transparency. “I will continue to tell them that they are incorrect,” he says.
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.
Martin Kenney chosen as 2019 “global elite” Thought Leader by Who’s Who Legal
Martin Kenney has been selected as one of Who‘s Who Legal’s “Global Elite” Thought Leaders for 2019. Read the Q&A with Martin on law, fraud, asset recovery and his cases here.
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.