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.
Martin Kenney: Yes, Mossack Fonseca was a mess. But don’t blame the BVI
The Panama Papers made a difference, but bashing Britain’s overseas territories because of historical failings rectified years ago needs to stop.
Are public UBO registers a good or a bad proposition?
Public UBO registers are only as good as the information provided by those required to furnish it.
UK’s targeting of Russian oligarchs as a national security threat is a sham
Russia and its oligarchs are not alone in their kleptomaniac, money-laundering endeavours.
Martin Kenney: ConocoPhillips exposes the Venezuela kleptocracy
Many of us who operate in the Caribbean are not surprised by ConocoPhillips’ move to seize assets from Venezuela’s state oil company.
Martin Kenney: Hey, the G-7 countries sell passports too
There are blue chip passports out there which are worth their weight in gold to those whose passports would usually red-flag them as being a potential risk.
There’s no quick fix remedy to tackle wilful defaulters
Unless active steps are taken by law enforcement, by building and deploying multi-disciplinary teams of asset recovery professionals, the list of wilful defaulters will increase On December 31, 2016, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley informed Parliament that there was a total of 9,130 wilful defaulters who collectively owed banks in the region of Rs 91,155 crore […]