SFO prepares to host International Economic Crime Conference

The three organisations are founding members of the International Anti-Corruption Prosecutorial Task Force, which was launched in March last year.

Over two days, conference will bring together over 70 practitioners from the world’s leading economic crime agencies to share Best Practice, practical insights and innovative approaches for tackling complex cases of international fraud, bribery and corruption.

This is the first event hosted by the new Task Force and the first large-scale multi-jurisdictional conference organised by the SFO in its history.

In essence, conference will seek to increase lines of communication and deepen operational understanding between agencies, pave the way for new strategic partnerships or initiatives designed to combat international economic crime and send a clear message to would-be offenders that there’s a hugely strong and united commitment towards tackling international economic crime.

Conference programme 

Through the delivery of speaker panels, Case Studies and workshops, the event programme will encourage valuable cross-agency discussion, with participating agencies sharing their experiences and expertise.

Conference will include sessions on: 

*case detection 

*conducting joint and parallel investigations 

*obtaining international assistance: evidence and asset restraint or freezing 

*cryptocurrency: asset tracing, obtaining information from exchanges and modalities of cryptocurrency fraud 

*use of co-operators or assisting offenders 

*prosecuting corporates: liability, co-operation and non-trial resolutions 

*non-conviction-based asset recovery

Fighting the same threat

Graham McNulty QPM, chief operating officer and incoming interim director of the Serious Fraud Office, said: “One year on since we announced our Task Force to tackle international bribery with our French and Swiss partners, I’m incredibly proud to be announcing this conference for economic crime practitioners from across the world.”   

McNulty continued: “We’re a specialist organisation with unique knowledge about complex fraud, bribery and corruption that’s actively tackling the most serious cases in the UK, but we’re not alone. Our international partners are fighting the same threat and the more we can share the challenges around and the solutions for our work, the better we can combat this corrosive form of criminality.”

Conference runs ahead of the UK’s Illicit Finance Summit in June, which will bring together Governments, civil society and private sector specialists to tackle illicit finance and strengthen the UK’s national security.

*Further information is available online at www.gov.uk/government/organisations/serious-fraud-office