Advanced Financial Investigation and Forfeiture Case Development

Course overview

Investigators often trace money successfully and still lose the recovery case. The reasons are familiar: evidence gathered for the criminal charge but not for forfeiture, gaps between what was traced and what was restrained, and applications drafted under time pressure. This forfeiture case development course shows experienced investigators how to run a financial investigation with the recovery application in mind from the first day.

The course follows a single investigation from referral to filing. Participants build a case theory that covers both the conduct and the property, use production orders and other powers to obtain financial records, and reconstruct fund flows from accounts, mobile money and company books. They then link each asset to the conduct, decide what to restrain and when, and assemble the evidence bundle that a prosecutor needs. Close working with prosecutors is practised throughout, including joint case conferences and review of draft affidavits.

Participants leave able to plan and manage investigations that produce well-evidenced, timely restraint and forfeiture applications.

What you will be able to do

• Build a case theory that addresses both criminal conduct and recoverable property
• Plan the use of production, disclosure and search powers for financial records
• Reconstruct fund flows from accounts, mobile money and company records
• Link each identified asset to the conduct with admissible evidence
• Decide what to restrain, when and by which legal route
• Assemble investigation reports and affidavits that support forfeiture applications
• Work effectively with prosecutors through the life of a case

Who should attend

For experienced financial investigators and the prosecutors who work alongside them on proceeds of crime and asset forfeiture cases.

• Senior financial investigators
• Asset recovery investigators
• Prosecutors in forfeiture units
• Anti-corruption investigators
• Revenue authority investigators
• Case managers in asset recovery agencies

Course outline

Fees are per participant in US dollars and cover tuition, course materials and your certificate. Travel and accommodation are not included.