Human Source Management and Covert Techniques in Asset Tracing

Course overview

Some of the most valuable leads in asset recovery come from people: a disgruntled business partner, a former driver or a land agent who knows who really bought a property. Handled well, such sources reveal assets no database will show. Handled badly, they expose informants to danger and taint whole cases. This human sources in asset tracing course teaches officers to manage that intelligence lawfully, safely and productively.

Participants learn how source intelligence fits into recovery work, the legal and policy framework for using informants, and the full source management cycle: identification, assessment, recruitment, tasking, payment, review and closure. Particular emphasis is placed on corroborating source reporting against financial and registry records before acting, and on protecting source identity when cases reach court. The course also covers lawful covert techniques relevant to tracing, such as discreet observation of asset use, and the authorisations they require. Role plays and case reviews draw on realistic regional scenarios.

Participants leave able to manage human sources to a professional standard and to convert their reporting into verified asset leads.

What you will be able to do

• Explain the value and risks of human source intelligence in asset recovery
• Apply the legal and policy framework for using informants and covert techniques
• Manage the source cycle from identification to closure
• Assess source motivation, reliability and risk
• Corroborate source reporting against financial and registry records
• Protect source identity during investigations and court proceedings
• Supervise source management with appropriate records and oversight

Who should attend

For investigators and intelligence officers who handle, or will handle, human sources in asset recovery and financial crime cases, and for those who supervise them.

• Asset recovery investigators
• Intelligence officers
• Anti-corruption investigators
• Source handlers and controllers
• Supervisors of investigation units
• Prosecutors advising on covert evidence

Course outline

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