Financial Profiling, Unexplained Wealth and Benefit-from-Crime Analysis

Course overview

Unexplained wealth and civil forfeiture laws in Kenya and elsewhere in the region allow the state to recover property that a person cannot account for. Those cases are won or lost on the quality of the financial analysis behind them. This unexplained wealth investigation course teaches investigators and analysts to build that analysis rigorously, from the first profile of a subject to the figure presented to court.

Participants learn how to assemble a complete financial profile, establish legitimate income over the review period and apply the net worth, expenditure and bank deposit methods to measure the gap. The course then covers benefit-from-crime calculations, the treatment of gifts, loans and informal income, and how to anticipate the explanations a respondent is likely to give. Every method is practised on a detailed case file of a mid-level public officer with land, vehicles, businesses and mobile money activity, so participants see how small errors can collapse an otherwise strong case.

Participants leave able to produce a defensible unexplained wealth analysis and to explain its assumptions clearly to prosecutors and judges.

What you will be able to do

• Build a complete financial profile of a subject over a defined review period
• Establish and verify legitimate sources of income
• Apply net worth, expenditure and bank deposit methods to measure unexplained wealth
• Calculate benefit from criminal conduct in line with forfeiture law
• Treat gifts, loans, inheritances and informal income consistently
• Anticipate and test likely explanations from respondents
• Present financial analysis in schedules and summaries suitable for court
• Identify weaknesses in an unexplained wealth case before filing

Who should attend

For investigators, forensic analysts and lawyers who prepare or review unexplained wealth and benefit-from-crime cases. Participants should already be familiar with financial records and basic investigative practice.

• Asset recovery investigators
• Anti-corruption agency investigators
• Forensic accountants
• Prosecutors and state counsel
• Revenue authority investigators
• FIU analysts
• Police financial investigators

Course outline

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