In this article, published in CDR Essential Intelligence – Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery 2023, a magazine for litigation and arbitration professionals worldwide, we discuss insolvency and asset recovery in corruption matters. The article broadly covers:
- Government corruption cases and the use of offshore companies for the purpose of receiving bribes, transferring bribes or holding embezzled funds.
- Identifying and investigating where assets are held and who controls offshore entities that receive stolen assets.
- How insolvency can, in the right circumstances, provide a powerful, unique tool in the fight against corruption; and using insolvency as a tool to expedite information and evidence gathering in the recovery and repatriation of assets.
- Increased investigatory powers as a court appointed official.
- Our approach to the 1MDB investigation
To read the article in full, please click here.
