The United Kingdom property market, particularly in London, has become a notorious money laundering tool for Russian oligarchs and other wealthy individuals in recent years.

As a result, real estate prices have been surging and an increasing number of properties are owned through offshore entities.

At the upcoming OffshoreAlert Conference in London, Private Eye magazine’s Richard Brooks and Global Witness’ Chido Dunn will delve into the phenomenon, including providing case studies of abuse, identifying individuals involved and discussing their methods.

‘How Crime & Secretive Offshore Firms Are Behind London’s Property Boom’ is one of 17 sessions at The 4th Annual OffshoreAlert Conference Europe, which will be held at The Grange St. Paul’s Hotel, in London, on November 23-24.

With a theme of ‘financial intelligence and investigations’, the conference will look at a broad range of topics and issues that affect investigators, providers and buyers of international financial products and services, particularly those involving offshore jurisdictions.

Among the 30-plus speakers from the BVI, Cayman Islands, Jersey, Isle of Man, Bosnia and Herzegovina, England, France, Greece, Latvia, Romania, Scotland, Spain, Ukraine and the USA, including Jonathan Calvert, Editor of The Sunday Times’ ‘Insight Investigations Team’; British Virgin Islands Commercial Judge Barry Leon, Angus MacNeil MP, bank whistleblowers Stephanie Gibaud and John Christmas, investigative journalist Tony Hetherington, corporate database specialists Chris Taggart, of Opencorporates, and Eduardo Amo, of Dato Capital; Haris Theoharis, who until recently had the difficult task of overseeing tax collection in Greece, and Jersey-based lawyer Philip Sinel.
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Sessions include:
FIFA corruption: The Qatari Plot To Buy The World Cup;
Jersey Uncovered: Inside One Of The World’s Leading Offshore Jurisdictions;
Advanced Techniques In Asset Investigation & Debt Enforcement;
Detecting Investment Fraud: Tips From Investigative Journalists;
The $1B Moldova Bank Fraud Et Al: How Eastern European Crime Proceeds Are Laundered Into The West;
How Corruption, Fraud & Tax Evasion Led To Catastrophe in Greece;
Web-Sites That Short Stocks & Then Expose Them: Are They Making Money?;
Litigating In The BVI: The Commercial Court’s First Six Years;
Bitcoin: Fact, Fiction & Fraud;
Piercing The Corporate Veil: How Jurisdictions Differ;
How Crime & Secretive Offshore Firms Are Behind London’s Property Boom;
Using 1782 To Obtain Evidence In The USA For Your Foreign Proceeding;
The Hunt For Data: Open Source Intelligence Tools & Techniques;
Professional, Nominee & Independent Directors: Are They Untouchable?
Whistleblowers discuss What Really Goes On Inside International Banks; and
Cash For Honours: An Ongoing, Very British Scandal.
The OffshoreAlert Conference represents a unique opportunity to network with an eclectic group of high-level participants in the top-tier of international finance, often involving deals valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars.

There will be asset managers, asset tracers, bankers, company managers, trust officers, investigators, regulators, directors, officers, and a lot more – essentially anyone who wants to go beyond clichés and find out what’s really going on in international finance.

Get The Answers You Need: The OffshoreAlert Conference provides a neutral forum for senior stakeholders in all areas of high-value international finance to meet, mingle, and learn. In an industry where one mistake can ruin you, it pays to know what’s happening at any given moment.

Meet Key Industry Players: To your right, an offshore provider; on your left, an asset recovery specialist; behind, a regulator or law enforcement agent; and in front, a client contemplating a multi-million dollar business decision. That’s it in a nutshell.

Impeccable Source: The only thing OffshoreAlert promotes is the truth. Our neutrality, reputation and credibility allows us to attract speakers and delegates from both sides of the fence – people who ordinarily wouldn’t meet outside a court-room.

ACCOMMODATION & CONFERENCE VENUE

The Grange St. Paul’s is a luxury 5-Star hotel, nestled beside St. Paul’s Cathedral in London’s bustling business district. An allocation of bedrooms for £229.00 per night is being held for delegates at a negotiated rate until 28 September 2015. Reservations: +44 20 7074 1000, Reference Group Code: CG17157565.

To register or find out more about The 4th Annual OffshoreAlert Conference Europe, visit www.offshorealert.com/conference/london