4th Annual OffshoreAlert Conference Europe

The OffshoreAlert Conference will examine a broad range of topics and issues that affect investigators, providers and buyers of international financial products and services, particularly those involving offshore jurisdictions.

The aim is to arm attendees with knowledge and information that will help them make better business decisions in the cut-throat world of international finance.

Among the 30-plus speakers are 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.

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.