In May this year the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), France's Parquet
National Financier (PNF) and the Office of the Attorney General
of Switzerland (OAG) will host an international economic crime
conference at the historic Drapers' Hall in central London.
The three organisations are founding members of the International
Anti-Corruption Prosecutorial Taskforce, launched in March
2025.
Over two days the conference will bring together over 70
practitioners from the world's leading economic crime agencies to
share best practice, practical insights and innovative approaches
for tackling complex cases of international fraud, bribery and
corruption.
This is the first event hosted by the taskforce, and the first
large-scale multi-jurisdictional conference organised by the SFO
in its history.
It will seek to increase lines of communication and deepen
operational understanding between agencies, pave the way for new
strategic partnerships or initiatives to combat international
economic crime and send a clear message to would-be offenders
that we are united in our commitment to tackling international
economic crime.
Conference programme
Through speaker panels, case studies and workshops, the event
programme will encourage valuable cross-agency discussion, with
participating agencies sharing their experiences
and expertise. It will include sessions on:
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Case detection
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Conducting joint and parallel investigations
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Obtaining international assistance: evidence and asset
restraint or freezing
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Cryptocurrency: asset tracing, obtaining information from
exchanges, and modalities of cryptocurrency fraud
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Use of co-operators or assisting offenders
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Prosecuting corporates: liability, co-operation and
non-trial resolutions
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Non-conviction-based asset recovery
Graham McNulty QPM, Chief Operating Officer and incoming
Interim Director of Serious Fraud Office,
said:
Today – one year since we announced our taskforce to tackle
international bribery with our French and Swiss partners
– I'm incredibly proud to be announcing this conference
for economic crime practitioners from across the
world.
We're a specialist organisation with unique knowledge about
complex fraud, bribery and corruption tackling the most serious
cases in the UK today – but we're not alone. Our
international partners are fighting the same threat and the more
we can share the challenges and solutions for our work, the
better we can combat this corrosive criminality. I look forward
to May.
The conference comes ahead of the UK's Illicit Finance
Summit in June, which will bring together governments, civil
society and private sector to tackle illicit finance and
strengthen the UK's national security.
