33 Chambers at The Cambridge International Symposium on Economic Crime

Over the course of this week Andrew Mitchell KC, Howard Sharp KC and Ian Whitehurst will be speaking at The Cambridge International Symposium on Economic Crime. 

This annual event brings together an outstanding network of experts from across the world, to promote co-operation in the prevention and control of economically motivated crime and misconduct. The event provides a forum for the practical analysis and discussion of the real threats facing our world as a result of criminal and subversive activity.

This year's theme focuses on assessing the efficacy of our current strategies to identify and interdict criminal and suspect wealth, with the emphasis being on recovery of assets.

Our members will be contributing to the following sessions:

Andrew Mitchell KC

• Plenary Workshop 11: Part 1: Making asset forfeiture laws work better How forfeiture laws could be expanded in scope, or amended to address procedural issues 

• Session 14: Civil asset recovery - empowerment 

• Workshop 17: Prosecuting ‘big fish’ 

• Alternative programme: Are the ‘offshore financial centres’ still a problem? How effective is their compliance with international standards? - Session 3: Has greater transparency of beneficial ownership helped in exposing corruption and investigating crime and assisted in the recovery of suspect wealth?

Howard Sharp KC

• Alternative programme: Are the ‘offshore financial centres’ still a problem? How effective is their compliance with international standards? Session 2: territories and Crown dependencies – a constructive relationship?

Ian Whitehurst 

• Session 17: Pursuing crypto assets in the civil law