FinReg Conference on Financial Crime: Challenges and Responses
- Address
- Online Conference (Zoom)
- Event dates
- Contact
- ials.events@sas.ac.uk 020 7862 5800
Day 1
9.30 - 9.45 Welcome and Introductions
9.45 - 11.15 Innovative solutions for tackling corruption
11.15 - 11.30 break
11.30 - 1.00 Corruption and White-Collar Crime – new perspectives
1.00 – 1.45 lunch
1.45 – 3.15 Re-thinking AML – lessons from other jurisdictions
3.15 - 3.30 break
3.30 – 4.30 Regulating NPOs
4.30 – 5.30 New insights into financial crime
Day 2
9.30 - 10.15 Keynote
10.15 – 11.15 Financial regulation and FinTech
11.15 - 11.30 break
11.30 - 1.00 Anti-money laundering law and regulation – insights from different sectors
1.00 – 1.45 lunch
1.45 – 3.15 Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies and the Dark Web – new challenges (and innovations) in financial crime
3.15 - 3.30 break
3.30 – 5.30 Financial Crime and “Criminal” Justice
5.30 – 6.00 Closing reception / discussion
Day 1
Innovative solutions to tackling corruption
• A better deal? Negotiated responses to the proceeds of grand corruption (Áine Clancy)
• Unexplained Wealth Order – Will the introduction of this to Nigeria tackle corruption? (Folashade Adeyemo)
• The compliance game: legal endogeneity in anti-bribery settlement negotiations (Branislav Hock and Elizabeth Dávid-Barrett)
Corruption and White-Collar Crime – new perspectives
• Corruption as a Barrier in Development: Glimpses from India (Ved Pal Singh Deswal)
• Dealing with Operational Fraud and White-Collar Crimes, from Perspective of Laws in UAE and India (Samina Khan)
• Rethinking Corruption Regulation in Nigeria: From Command-and-Control to a Reflexive Regulatory Paradigm (Chukwuemeka Castro Nwabuzor)
Re-thinking AML – lessons from other jurisdictions
• Preventive Justice and the Rise of Risk Regulation: A Case Study in Singapore's Anti-Money Laundering Offences (Rishik Elias Menon)
• Inclusion through Exclusion? Financial Inclusion Discourse in the Global Anti-Money Laundering Regime (Benedikt Barthelmess)
• Does Holding Offshore Jurisdictions to Higher AML Standards really assist in catching Money Launders? (Andrew James Perkins)
Regulating NPOs
• The regulation of the charities sector in Ireland an examination of the statutory structures in dealing with financial criminal activities with a focus on money laundering and fraud? (Lorraine Lally)
• Non-Profit Organisations and Counter-Terrorism Financing in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Mohammad Alsalmi)
New insights into financial crime
• Global Research Report on Financial Institution Fines and Enforcement Actions (Rachel Woolley)
• Network analysis for financial crime risk assessment: the case study of the gambling sector in Malta (Maria Jofre and Carlotta Carbone)
Day 2
Financial regulation and FinTech
• How does financial regulation help in combating financial crime during the coronavirus global pandemic (Juliet Uluma Onyeka)
• A Peek Behind the Curtain – Beneficial Ownership Transparency and Trusts in the Age of Fintech (Benedict Turner)
Anti-money laundering law and regulation – insights from different sectors
• Regulating Lawyers in Anti-money-laundering Activities: a Comparative Study of the US and Russia from the Perspective of the Selective Adaptation Theory (Zhanat Alimanov)
• Luxury Jewellery Dealers and Money Laundering Risks: Time for Heightened Regulation? (Nkechikwu Valerie Azinge- Egbiri)
• Money Laundering Schemes and Red Flags in the Construction Industry: A Preliminary Assessment (Ilaria Zavoli, Tristano Sainati and Giorgio Locatelli)
Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies and the Dark Web – new challenges (and innovations) in financial crime
• Evidence obtained from blockchain-based platforms in the prosecution of financial crimes: admissibility and interpretation (Victor de Oliveira Fernandes)
• Levelling the playing field between cryptocurrencies and ‘monetary crime’ (Elliott Keech)
• Dark Web Marketplaces, Cryptocurrencies, and Anti-Money Laundering: Ineffective Deterrence? (Matthew Robert Shillito)
Financial Crime and “Criminal” Justice
• (Un)Intended Consequences?: The Role of Intention in Understanding Corporate Financial Crimes (Mrinalini Shinde)
• Responding to Tax Evasion – The Selective Use of the Criminal Justice System (Samantha Bourton)
• How can the use of competition law in the enforcement of financial crime aid regulators in the United Kingdom and United States of America? (Diana Johnson)
• Sentencing data-driven cybercrime. How UK courts tackle data crime with cascading effects (Maria Grazia Porcedda)
For booking information, contact Dr Colin King colin.king@sas.ac.uk