Forensic Audit 2 – Managing Tax Crime Investigation

Description

Introduction
This workshop’s course contents include an analysis of different co-operation models and how these can be used in combating tax crime. The workshop is structured around several topics, which are taught through lectures, group discussions, practical exercises and participant presentations.

After the workshop, you will have a thorough understanding of the critical skills required in the oversight and management of tax investigations, including the ability to follow the money through complex financial arrangements and use of sophisticated techniques to identify links between suspects and financial crimes. You will gain an increased awareness of the risks to countries posed by corruption and money laundering and the role that tax and financial crime investigators can play in combating these offences. Successful financial investigations rely on effective co-operation between government agencies and between countries.

Course Content

• Managing and leading tax crime investigations both domestically and internationally
• Managing a complex investigation (investigation strategy part II)
• Beneficial ownership; misuse of corporations; offshore companies
• Investigation strategy part III
• Complex money laundering
• Bribery and corruption and International co-operation
• Financial intelligence units, suspicious transactions reports, intelligence analysis
• Advanced interviewing techniques
• Identifying, freezing and recovering assets

Learning Outcomes

• Understand the critical skills required in the oversight and management of tax investigations
• Understanding the role that tax and financial crime investigators can play in combating these offences
• Understanding the importance of international co-operation in tax investigations
• Learn how to apply advance interviewing techniques used in tax crime investigations