Training programme for government agencies
Follow the money in environmental crime cases
How to leverage financial investigative techniques to prove environmental crime and associated money laundering offences and initiate asset recovery actions. This course is specifically designed for practitioners handling environmental crime and related cases.
This training programme applies a “follow the money” approach to the fight against illegal wildlife trade, forest crimes, illegal mining and other environmental crimes. It is delivered jointly by ICAR training experts and experts from the Basel Institute’s Green Corruption team.
The case involves an individual who is allegedly a notorious illegal logging kingpin, who lives a luxurious lifestyle and owns a number of expensive assets. Using the initial information, investigators follow leads to collect evidence, analyse bank records, conduct open-source intelligence investigations, interview witnesses and conduct searches.
Tailored instruction, thematic group discussions and mini-workshops equip the participants with the skills and tools to advance the case.
Participants learn to:
- 01Conduct parallel financial investigations while investigating environmental crime cases.
- 02Apply financial investigative tools and approaches to environmental crime investigations, with the aim of proving commission of not only environmental crimes but also money laundering offences.
- 03Initiate actions to recover the proceeds of such crimes.
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