Asset Recovery Masterclass

Tax evasion is now recognised as a significant social, commercial and economic issue. Taxation remains the most significant source of finance for a government to fund public expenditure, however, recovered assets are still a small fraction of the multi-billion dollars stolen through tax evasion, embezzlement, looting and other crimes in the form of illicit financial flows.

Why take this course?

The Sigma Risk Asset Recovery Masterclass provides a clear understanding on the value and importance of recovering the proceeds of tax evasion, supported by best practice in the financial investigation required to trace, freeze and recover property, held in whatever form. It will be useful to all those working in tax authorities and government agencies.

Delegates will learn how asset tracing and asset recovery can have a significant impact upon criminality, tackling lower-level tax evaders up to organized groups engaged in criminality at the highest level. Restitution, removing the profits from those involved in tax evasion and returning it to the government purse to support public services, is now seen across the world as an integral part of a crime reduction strategy that previously concentrated on punishment of offenders.

  • Law enforcement and government officials
  • Compliance professionals
  • Financial investigators
  • Cybersecurity analysts
  • Legal experts
  • Apply best practices to recovering the proceeds of tax evasion.
  • Recognise the benefits of financial investigation.
  • Determine the beneficial ownership of assets vested in companies and trusts.
  • Appreciate the international frameworks in asset recovery.
  • Piercing the corporate veil
  • Accessing evidence held under conditions of confidentiality

Delegates of this masterclass shall be assessed through a multiple-choice test at the end of the training session. Upon successful completion of this masterclass, delegates will be awarded the Sigma Risk certification.

This masterclass may be delivered in person at client premises, at external location or virtually via Zoom or MS Teams.

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Full Suite of Sigma Risk Masterclasses

  • Principles of asset tracing & recovery
  • Effective investigation techniques
  • Piercing the complex corporate veil

• Understand applicable regulations
• Third party risk assessment
• Managing conflict of intrest

• Identify key AML risks
• Conduct AML risk assessment
• Build a robust methodology

  • Correct level of due diligence
  • Identification and verification
  • Corroboration of source of wealth
  • Learn about complexity & reliance
  • Downstream banking and nesting
  • Respondent risk assessment
  • Preventing & recovering from a cyber attack
  • Identify key threat actors
  • Understand different types of cyber attacks
  • Understand the risks in gaming
  • Applicable regulatory requirements
  • Proportionate risk assessment

• Understanding digital currencies
• Corroboration of SOF/SOW
• Financial crime risks

  • Law enforcement collaboration
  • Asset tracking and confiscation
  • Suspicion activity reporting
  • Recognize key sanctions regimes
  • Establish screening & monitoring
  • Escalations & reporting
  • Attractiveness to Criminals
  • Discover emerging typologies
  • Identify red flags and warning signs
  • Recognising key signs of terrorism funding
  • Risk identification & mitigation techniques
  • Learning from real-life case studies