Int’l Economic Crime: Banking Issues – Cambridge, UK

The 26th Cambridge International Symposium on Economic Crime will take place at Jesus College, Cambridge, UK, from Aug. 31 – Sept. 6, 2008. The theme is “Banking on Trouble!”

The programme for our Twenty-Sixth Symposium is entitled “Banking on Trouble!” The programme, through a number of keynote addresses, presentations and specialist workshops will focus, in a very practical and highly relevant manner, on the real risks and issues facing our financial institutions from both inside and outside. During the week we will address a host of issues that threaten the stability and integrity of the world’s financial system and in particular the insidious threats presented by organised crime, fraud, corruption and money laundering. As governments attempt to wrestle with serious crime and the financing of terrorist organisations, those who look after other people’s wealth are increasingly placed in the forefront of this fight. Obligations to inquire, report suspicions and assist in the disruption of criminal activity, greatly increase the legal and other risks faced by managers and those who advise them. Consequently the programme is of very real relevance not only to those involved in law enforcement and supervision, but all those who are concerned to maintain integrity and protect business whether in the public or private sector.