26-27 October 2015, Tilburg University, Netherlands
Building on the success of our previous events in Manchester and London, this final conference in the ‘Dirty Assets’ series explored comparative and international aspects of criminal and terrorism finances (both within and outwith the EU).
This AHRC-funded event brought together leading practitioners, policymakers, and academics to consider challenges and opportunities for the anti-assets strategy, and to identify research needs and future directions.
With contributions from law, criminology, political science, and economics, this event offered a multi- and inter-disciplinary approach to the anti-assets strategy at the national and supranational level. Discussion centred on a number of key areas, split between a focus successively on terrorism finances (CTF) and criminal finances (AML/PoC).
Day 1: Responses to Terrorism Finances
- The first session considers the institutional arrangements regarding CTF with regional (European) and international (UN) perspectives. These arrangements must be considered not just as cellular responses but as interactive and cumulative.
- The second session addresses a range of specific measures and the impacts of choices between them. This inquiry applies the application of sanctions in different contexts (including in situations of armed conflict) and how choices between regulation and criminal justice arise and apply.
Day 2: Responses to Criminal Finances
- Focus will be on AML and PoC frameworks. Regulatory compliance and AML will be explored, with emphasis on banking and legal sectors
- Given the prominence of AML and PoC as a law enforcement tool, there will be discussion of law and practice in different jurisdictions to consider examples of impact, effectiveness, and best practice.
- There will be emphasis on obstacles to an effective AML and PoC regime, as well as focusing on key challenges ahead.
Speakers
Panel 1: CTF Institutional Approaches
- Professor Marieke de Goede, University of Amsterdam - Podcast, Powerpoint [PDF 572.40KB]
- Dr Oldrich Bures, Metropolitan University, Prague - Podcast, Powerpoint [PDF 834.99KB]
- Judge Kimberly Prost, Former UN Ombudsperson - Podcast
- Chair: Prof. Jimmy Gurulé
Panel 2: CTF Mechanisms
- Associate Prof Christopher Michaelsen, University of New South Wales - Podcast, Powerpoint [PDF 3.33MB]
- Dr Luca Pantaleo, Asser Institute, Amsterdam - Podcast, Powerpoint [PDF 185.51KB]
- Professor Jimmy Gurulé, University of Notre Dame - Podcast, Powerpoint [PDF 978.58KB]
- Dr Karen Cooper, University of Derby and Prof Clive Walker, University of Leeds - Podcast, Powerpoint [PDF 63.68KB]
- Chait: Prof. Toine Spapens
Panel 3: AML and Compliance
- Katie Benson, University of Manchester - Podcast, Powerpoint [PDF 689.43KB]
- Professor Antoinette Verhage, Ghent University - Podcast, Powerpoint [PDF 1.40MB]
- Professor Petrus van Duyne, Tilburg University - Podcast, Powerpoint [PDF 3.09MB]
- Chair: Professor Clive Walker
Panel 4: New Challenges for AML
- Dr Mo Egan, Abertay University, Dundee - Podcast, Powerpoint [PDF 1.64MB]
- Professor Mike Levi, Cardiff University - Podcast
- Dr Joras Ferwerda, Utrecht University - Podcast, Powerpoint [PDF 2.02MB]
- Chair: Dr Colin King
Panel 5: International experiences of asset recovery
- Professor Sandra Thompson, University of Houston - Podcast, Powerpoint [PDF 4.78MB]
- Professor Simon Young, University of Hong Kong - Podcast, Powerpoint [PDF 5.05MB]
- Professor Tijs Kooijmans, Tilburg University - Podcast, Powerpoint [PDF 91.50KB]
- Chair: Katie Benson
Panel 6: Asset recovery – looking back and looking forward
- Professor Anna Maria Maugeri, University of Catania - Podcast, Powerpoint [PDF 33.23MB]
- Frank Cassidy, Eurojust - Powerpoint [PDF 5.59MB]
- Dr Colin King, University of Sussex - Podcast, Powerpoint [PDF 20.25MB]
- Chair: Prof. Jimmy Gurulé