Ethics and governance in the European Financial centers

In the context of the G 20 and of the debate against tax havens, the 7th Annual Financial Due Diligence Conference specializes in cutting edge information and intelligence on Fraud, Money Laundering, Tax Evasion, Compliance, Risk Management & Asset Recovery as they relate to Offshore Financial Centers.

It will take place on 26-28 April 2009.

Power Speakers will be :
Jeffrey Owens, Director of the OECD's Center for Tax Policy and Administration, who will give a Keynote Address on 'Offshore Financial Centers: Adapting to the New Political Realities'. He will outline the global political initiatives against OFCs and the consequences of not being an acceptable international player;
Ronald Sanders, a former Caribbean diplomat, now corporate executive, is generally considered to be an expert on the role of small states in the global community, who will outline his vision of the role that OFCs can play in the modern global economy;
Bob Roach, Counsel & Chief Investigator on US Senator Carl Levin's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, who will give an insider's insight into the tax investigations against prominent offshore banks and their clients and explain what OFCs can expect from the Senate under a Barack Obama Administration;
Martin Kenney, one of the world's best-known asset recovery attorneys, as evidenced by an appearance on the CBS TV show '60 Minutes', who will show you techniques that have helped him successfully locate, freeze and seize concealed proceeds of crime all over the world;
Edward M. Robbins, Jr. and Bob Bernhoft, tax attorneys who came to prominence while defending billionaire UBS client Igor Olenicoff and actor Wesley Snipes, respectively, against criminal actions by the IRS, who will show you how to defend IRS administrative and criminal investigations, including taking a look at Fifth Amendment implications in offshore investigations, including UBS.

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