The course is designed to provide specialist knowledge and skills to allow participants to identify, collect and utilise financial evidence as part of a broader investigation into war crimes or human rights abuses. It will be a mixture of presentations and immersive exercises.
The course includes:
- An introduction to the international legal framework
- The international financial investigation landscape: international regulation & frameworks; law enforcement structures; international cooperation mechanisms
- Financial investigation – principles & practice: preparation & planning
- Using open source intelligence: researching & profiling persons of interest; company and business searching
- Money laundering: international money movements; correspondent banking; offshore structures
- Sensitive witnesses/information sources: risk management
The course will involve an immersive exercise based on a realistic scenario designed to develop and test the learning acquired in the course.
The course was definitely an extraordinary experience.
We had a colleague on mission from Geneva a while back, and when they found out I had completed the IICI investigators course they mentioned that it was the ‘gold standard’ of training and that more human rights officers needed to do it. Could not agree more.
I too feel honoured to have been part of such a valuable training event and gained a wealth of knowledge from all of your expertise in a variety of areas
The course was definitely an extraordinary experience. I really appreciate putting things to practice with all the group exercises. It is essential to be part of a multi-disciplinary team and learn how to work with others. It is what I enjoyed most.
The best thing being by far the team building experience: work with people I had never seen before and that came from different background, put together our expertise and experiences in a constructive way. Each of us brought something to our team and I believe we all learn about the importance of listening to one another and question our ideas. It was like building a picture to which each one of us contributed with an essential detail.