DISASTERS PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CRIMINALS
Already an increase in cybercrime
Every (major) disaster offers opportunities to criminals. The outbreak of Covid-19 has already resulted in increased levels of fraud such as cybercrime (for instance phishing scams, online payment fraud and online identity theft). Interpol is seeing an increase in counterfeit medical products, fraud and cybercrime. Although in most countries the courts will be available to handle emergency cases (including criminal cases), detecting and bringing criminals to justice has become more difficult. Incidentally, hate crimes are also on the rise.
There is every reason to be vigilant now. Because many people work from home, there is …
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FOREIGN COMPANIES IN CURACAO BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS
Principle of universality
In Curaçao, bankruptcy in general serves the purpose of liquidating assets of a particular person or legal entity and distributing the proceeds among the combined creditors. Under Curaçao insolvency law, the Curaçao courts have jurisdiction in respect of insolvency proceedings against legal entities that have their corporate seat in Curaçao and against any legal entity that carries on business or professional activities through an office in Curaçao. A foreign party can therefore be declared insolvent in Curaçao if it has a branch office in this jurisdiction. Whether or not a concurrent insolvency proceeding against that foreign party …
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FRAUDNET – THE POWER OF ONE GLOBAL NETWORK
FraudNet in action
According to The Irish Times, lawyer Antenor Pereira Madruga Filho (a member of FraudNet) is hired by the Irish Government to represent it in a high-profile case involving a lawyer who fled Ireland in 2007 with debts of €80m. The lawyer was arrested in Brazil almost two years ago and has been held since in a prison (click here for the newspaper article). FraudNet Members are regularly in the news and you can read about some of them here.
FraudNet is a worldwide network of lawyers specialized in asset tracing and …
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KAREL FRIELINK NEW FRAUDNET MEMBER
Global network that can help victims
Karel Frielink has been appointed member of FraudNet for all six islands of the Dutch Antilles. FraudNet is a worldwide network of lawyers specialized in asset tracing and recovery. Set up in 2004 by the anti-crime arm of the International Chamber of Commerce, FraudNet currently numbers 70 members present in 62 countries, providing victims of fraud with the possibility of retaining the best asset recovery professionals in the targeted jurisdictions.
Following strict criteria set by its member-elected Standards …
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ICC FRAUDNET
The leading specialist international network of fraud and asset recovery lawyers
Organized and operating under the auspices of the Commercial Crime Services of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), FraudNet is a 24/7 international rapid deployment force that pries open the vault of bank secrecy and helps victims locate and recover their stolen assets with the same cyber powered speed, stealth, reach and proficiency as the most sophisticated global fraud network.
Fraudsters meet their match in FraudNet’s experienced team of civil asset recovery lawyers, investigators and forensic accountants, who creatively wield their own sophisticated legal and investigative tools to trace …
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