Conference programme

Who comes first and what test will the courts apply, what should the victim consider prior to launching and how the criminal law enforcement can aid or hinder asset recovery, including a judicial perspective.

In Sub-Saharan Africa, crypto (and especially Stablecoin) serves a crucial function in cross-border payments, savings, and small business commerce. Whilst Stablecoin is growing in use in Africa for private transactions, Governments are simultaneously exploring their own digital currencies and payment infrastructure upgrades as part of a broader modernisation trend. Central banks in several African countries have considered or piloted Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) to enhance financial inclusion and monetary sovereignty. This session takes an in-depth look at Sub-Saharan Africa with an eye to future growth.

Courts and government actors often overreach to limit or restrain efforts to effectively represent victims of fraud and corruption. Courts can often issue procedural and substantive rulings that overreach, intentional or not, that limit the ability to obtain crucial evidence and/or to limit the ability to restrain and repatriate proceeds of fraud and corruption. Other government actors often, well intentioned or not, overreach in a manner that makes it difficult or effectively impossible to obtain recoveries for victims of fraud and corruption. This panel will explore the limits and motivations of this judicial and governmental overreach and how it might be mitigated.

Details to follow.