27th Annual Transnational Crime Conference
14 May - 16 May 2025
Session information
Breakout session two - Lightning bolt cooperation: when cooperation between criminal lawyers is faster and more efficient than mutual legal assistance
Thursday 15 May (1600 - 1730)
Committee(s)
Business Crime Committee
(Lead)
Criminal Law Committee
(Lead)
Description
Mutual legal assistance, where admitted, takes months if not years to be fully, partially or finally not enforced at all. Letters rogatory can be poorly drafted and not reflect the issues at stake. Criminal proceedings are covered by secrecy and the requested elements might only be accessed once the battle is over. In the meantime, frauds are perpetrated at light speed, money flows from one bank to dozens of others and goods are diverted to non-cooperative jurisdictions while individuals and corporations may be investigated for the same facts in several places. With experts from all continents, the panel will discuss the ever-expanding role of criminal lawyers in defending or assisting clients over the world, exchanging information about foreign proceedings in a timely manner, speeding up judicial assistance, initiating local proceedings and seizing stolen assets faster than the enforcement authorities.
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Kateryna Gupalo | Arzinger, Kyiv, Ukraine; Co-Chair, Business Crime Committee |
| Emmanuel Moyne | Bougartchev Moyne Associés, Paris, France; Membership Officer, Criminal Law Committee |
Speakers
| Christine Braamskamp | Jenner & Block, London, England; Member, Criminal Law Committee Advisory Board |
| Marina Ferro e Silva | CHS Inc., Barcelona, Spain |
| Felix Ka-ho Ng | Haldanes , Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR; Secretary, Business Crime Committee |
| Fabyola Emilin Rodrigues | Demarest Advogados, São Paulo, Brazil; Conference Quality Officer, Criminal Law Committee |