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A Message to IAAR Members
By Charles A. Intriago | Friday, April 13, 2012
Dear IAAR Member,  At the International Association for Asset Recovery, we have made some important decisions that will benefit you greatly and take IAAR to the logical extension of its mission...
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Asset Recovery Watcher Blog

South African drama continues to play out in asset recovery circles

Blog date: 12/05/2011 | Posted by: David Quinones
The man who replaced corruption-fighter extraordinaire Willie Hofmeyr as the head of the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has been lambasted for recent comments made in local South African media. Meanwhile, Hofmeyr, who still heads South Africa’s Asset Forfeiture* Unit (AFU), has obtained a confiscation order to take...read more

IAAR Tips and Best Practices

Six ways asset recovery professionals can use social networks to advance their cases and careers
By David Quinones | Monday, November 28, 2011
You’ve been told about the importance of social networks ad nauseum, but between casework, your personal life and actual in-person networking, finding the time to tend to these profiles can be...
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Litigator blazes trails, sets trends in alternative litigation financing space
By David Quinones | Monday, November 14, 2011
As an attorney* defending corporations and banks, Boaz Weinstein began to feel as though he was on the wrong side of the fight. The graduate of Columbia Law School and former clerk for federal judge...
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Looking for clues when there are none: Part II – How criminals obscure their identities through nominees and other unwitting abettors
By Don C. Semesky, Jr. | Thursday, November 3, 2011
The traditional mindset of investigators when it comes to the use of nominees by the subjects of their investigations is connected to the ownership of assets; and that only trusted individuals or...
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Looking for clues when there are none: Part I – Obstacles faced by the investigator or asset recovery specialist and how to overcome or work around them
By Don C. Semesky, Jr. | Thursday, October 27, 2011
Lost in all the headlines and stories about the Federal government’s deferred prosecution agreement with Wachovia Bank was the fact that, with the hundreds of millions of alleged drug dollars that...
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How to pierce offshore secrecy havens to identify and recover targeted assets
By Kenneth E. Barden, JD, CSAR | Thursday, October 27, 2011
Criminals have long favored putting their illegally obtained assets into what are known as “offshore secrecy havens.”  Such havens are usually featured as either having a very high level of...
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Striking out without striking out: Advice on how to go from a big firm or agency to independent entrepreneurship
By David Quinones | Thursday, October 13, 2011
In the face of stagnated employment figures and a shrinking job market, the entrepreneurial bug has again become en vogue in the United States. A recent survey found that 16 percent of respondents...
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Alternative litigation financing takes hold in asset recovery, offers hope to some victims
By David Quinones | Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Alternative litigation financing, or “third party financing,” of lawsuits has gained traction in recent years. But can funds from outside parties devoted to restoring value to victims of financial...
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Follow the money, find the fraud
By Tracy L. Coenen, CPA, CFF | Monday, September 19, 2011
Forensic accounting has been around for decades, but only in the last 10 years have people become aware of the profession on a wide scale. In this article, originally appearing in the Wisconsin Law...
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Asset recovery: They don’t teach this stuff in college. Or do they?
By David Quinones | Tuesday, September 6, 2011
International Money Laundering, Corruption, and Terrorism, a groundbreaking class taught at George Washington University’s Law School, could also be titled Asset Recovery* 101 for the unique real...
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Forensic accountant builds successful practice by billing for value, not time
By David Quinones | Thursday, August 25, 2011
The path from Marquette undergraduate to forensic accounting expert was an unexpected one for Tracy Coenen. But she hadn’t counted on a chance semester of Financial Criminal Investigations and the...
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Beyond the Duvalier Legacy: What New ‘Arab Spring’ Governments Can Learn from Haiti and the Benefits of Stolen Asset Recovery
Mark V. Vlasic and Gregory Cooper - Sunday, February 19, 2012
In this well-documented and incisive piece, Vlasic and Cooper make a strong case for the vital importance of improving international stolen asset...
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Asset recovery luminaries gather for groundbreaking panels on third party targets
David Quinones - Wednesday, November 23, 2011
For years, IAAR experts have preached the value of third party or “one-off” asset recovery* targets, but the lessons have never been as clearly and...
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Department of Justice on brink of releasing FCPA guidance
David Quinones - Thursday, November 10, 2011
While it was just a brief comment during a lengthy speech, United States Assistant Attorney* General Lanny Breuer’s mention of impending guidance on...
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The ARW Podcast

Digital sleuth shares top strategies for the computer age
Steve Rambam | 02/22/2012
President and CEO, Pallorium Inc.

This was recorded on September 26, 2011.  Expert digital investigator Steve Rambam of...
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Cross-border expert draws path to success in multiple jurisdictions
Arnoldo Lacayo | 08/16/2011
Astigarraga Davis

IAAR editor David Quinones talked with Astigarraga Davis' Arnoldo Lacayo about the Miami...
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Premier divorce lawyer: Asset recovery a key, under-used aspect of matrimonial law
Randall M. Kessler | 08/03/2011
Founding Partner, Kessler & Solomiany

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