Webinar 7/2018 Excise fraud – Financial investigation on illicit manufacturing of cigarettes and alcohol fraud related criminal analysis

The overall objective of this online training event is to enhance knowledge on the application of financial investigative techniques and criminal intelligence analysis in excise fraud cases.

In the first part of the webinar a Dutch investigator will demonstrate what kind of financial investigative steps the Dutch law enforcement authorities do take in cases of illegal manufacturing of cigarettes. The concept of “unexplained wealth” and the financial oriented investigative logic will be explained through three concrete examples of recent criminal investigations with particular view on how you can gather financial intelligence through the operative steps of an investigation.

In the second part of the webinar a criminal analyst expert from the UK tax and customs organization(HMRC) will illustrate criminal analysis methods that support investigations at operational and tactical level. The expert will explain which analysis tools are used in the UK, describe the collaborative work of the case team and the analyst, the gradual enrichment of the initial intelligence with the use of datasets, provide examples of typical analysis methods and detail the process of hypothesis building. While this second lecture will have a focus on alcohol fraud the discussed analysis methods are transferable and adaptable to other fields of criminal investigation as well.