A great many obstacles confront fraudsters who transfer assets overseas... but the lawyers on their tails must be keenly aware of local legal concepts if they are to resolve cases in offshore jurisdictions. Robert Hunter explains
March 05, 2003 at 07:03 PM
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The original version of this story was published on Legalweek
Ask any lawyer who regularly conducts fraud litigation and he will tell you that acting quickly is essential for the proceeds of fraud to be retrieved.
True, in cases of hot pursuit, speed of response is essential. In others, however, it is astonishing how great the gap can be between the commission of an alleged fraud and its discovery (I was recently involved in a case of alleged fraud in which the gap was 40 years, but this is an extreme example).
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