Course purpose
This advanced course presents asset recovery as a planned, rights-respecting process that begins at the outset of a financial investigation. It covers recovery objectives and legal pathways, asset profiling and tracing, proof of connection, valuation and third-party interests, urgent preservation, asset management, confiscation, restitution, return and international cooperation. Learners apply a decision framework that separates intelligence, evidence and legal authority at every stage.
Learning outcomes
By the end of this course, you should be able to:
1. Design an asset-recovery strategy that aligns the mandate, legal pathway, investigation and intended end state.
2. Identify, trace, value and prioritise assets while documenting ownership, control, benefit and third-party interests.
3. Select lawful and proportionate preservation options based on dissipation risk, evidence and available authority.
4. Plan the custody, management and value-preservation of restrained or seized assets.
5. Coordinate confiscation, restitution, return and cross-border cooperation while protecting due process and innocent parties.
Forensic CPD
