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In his capacity as Chair of the IPBA’s Legal Development & Training Committee, Martin Polaine will be moderating a conference session on ‘Recent trends & Latest Developments in International Arbitration’. He will also be speaking at a session on: Global Implementation of Anti-Bribery and Corruption Policies.
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Martin Polaine continues to be engaged as legal reviewer for Lexis Nexis compliance and regulatory guidance. Guidance includes UK and EU Financial Services, Sanctions & Insurance; EU Payment Systems and EU Privacy.
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Martin Polaine and Arvinder Sambei were engaged to develop and write the LLM course on Cross border Commercial Contracts for the College of Law (Australia). They were also engaged to revise the courses on International Arbitration and Capital Markets.
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Martin Polaine, together with another consultant, was asked to review the Armenian Law on “Civil Forfeiture of Illegal Assets”, benchmark it against relevant international standards and make recommendations to improve and strengthen the legal framework.
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Following the establishment of Bureaux for International Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters (CADIB) in Türkiye, Arvinder Sambei, together with a national expert, were engaged by EU/CoE Joint Project on “Improving International Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters in Turkey” to assist the Turkish authorities by developing guidance for this new body. The guidance provided an overview of…
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Arvinder Sambei, together with Indonesian experts, developed and delivered a series of 4 training workshops (Makassar and Surabaya) on fisheries crimes for Indonesian prosecutors. Each of the workshops included presentations on understanding crimes in fisheries sector, the typology and modus operandi within the region, the use of intelligence (including financial intelligence) in maritime cases,…
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Arvinder Sambei provided a 2-day training workshop on behalf of GovRisk and Montenegrin Judicial Training Centre for Montenegro Anti-Corruption Legal Advisors on official corruption and criminal offences against official duty.
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Martin Polaine was asked to conduct a detailed review of the draft Ukraine Asset Recovery Action Plan and assess its compliance with international standards and best practices. Based on the review, Martin submitted a detailed Technical Paper on the Action Plan along with suggestions for improvement in line with MONEYVAL recommendations, international standards (including relevant EU Directives…
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Martin Polaine & Arvinder Sambei developed a practitioner guidance for prosecutors in Bangladesh, India Maldives and Sri Lanka on key legal issues in the investigation and prosecution of maritime crime: Intelligence and intelligence development, its importance in proactive investigations, nature & sources of intelligence, legal issues arising in the boarding and investigation phase, addressing…
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Arvinder Sambei was engaged by CoE to deliver a two-day training on financial investigations and inter-agency cooperation in combating economic crimes. Together with a financial investigator, the consultants developed training materials (PowerPoint presentations and case studies) for the prosecution and law enforcement agencies of the Republic of Tajikistan.
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Arvinder Sambei was engaged by CoE to develop a Technical Paper (TP) on recovery and management of seized and confiscated assets for the Kyrgyz Republic. The TP took into account international good practices on asset management, the existing regulatory and institutional framework and mechanisms in…
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Arvinder Sambei was engaged by UNODC GMCP to develop, design, and deliver the 5th Prosecutor Network for Maritime Enforcement (PNME) Meeting in Langkawi for prosecutors from Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. The aim of the event was to facilitate dialogue and exchange…
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Martin Polaine & Arvinder Sambei were engaged by GovRisk to deliver a training session for Serbian POOC on conducting financial investigations, using financial intelligence data the use of advanced analytical tools for blockchain/cryptocurrency and the legal/evidential issues that have arisen in…
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Martin Polaine was engaged to support the drafting committee on Proceeds of Crime law in Sri Lanka. The project involved working with Sri Lankan officials from the Ministry of Justice and the committee on the Proceeds of Crime to review and assist in the development of the Policy and Legal…
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Arvinder Sambei, together with a financial investigator, designed and developed a 2-day training workshop on “Effective Parallel Financial Investigation” for the representatives of the Georgian law enforcement agencies (Prosecutor’s Office, State Security Service, Investigation Service of the…
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Martin Polaine was asked to review the Kosovo confiscation framework on the use and disposal of confiscated assets through a Confiscation Fund. The analysis examined the practice in a number of European countries and the US to make recommendations that would be suitable for Kosovo, along with the…
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The WB engaged Martin Polaine to conduct a review of the AML/CFT draft law and The Non-Governmental Organisations Bill 2023 of Eswatini. The review involved assessing the compliance of the draft laws with international standards, in particular, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Recommendations…
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Martin Polaine, together with another international expert, was engaged to write a Technical Paper (TP) on creating a comprehensive confiscation and asset recovery framework, including institutional structures, for Slovak authorities. The TP was developed in consultation with the Slovak…
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Martin Polaine was engaged by the CoE to participate in consultative meetings with the Tunisian Financial Intelligence Unit to provide guidance on the Tunisian Draft Law on Anti-Money Laundering and combating Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT). Based on the discussions and review of the national…
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Arvinder Sambei, together with another consultant, reviewed Azerbaijan law on Mutual Legal Assistance (MLA) along with templates developed by the Azeri authorities to develop a detailed MLA Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) in line with relevant international standards, good practices and the…
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Arvinder Sambei continued with her engagement as a consultant and content developer for Lexis Nexis (Australia) to develop additional regulatory compliance contents on banking & finance, taxation, competition law, consumer protection law, company law and modern slavery.
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Martin Polaine, together with two other Council of Europe international experts, participated in a 2-day online training workshop on “Identification, assessment, seizure and confiscation of the proceeds of crime” for prosecutors, investigators, financial intelligence officers and representatives of…
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Martin Polaine was asked to review the Kosovo confiscation framework, in particular, the use and disposal of confiscated assets through a Confiscation Fund. The analysis examined the practice in a number of European countries and the US to make recommendations that would be suitable for Kosovo,…
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Arvinder Sambei, together with a UK financial investigator, designed and developed a 2-day training workshop on "Investigation and Prosecution of Terrorist Financing Cases” for the Georgian FIU, law enforcement agencies, prosecutors and judges. The workshop addressed existing and emerging TF trends…
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Arvinder Sambei was asked to develop in a Technical Paper (TP) on financial investigations in corruption, money laundering and terrorist financing for law enforcement, prosecution, Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs) and Anti-corruption Agencies (ACAs) of Jordan, Morocco, Palestine and Tunisia. The…
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Martin Polaine presented and lead the discussions on ‘liability of legal person for corruption offences’ on behalf of Council of Europe at 9th Session of the Conference of State Parties to the United Nations Convention on Corruption (COSP/UNCAC). The session explored, inter alia, the importance of…
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Martin Polaine and Arvinder Sambei have developed detailed training and practitioner manuals for introductory and advanced training on MLA & Extradition for Turkey. The manuals will be used to build the Training of Trainers (ToTs) workshops for the Turkish authorities so that it can carry out the…
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Martin Polaine was asked to review the legislative framework for international cooperation in Turkey, benchmark it against relevant international standards and make recommendations to improve and strengthen the legal framework for both MLA and extradition. Following the legislative review, a…
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Martin Polaine was asked to review the Draft Law on Civil Confiscation for Kosovo along with recommendations for amendment and updating.
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Arvinder Sambei participated in a Training of Trainers (ToT) workshop on financing of terrorism cases on behalf of the Council of Europe, the Kosovo Judicial Academy and Academy for Public Safety. Following the ToT, she conducted a peer review of the draft Training Curriculum, identify gaps and…
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LAWASIA, the Law Association for Law Association for Asia and the Pacific, held its 16th Moot Competition which related to an arbitration scenario. Both Martin Polaine and Arvinder Sambei were invited to acts as arbitrators and provide feedback to the students participating in the exercise.
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Amicus Legal Consultants was selected for the TI (Berlin) project to help TI National Chapters in Cote d’Ivoire, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia to build deeper engagement with African governments on their commitments against corruption to bring about enhanced implementation of the AUCPCC…
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Martin Polaine & Arvinder Sambei, along with James Jung, Director, International Relations & Development at the College of Law and Chol-soo (Charles) Koh, a forensic accountant and AML expert in South Korea developed a detailed module for members of the Law Society of Singapore understanding global…
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Martin Polaine & Arvinder Sambei developed a practitioner guidance for prosecutors on key legal issues in the investigation and prosecution of maritime crime: Intelligence and intelligence development, its importance in proactive investigations, nature & sources of intelligence, legal issues…
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Martin Polaine was engaged to assist the Uzbekistan authorities in developing a model bilateral MLA agreement/treaty to supplement its efforts to improve international cooperation.
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Arvinder Sambei was engaged as an independent evaluator for the OSCE to conduct an evaluation of its TNTD RoL and Counter-Terrorism portfolio and the series of national seminars it had carried out in South-Eastern Europe (SEE) and Central Asia (CA) on the Global Counter-Terrorism Forum (GCTF) Rabat…
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Arvinder Sambei was invited to develop the content, and participate, in a table-top exercise on building domestic interagency coordination and cooperation in maritime crime cases.
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Martin Polaine and Arvinder Sambei were engaged to develop and write the LLM Mediation course for the College of Law (Australia).
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Martin Polaine was engaged by EU/CoE Joint Project on “Improving International Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters in Turkey” to assist the Turkish authorities in planning the inception phase activities for the project. The activity involved drafting a technical paper jointly with another…
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Martin Polaine continues his role as a practitioner lecturer/tutor for its Applied Law LLM in ASEAN +6 Cross-Border Legal Practice. Martin teaches Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, Intellectual Property, International Arbitration and Trade & Investment. The course is a practice-based LLM…
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The use of and reliance upon automated facial recognition (AFR) for intelligence-gathering purposes and the prevention and detection of crime by law enforcement agencies, as well as its use as border and immigration control has not been without controversy and continues to raise legal, ethical and…
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Martin Polaine was engaged by the Commonwealth Secretariat to carry out a review of the Seychelles Anti-Corruption Act and assess it against international best practices (legislative and institutional). The review and gap analysis examined the relevant legal frameworks, along with the functions of…
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As part of the UNODC GMCP capacity building programme, Arvinder Sambei was engaged to co-facilitate a piracy mock trial for a team of Nigerian prosecutors. The workshop was conducted remotely and focussed on court proceedings by nominating a team of 6 prosecutors from the Maritime Crime Group at…
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Martin Polaine was engaged by the College of Law (Australia) and HKLS to review the core courses of the HKLS RME Programme and integrate international best practice within the course content and create comprehensive checklists for the core course and elective courses for use by course participants,…
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The International Development Law Organization (IDLO) engaged Arvinder Sambei to develop materials for a mock trial, based on a fictitious terrorism case. The materials included case report, proofs, witness statements, evidence, exhibit logs, notes to mentors, judges, prosecutors and defence…
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Tana Copenhagen ApS Tana was appointed by Danida (Denmark Development Co-operation, MFA, Denmark) in 2019 to implement its “Strengthening Ethiopia’s Capacity and Regional Engagement to Counter Money Laundering and Illicit Financial Flows”. Martin Polaine has been engaged as the Quality Assurance…
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As part of its capacity building and technical assistance mandate, UNODC GMCP Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean Ocean (PO) engaged Martin Polaine and the team at Amicus Legal Consultants to deliver a Solve: Immersive maritime crime exercise for Guyanese judiciary, prosecutors and…
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Martin Polaine & Arvinder Sambei were engaged by the UNODC Law Enforcement Assistance Programme (LEAP) to develop disruption options and toolkit for maritime crime and illegal deforestation. Programme LEAP is a joint Interpol/UNODC/RHIPTO initiative to reduce illegal deforestation in order to…
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Martin Polaine was engaged by the World Bank to design, develop and deliver a 5-day practical training for representatives from the Prosecutor General’s Office, the District Prosecutor’s Office, Independent Authority Against Corruption of Mongolia (IAAC) and Ministry of Justice. The five-day…
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Martin Polaine delivered a training workshop for law enforcement and judiciary the Council of Europe Warsaw Convention addressing financial investigations, evaluating evidence, asset recovery, asset sharing mechanisms and mutual legal assistance issues in economic crime cases. The workshop was…
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Martin Polaine facilitated the 2020 UNODC Indian Ocean Forum for the Maritime Crime (IOFMC) Prosecutors’ Network, which was set up in 2015. The 9th Forum meeting was held remotely due to Covid-19 pandemic, with participants from the Indian Ocean region, as well as representation from the GMCP…
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Martin Polaine and the team at Amicus Legal Consultants designed and wrote an e-Learning course on Integrity Measures for Maritime Law Enforcement in the Pacific Region. The UNODC GMCP Pacific team conducted an in-house risk assessment of the growing narcotics trafficking in the Pacific region and…
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Arvinder Sambei was engaged as an independent evaluator (judicial integrity and prevention of corruption component), along with 3 other experts, to conduct a final in-depth evaluation of the UNODC Doha Declaration Global Programme, one of the largest single UNODC Global Programmes. The 2015 Doha…
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Following the Technical Paper by Martin Polaine on the creation of an independent police complaints or oversight institutional framework, he was invited to attend a one-day session to present the findings and work through the recommendations. The Technical Paper had examined practice from three (3)…
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Arvinder Sambei has been engaged as a consultant and content developer by Lexis Nexis (Australia) to develop its regulatory compliance contents on AML/CFT/Sanctions, Bribery & Anti-Corruption, Privacy & Data Protection and Cybersecurity.
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Martin Polaine was engaged as an expert/speaker for the two-day conference organised by the EU/CoE Joint Programme on Controlling Corruption through Law Enforcement and Prevention (CLEP). The project aims to improve the anti-corruption, anti-money laundering and assets recovery frameworks in the…
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The College of Law has appointed Martin Polaine as one of its practitioner lecturers/tutors for its LLM course on ASEAN +6 International Trade & Investment Law and Practice. The lectures are scheduled to start later this week. The College of Law programme focuses on the ASEAN+6 region with an…
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As maritime piracy in the Gulf of Guinea (GoG) continues to rise, the UNODC Global Maritime Counter Piracy (GMCP) programme has worked with Member States in the region to strengthen the institutional, investigative and prosecutorial capacity of the Gulf of Guinea (West Africa) countries to prevent…
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As part of the on-going training to prosecutors and investigators in Georgia, Arvinder Sambei and Paula Lavric (Orsin, Romania) delivered a two day training workshop on investigating corruption cases. At the request of the General Prosecutors’ Office (GPO), the two day workshop was delivered…
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Martin Polaine was engaged by the Council of Europe to conduct a study on the feasibility and advantage of a creating a new binding instrument in the Council of Europe on international co-operation to strengthen the asset recovery framework, in particular, asset management, the recovery and sharing…
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Martin Polaine was invited by the Council of Europe to give a keynote address at the Conference on ‘International Co-operation in Criminal Matters: Human Rights Perspective’ to mark the 60th year of the European Convention on Mutual Legal Assistance. The conference was attended by members of the…
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In 2014, UNODC recommended that Kenya introduce Active Case Management (ACM) as a key measure to address the ongoing challenges (especially lengthy and unacceptable delays) within its criminal justice system in line with international standards and with the Kenyan Constitution. In 2016, the ACM…
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Arvinder Sambei was engaged by UNODC to attend a meeting arranged with the ACM Committee, Judicial Training Institute (JTI) and UNODC to discuss the current 2016 Guidelines for Active Case Management of Criminal Cases in Magistrate Courts and High Courts of Kenya, which were issued by the Chief…
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As part of the EU/CoE Horizontal Facility for Western Balkans and Turkey actions: “Enhancing Human Rights Protection for Detained and Sentenced People in Serbia” and to mark Human Rights Day, the CoE and OSCE Mission to Serbia held a one day seminar on the prohibition of torture and independent…
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Martin Polaine was engaged by the Council of Europe, to provide advice, technical assistance and training to prosecutors of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. As part of the CoE Ukraine ‘Continued support to criminal justice reform in Ukraine’, (CJR Project) aimed at supporting the reform of the…
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Arvinder Sambei was engaged by UNODC Southeast Asia and the Pacific office (UNODC ROSEAP) to deliver a two day workshop for Vietnamese officials engaged in international co-operation (extradition). The two day workshop included presentations and practical case studies for the participants. The…
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In November 2018, UNODC organised a Ministerial and Senior Officials meeting in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania to address the threat of maritime drug trafficking (the Southern Route) which affects Mozambique, Seychelles South Africa and Tanzania as transit or destination countries. Each of the countries…
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Arvinder Sambei along with D. (Dirk) ten Boer(Public Prosecutor from The Netherlands) delivered a two day workshop on Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) for Azerbaijan investigators, prosecutors (both from the Anti-Corruption Directorate and the General…
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‘Dawn raid’ exercise at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (FBD), London: As part of its on-going relationship of over 9 years with FBD, Martin Polaine and Arvinder Sambei, along with a team of Amicus associates, delivered a 2-day practical exercise on ‘dawn raids’ for FBD associates drawn from its…
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Amicus Legal Consultants is pleased to announce that its director and co-founder, Martin Polaine MCIArb, FAiADR, has been invited to become one of the first Fellows of the Asian Institute of Alternative Dispute Resolution (AiADR). Martin said he was ‘extremely honoured and privileged to be invited…
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Martin Polaine delivered an Arbitration Masterclass, ‘Making Arbitration Work for You’ with our long standing partners, Skrine (http://www.skrine.com/) in KL for its in-house arbitration team (CPD points). The Masterclass focussed on practical issues and considerations for lawyers to have in mind…
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The College of Law, based in Australia (https://www.collaw.edu.au/), has engaged Martin Polaine as one of its practitioner tutors on International Trade & Investment with a particular emphasis on ASEAN +6 law and practice. The LLM course is scheduled to start later in the year with the development…
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The Judge of the Supreme Court of Cassation asked Amicus Legal Consultants to provide a short technical paper on the use of experts in criminal cases, in particular, in corruption and economic crime cases. As Serbian Law provides for the creation of a special task force to lead such investigations…
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Arvinder Sambei was one of two international speakers invited to address the Annual Maldives Judicial Conference held at Bandos Resort. The event, hosted by the Chief Justice Dr Ahmed Abdulla Didi, and attended by the judiciary from across Maldives was examining the issue of Foreign Terrorist…
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Martin Polaine has been instructed by the Commonwealth Secretariat to develop anti-corruption model law provisions to assist the Association of Integrity Commissions and Anti-Corruption Bodies in the Commonwealth Caribbean. The model law provisions will help to inform national anti-corruption laws…
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Amicus Legal Consultants ran a critical incident immersive exercise at the offices of Taylor Wessing, London on bribery (UK Bribery Act & US FCPA), corporate governance, handling whistleblowers (duty of care issues etc) internal investigations, self-reporting to regulatory authorities,…
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Arvinder Sambei along with Paula Lavric and Victor Astanin delivered a two day workshop for Kyrgyz trainers on investigating and prosecuting economic crime and corruption cases. The 2 day event included presentations and practical case studies to highlight the challenges and issues in addressing…
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Martin Polaine delivered two half day Arbitration Masterclass, ‘Making Arbitration Work for You’ with our long standing partners, Chooi & Co and Azmi & Associates . The workshop was aimed at long standing clients, General Counsel and industry representatives in Kuala Lumpur. The Masterclass…
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As part of its priorities for EU financial assistance for the period 2014-20 to support Turkey on its path to accession, the Action Document drafted within the scope of the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA II) identified international judicial cooperation in criminal matters as one of…
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Amicus Legal Consultants was engaged by UNODC Nairobi to create, develop and facilitate a Counter Terrorism Mock Trial to assist Somali judiciary, prosecutors and defence in presenting and adjudicating terrorism trials in line with international standards. In the context of global counter-terrorism…
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Arvinder Sambei was invited by the Council of Europe to participate in the training of prosecutors and deputy prosecutors on the ECHR standards and the case law of the European Court of Human Rights in the application of Article 3. The training was aimed at assisting prosecutors in applying the…
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Amicus Legal Consultants, along with a number of other experts and trainers, policy makers and practitioners, was invited to CoE Roundtable discussions on ‘Cooperation Activities against Economic Crime: tools, impact and lessons learnt’. The aim of the Roundtable was to examine existing challenges…
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Arvinder Sambei of Amicus Legal Consultants was engaged as an evaluator and technical expert on behalf of the Terrorism Prevention Branch of UNODC to conduct, with the lead evaluator, an independent evaluation of the 3rd and final phase of the of the EU-UNODC Nigeria CT Partnership Project II. The…
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Martin Polaine was instructed by the World Bank to develop both a concept note for Sri Lanka as it considers the parameters of its Proceeds of Crime Bill and, thereafter, the draft law. Following meetings with the Special Presidential Task Force on Recovery of State Assets (START) between January…
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Martin Polaine was invited by the Council of Europe to lead a training workshop on investigating economic and financial crimes for investigators and prosecutors along with Brian Cook, a financial investigator from the Metropolitan Police. The workshop addressed financial intelligence (including…
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Arvinder Sambei was invited by the Council of Europe to participate in the training of prosecutors and deputy prosecutors on the ECHR standards and the case law of the European Court of Human Rights in application of Article 5 (right to liberty and security) and Article 6 (right to a fair trial) of…
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Arvinder Sambei was invited to speak at the ‘BREAKING FEAR # What Can Civil Society Do to Save Accountability of Security Governance in the Time of Fear?, hosted and organised by the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy, a leading independent think-tank publicly advocating human, national, regional…
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Amicus, in partnership with the National Institute for Internal Control of Romania (other partners include Mazars, Dentons, Bureau van Dijk, Transilvania Bank, EBRD & Strands) held a one day discussion forum aimed at the financial sector in Romania and worked through the issues and challenges on…
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Liat Shetret of the Global Center on Co-operative Security has been working on the Global Center program on Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Technical Assistance Support to the MENA Region, with focus on Jordan, Lebanon, and Iraq. As part of that project, Global…
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Arvinder Sambei was part of the OECD training team on asset recovery for Greek judicial, prosecutorial, and law enforcement authorities. The OECD Anti-Corruption Division has an ongoing bilateral project with Greece to help the country implement its National Anti-Corruption Action Plan (NACAP),…
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Amicus and Chooi & Co, a well-established and recognised law firm in KL, held a ‘Solve’ immersive exercise for representatives from the banking and financial sector to test the rigour of decision making and internal advice, the perils of de-risking and managing client risks when they arise. The…
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Martin Polaine gave a presentation by video link on the 'Advantages & Disadvantages of Mediation in State-Investor Disputes' for the International Dispute Resolution Master class being held at the University of International Business and Economics, Hui Bin Bei Lu Beijing, Beijing Shi, 100096 China…
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The World Bank/UNODC Stolen Asset Recovery Initiative (StAR) in partnership with the Sri Lankan Presidential Task Force on Stolen Assets Recovery (START) held a mutual legal assistance (MLA) workshop for prosecutors and investigators engaged in asset recovery in Sri Lanka: the Attorney General’s…
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Amicus, in partnership with the National Institute for Internal Control of Romania (INCIR), DLA Piper (Romania) and Reff & Associates (Romania) held a one day forum for senior compliance officers, lawyers, General Counsel, auditors, and internal control professionals on the General Data Protection…
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As part of its on-going relationship of over 6 years with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (FBD), Martin Polaine and Arvinder Sambei, along with a team of Amicus associates, delivered a 2-day practical exercise on ‘dawn raids’ for FBD associates drawn from its offices in UK, Europe and the US. And,…
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Martin Polaine has successfully completed the accelerated route to Fellowship assessment and is now a MCIArb (Member of CIArb).
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Martin Polaine and Sunil Patel attended, and presented, at the Compliance & Transparency Forum held in Singapore (organised by the UK Government) on ‘Dynamic Decision Making in Corruption cases’ (21 September) and ‘Dynamic Decision Making for Banking in Wider AML’ (22 September). Here they are…
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Public Sector Excellence in Singapore, UNDP’s global anti-corruption project, ‘Anti-Corruption for Peaceful and Inclusive Societies’ (ACPIS), provides policy and program support to participating States and has an overall objective of contributing to the strengthening of national capacities to (i)…
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Martin Polaine gave the keynote address at the LCILP workshop for professionals in the humanitarian sector: in particular, charities and NGOs. The workshop was led by the Former Senior Operational Manager & Former Senior Diplomatic and Legal Advisor at the International Committee of the Red Cross…
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In July Amicus Legal Consultants and Riliance hosted a risk roundtable to discuss the changing risk and compliance landscape. The event was attended by representatives from a broad range of industries including; Pharmaceutical, Cloud Technology, Professional Services, journalism and Legal and Risk…
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The Public International Advisory Group (PILAG) has published its second publication, International Law Gazette, devoted entirely to public international law issues. The publication aims to provide international lawyers with expert coverage of key developments, events and publications in the field…
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Arvinder Sambei was one of the trainers for the CoE training workshop on ‘Effective economic crime and corruption related investigations’, held in Strasbourg for representatives from the Kyrgyz FIU, investigators and prosecutors. For more details of the CoE activites:…
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Arvinder Sambei and Martin Polaine contributed to the CoE Training materials (for the CoE Partnership for Good Governance) to include the practice and procedure in Georgia for AML/CFT investigations and prosecutions. The chapter addressed: Relationship between Money Laundering and Terrorism…
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Martin Polaine delivered a 3 day workshop for members of the compliance, internal audit, contracts and procurement departments of Kazakhstan Temir Zholy, the national railway company. The workshop was held as part of its enhancement of its compliance capability and with a view to considering…
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The Public International Advisory Group (PILAG) has published its first online publication, International Law Gazette, devoted entirely to public international law issues. The publication aims to provide international lawyers with expert coverage of key developments, events and publications in the…
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Arvinder Sambei was invited by the Council of Europe ‘Continued Support to Criminal Justice Reform in Ukraine’ to participate in a seminar on international co-operation at the request of the General Prosecutor’s Office of Ukraine (GPO) and the National Academy of Prosecutors of Ukraine (NAPU). The…
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Following our earlier briefing paper1 on the chemical attack in Syria, we turn now to the possible legal, rather than moral, justification for the US military action in Syria last week. The US Administration has remained resolutely silent in setting out the legal basis of its action, save to say…
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Reflections on crisis response in the wake of the United Airlines furore: In the recent past, the airline industry has a mixed record when it comes to managing and responding to a crisis. AirAsia CEO, Tony Fernandes, showed how it should be done when handling the immediate aftermath of the crash of…
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Gas! GAS! Quick, boys! - An ecstasy of fumbling Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time, But someone still was yelling out and stumbling And flound'ring like a man in fire or lime.- Dim through the misty panes and thick green light, As under a green sea, I saw him drowning. The words of the poet…
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Arvinder Sambei was one of the trainers on a 5 day workshop for key Kazakh stakeholders dealing with economic and financial crimes (FIU, analysts, and prosecutors). The main focus of the course was on financial intelligence (sources of intelligence, development and handling), in particular, open…
