White-collar crime and money-laundering are closely associated with each other. We have longstanding experience in handling allegations of money-laundering and asset-forfeiture cases. Dirk Libotte has also written numerous articles on these subject matters and is often a keynote speaker on these topics.
As soon as a crime produces financial gain or advantage, there could be a case of money-laundering. Criminal prosecution for crimes whose purpose is to obtain financial gain or advantage will concern not only the crime from where the financial gain originates but also the money-laundering that takes place subsequently.
Given the relatively light burden of proof, on the one hand, and the far-reaching criminal consequences (asset forfeiture), on the other hand, the criminal law authorities pursue the charge of money- laundering as soon as that is possible.
Because in such prosecutions, the impact from a crime of money-laundering can be greater than that from a basic crime, we have developed our scope of specialisation in money-laundering cases to cover asset forfeiture and financial gain aspects.
Some examples of our work in money-laundering matters include:
- assisting a director of a real estate group in criminal prosecution for facts of falsification of documents, money-laundering, and material misrepresentation of purchase price;
- assisting a person active in the private investment sector in an investigation into facts concerning embezzlement, money-laundering, and criminal enterprise, among others;
- assisting a sport management and sports brokerage company in an investigation into money-laundering and criminal enterprise.
