Hong Kong – Be aware of the Personal Data Laws
HONG KONG’S PERSONAL DATA LAW ARE SUPER STRICT WHAT THEY MEAN FOR INVESTIGATIONS
Hong Kong ‘No Consent’ letters not guaranteed to freeze bank accounts
The Hong Kong Police Commissioner's use of the 'No Consent Regime' to encourage three banks to freeze customer bank accounts, in circumstances where the banks had no independent suspicion of unlawful activity by bank account holders, was unlawful. The decision is relevant for a bank which receives information from the police about a customer’s account where the bank has no prior suspicions of its own: Tam Sze Leung & ors v Commissioner of Police [2021] HKCFI 3118.
Key challenges in 2022 for in house investigations teams and white-collar crime lawyers
Learn from Graham S., Head Investigation Team and his views on key challenges in 2022 for in house investigations teams and white collar crime lawyers, and how to meet the challenges and manage the associated risks.
Malta uses EU “RIGHT TO BE FORGOTTEN” to white wash court judgements
Earlier this year, the Republic of Malta quietly passed the the Online Publication of Court Judgments Conferment of Functions Regulations, 2021 Act., which means that Maltese Court documents become unreliable sources of information on a target individual.
Artefaktum contributions for EUROPOL`s IOCTA 2021
Artefaktum is thankful for having been asked for expert opinions to support Europol`s 2021 Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA) which is the most comprehensive overview of the up-to-date cybercrime…
Investigation and seizure of digital currency in criminal cases.
In this article we want to analyze the international and national legal regulation of the digital currencies circulation at the present stage, to assess the state of crime with the…
Fast Track to verify Email addresses
The capability to verify email addresses / accounts by username is often time-consuming. In this article we introduce a very effective tool.
What is a Boiler Room?
Boiler room scams can be incredibly convincing and meticulously pulled off. There are reports of incidents where people have lost their life savings to a boiler room scam and were unable to recover these funds. In this guide, we explain exactly what boiler room fraud is and ten common signs of boiler room scams.
