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Understanding International Cooperation in Financial Crime Investigation

Financial crime crosses borders in seconds. Investigations cross them in years. This course explains the machinery that closes that gap: mutual legal assistance treaties, letters rogatory, FIU-to-FIU exchange through the Egmont Group, SEBI's use of the IOSCO multilateral MoU, tax information exchange under DTAAs, CRS and FATCA, Interpol notices, extradition and cross-border asset recovery. You learn who India's central authorities are, how a request is drafted and routed, why requests stall on dual criminality, specialty and foreign data protection rules, and how foreign evidence is made admissible in an Indian court. Real cases anchor every chapter: the HSBC Geneva list, the Panama and Pandora Papers, Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi and 1MDB. The course closes with the practitioner's side: building a cross-border evidence pack that agencies can actually use and handling foreign requests that land on an Indian institution. Educational content only, not legal advice. Built for senior forensic auditors, chief compliance officers and financial crime investigation professionals.

Mutual Legal Assistance and Letters RogatoryFIU and Egmont Group Information ExchangeCross-Border Securities and Tax Information ExchangeInterpol, Extradition and Fugitive OffendersInternational Asset Tracing and RecoveryPractitioner Evidence Packs and Foreign Requests

MODULES

6

DURATION

4 Hours

TRACK

Forensic Accounting & Compliance

What You'll Master

Explain why sovereignty creates an evidence gap and which treaties and standards bridge it

Identify India's central authorities for MLA, extradition, FIU exchange, securities and tax requests

Follow an MLAT request and a letter rogatory from drafting to execution abroad

Diagnose why cross-border requests stall and how to draft around dual criminality, specialty and data protection problems

Compare intelligence channels (Egmont, IOSCO, DTAA, CRS, FATCA) with formal evidence channels and know when each fits

Trace how Interpol notices, extradition and the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act work together on absconding offenders

Map the stages of cross-border asset recovery from tracing to repatriation

Build a cross-border evidence pack and respond correctly to a foreign request reaching an Indian institution

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Curriculum Breakdown

Chapter 1: Why Investigations Stop at the Border

3 Lessons

Sovereignty, Jurisdiction and the Evidence Gap12 min read

The International Legal Architecture: UNCAC, UNTOC, FATF and Bilateral Treaties13 min read

India's Central Authorities: Who Sends and Receives Requests12 min read

Chapter 2: Formal Evidence Gathering

4 Lessons

Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties: How an MLAT Request Works14 min read

Letters Rogatory Under the BNSS and the PMLA13 min read

Why Requests Stall: Dual Criminality, Specialty and Data Protection13 min read

Making Foreign Evidence Admissible in an Indian Court13 min read

Chapter 3: Intelligence and Regulator Channels

4 Lessons

FIU-IND and the Egmont Group: Financial Intelligence Without a Treaty12 min read

SEBI and the IOSCO MMoU: Cross-Border Securities Investigations13 min read

Tax Information Exchange: DTAAs, CRS and FATCA13 min read

Case Study: The HSBC Geneva List, Panama Papers and Pandora Papers in India14 min read

Chapter 4: Bringing Fugitives Back

4 Lessons

Interpol Notices and Bharatpol11 min read

Extradition Under the Extradition Act 196213 min read

Case Study: Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi15 min read

The Fugitive Economic Offenders Act as a Domestic Backstop12 min read

Chapter 5: Bringing the Money Back

3 Lessons

Tracing and Freezing Assets Abroad13 min read

Confiscation, Non-Conviction Based Forfeiture and Asset Sharing13 min read

Case Study: 1MDB and Multi-Country Asset Recovery14 min read

Chapter 6: The Practitioner's Role

3 Lessons

Building a Cross-Border Evidence Pack Agencies Can Use13 min read

When Foreign Requests Reach an Indian Institution12 min read

Where International Cooperation Is Heading11 min read