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Directors from the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) will lead a conference on the latest developments in the UK on serious crime matters in Jersey next month.
Organised by the Law Officers’ Department (LoD) and the Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC), the conference will feature presentations from SFO Director David Green CB QC and General Counsel Alun Milford on recent developments for the organisation and UK legislation.
The Attorney General Robert MacRae QC, John Harris, Director General of JFSC and Deputy Kristina Moore, the Minister for Home Affairs will provide information about the prosecution of financial crime locally and the formation of an Economic Crime and Confiscation Unit in Jersey. They will also speak about the liaison between the Island’s regulator and law enforcement as well as the imminent National Risk Assessment.
HM Attorney General, Robert MacRae QC commented: “I am delighted to welcome the Director and General Counsel of the Serious Fraud Office to Jersey and I would encourage members of the finance and legal industries to attend this event as it will consider common problems and new solutions in combatting financial crime.”
John Harris, Director General of JFSC, added: “The Jersey Financial Services Commission is very pleased to be part of this important event including a focus on the significant links between its own work as a supervisor and the strong impetus being given by law enforcement to the investigation and prosecution of serious economic crime in Jersey.”
The half day conference will take place at La Mare Wine Estate on the afternoon of 10 October.
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