HSBC whistleblower Hervé Falciani has agreed to speak at this year’s OffshoreAlert Conference on financial intelligence and investigations in Miami Beach.

Falciani is currently the most talked-about person in high-value international finance due a barrage of articles about tax evasion, corruption and money laundering that were published in the last week by major news organizations around the world.

The stories were based on Falciani’s leaks of files belonging to more than 130,000 clients of HSBC (Switzerland), where he worked as an information technology specialist from 2001 to 2008.

The criminal activity that his leaks exposed have sparked global outrage, prompting HSBC – the world’s second-biggest bank by assets – to issue its “sincerest apologies” to the public over the weekend.

Falciani has yet to decide whether he will speak at The OffshoreAlert Conference in person or remotely.

He will be joined in a session entitled ‘Inside The HSBC Leaks’ by Gerard Ryle, Director of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, which has played a leading role over the last few years in exposing offshore-related criminal activity that was revealed through leaks.

The 13th Annual OffshoreAlert Conference North America will take place at The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach on May 3-5, 2015.

Other sessions include:
Offshore Investigations & Fraud Detection: A Practical Guide;
How Billions of Dollars of Eastern European Criminal Proceeds Are Laundered Into The West;
The IRS vs. Offshore Tax Evaders: An Update;
The Lure of the BVI: Why Is It The Place For Chinese, Russians & Other Foreigners?;
Advanced Techniques in International Asset Investigation and Debt Enforcement;
Beating The Odds: How Former UBS Wealth Boss Raoul Weil Defeated the IRS;
The Sony Hack: Who Did It, How & Could It Happen To You?;
Bitcoin: Fact, Fiction & Fraud;
Modern Day Grave Robbers: Evidence That Some Trustees Steal Assets When Settlors Die;
Ten Commandments of Cross-Border Insolvency;
Open Source Intelligence Tools & Techniques;
Family Office Nightmare: Quest to Recover Millions ‘Swindled’ in Estate Planning Scheme;
Statute of Limitations – Beware The Snake in the Grass;
Offshore Insolvencies: Round-Up of Important Developments;
Web-Sites That Short Stocks & Then Expose Them: Are They Making Money?;
10-Year War: USA v. Eurofed Bank’s Offshore Liquidators For $150 m in Overseas Banks;
Fairfield Sentry Clawback Ruling et al: Private Fund Litigation Comes of Age;
Understanding the FATCA Risk;
Investigators Gone Bad: The Incredible Story of Cullen Johnson & Elaine White;
Domain Name Theft: How Is It Done & How Can You Get It Back?; and
What Service Providers Should Do When Investigators Request Client Information.
The conference will show participants in high-value international finance how to identify, evaluate and exploit opportunities, minimize risk, and available remedies if your once-promising deal turns sour.

Attendees will also make invaluable contacts by mingling with the crème de la crème in the private and public sectors of major onshore and offshore jurisdictions.

Our Miami Beach event typically attracts over 250 attendees from more than 25 countries in different continents.

To register or for more information, please visit www.offshorealert.com/conference/miami