A United Kingdom Treasury representative will talk at next week’s OffshoreAlert Conference in London about the country’s decision to make a register of corporate beneficial owners available to the public.

The decision, which was announced last week by U. K. Prime Minister David Cameron, was widely considered to be a major development in the fight against serious financial crime.

As a result of the announcement, OffshoreAlert has added David Lewis, the Treasury’s Head of Anti-Money Laundering, as a speaker.

He will join speakers from the British Virgin Islands, Jersey, the Isle of Man, and London to discuss ‘Beneficial Ownership Registries: Options for Britain’s Crown Dependencies & Overseas Territories’.

They are among more than 20 speakers from several onshore and offshore jurisdictions who will talk about a broad range of topics affecting international finance.

Other speakers include:

Jennie Granger, Director General, Enforcement & Compliance at HM Revenue & Customs;

Dan Reeves, who headed the tax evasion investigation into Swiss and other foreign banks by the IRS in the United States;

Colin Powell, Jersey Government Adviser, International Affairs;

David Griffin, Director of Enforcement, Isle of Man Financial Supervision Commission; and

Cherno Jallow QC, Director of Policy, Research and Statistics, with the British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission & Chair of the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force.

Under a general theme of ‘Financial Intelligence & Investigations’, there will be sessions for investigators, clients and providers of offshore products and services.

To learn more, we invite you to explore the full programme and review our conference brochure. If you have questions or would like to register by phone, please call +1 (305) 372-6296.

The OffshoreAlert Conference will take place at The Bloomsbury Hotel in London on November 14-15.

Ex-IRS Agent to Discuss USA’s Offshore Tax Investigation

After the arrest of former UBS executive Raoul Weil in Italy earlier this month on a tax fraud warrant issued in Florida, it is reasonable to ask: “Who’s next?”

One man who might know is Dan Reeves, who helped create and lead the USA’s investigation into UBS and other offshore banks until retiring from the IRS in 2012.

At next month’s OffshoreAlert Conference in London, Dan will speak about how the U. S. has been able to successfully enforce its tax laws against financial institutions, private bankers, financial advisers and attorneys in foreign jurisdictions.

During his speech, he will also address the prickly issue of who’s at risk from the continuing U.S. investigation into offshore tax evasion and take questions from attendees who are concerned about their potential liability.

Dan is one of more than 20 top speakers from several onshore and offshore jurisdictions who will talk about a broad range of topics affecting international finance.

Under a general theme of ‘Financial Intelligence & Investigations’, there will be sessions for investigators, clients and providers of offshore products and services.

For more information on the OffshoreAlert Conference go to:

http://www.offshorealert.com/conference/london/