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Using Research Tools & OSINT to Enhance Your Investigations

This webinar explores how modern research tools and Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) can revolutionise investigative processes. Learn how to efficiently gather, analyse, and apply critical information to uncover insights and make informed decisions. Featuring innovative strategies and cutting-edge tools, the session is tailored for investigators, analysts, and professionals seeking to enhance their methodologies with powerful, accessible resources. Join us to discover how these solutions can optimise your investigations and deliver actionable results.

 

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Kevin Weekes, CEO, Zenrs

Kevin brings over 30 years of experience in intelligence and investigations, serving national and international agencies in roles spanning criminal investigation, surveillance, and covert operations. He has led the design and delivery of national training standards for multiple intelligence agencies and now heads a business providing intelligence and security solutions to public and private sectors. Specialising in threat and risk intelligence with a focus on OSINT, SOCMINT, and cyber capabilities, Kevin is known for innovative problem-solving, resilience, and delivering actionable insights to empower decision-makers.

 

 

Tom Galpin, Senior Enterprise Account Executive

Tom Galpin is a Senior Enterprise Account Executive at vLex, Tom manages the UK and Ireland Investigations accounts and delivering cutting-edge legal research solutions.. With extensive experience in sales and client management, Tom helps legal professionals and organisations streamline workflows using vLex’s advanced research platform and Generative AI tools. Known for his consultative approach and deep understanding of the intersection between legal tech and investigative processes, Tom is dedicated to fostering innovation and achieving measurable results for his clients.

 

 

Brad McGrath, ExCo Committee Member, ACi

Brad is Global Head of Compliance Conduct & Ethics for Shell Trading and Supply now based in London having worked in the U.S and Singapore. He has a background in Conduct Risk, Regulatory Enforcement and Intelligence/Investigations from U.K. law enforcement and the financial regulator (FCA – CoLP) Brad specialises in Whistleblowing and Compliance Incident management.

 

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OSINT: A Game Changer for the Corporate Investigator’s Toolkit

Join our free webinar to discuss all things OSINT! Sponsored by Tadaweb, we will be looking at the evolving landscape of OSINT in corporate investigations, how OSINT platforms can distil large data sets into actionable intelligence, and the role of automation and AI in OSINT. We will also discuss the legal boundaries in OSINT and the importance of using compliant platforms.

 

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Steve Young, ACi

Steve is the CEO of ACi. He served 20 years in UK law enforcement investigating economic crime specialising in the pro-active investigation of Banking Fraud, Bribery & Corruption, Whistleblowing and Money Laundering. This was followed by 6 years at Citigroup Inc. as EMEA Regional Director of Investigations, and 8 years as Barclays Bank Plc, Global Head of Investigations for Investment Banking & Wealth Management. Currently Head of Fraud & Investigations in Group Compliance at Lombard Odier, based in Geneva. To date, 40 years of international economic crime experience in both a law enforcement and corporate environment.

 

Jill Sanborn, Tadaweb

Jill Sanborn is a geopolitical risk, investigations and intelligence leader who brings decades of experience in both the public & private sector, helping businesses navigate today’s global risk environment.

Jill served nearly 24 years in the FBI rising to become the Executive Assistant Director of the National Security Branch representing the FBI on all national security matters. In previous roles Jill served as the Assistant Director of the Counterterrorism Division where she oversaw thousands of terrorism investigations and also held a senior leadership role as a deputy director with the CIA.

As a career-long advocate of the importance of partnerships, Jill routinely collaborates with peers across the law enforcement and intelligence communities, academia, and the private sector to create a network of community engagement.

 

Euan Crawford, Tadaweb

Euan Crawford is the Director of Intelligence Innovation at Tadaweb, where he is recognised as a leading authority in extracting actionable insights from publicly available information (PAI). Euan has spearheaded initiatives that advance multi-source data fusion while upholding the highest legal and ethical standards.

Prior to joining Tadaweb, Euan led open-source intelligence efforts across both public and private sectors, with a particular emphasis on integrating disruptive technologies.

Beyond his role at Tadaweb, Euan is a British Army Reserve officer, with service experience in Iraq and Afghanistan. He is also the co-founder of TechVets, a non-profit organisation committed to bridging the gap between military veterans and the tech industry, fostering a new generation of technologically adept leaders.

 

Rory Horgan

Rory served for 14 years in the British Army, including tours in Afghanistan, Ukraine and the MOD and working across government. He left the Army in 2022 for M& C Saatchi, running major programmes for their Security & Defence Services Branch.

 

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Online Immersive Workshop: Introduction to Conducting Workplace Investigations

Our popular short course for those new to investigations is running again in March 2025

Workshop 1: Assess and Conduct an Investigation

18th March 2025
9.30 am – 12.30 pm

Working through a case study we will look at:

Managing and responding to a Whistleblower
Preparing an Investigation Plan
Collecting and evaluating evidence

Workshop 2: Investigative Interviewing & Report Writing

25th March 2025
9.30 am – 12.30 pm

Engaging and reporting to stakeholders
Investigative Interviewing
Report writing
Controls & Process gaps, remediation, and case closure.

At the end of the workshops attendees will be able to:

  • Describe the key elements of an effective, fair, and respectful corporate workplace investigations process
  • Identify the common issues that arise during investigations
  • Apply a six-step investigations process
  • Collect and evaluate information and evidence
  • Implement a planned investigation approach
  • Understand the theory of investigative interviews of witnesses and subjects

 

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This workshop will take place on Teams and delegates will receive a diary invite after registration.

Click this link to view a short video with real delegate feedback.

Your trainer

Simon Scales, Chief Education & Training Officer, ACi

Traversing Generative AI: Transforming the Length and Breadth of Investigations and Legal Workflows

A free webinar exploring how generative AI can help investigators save time reviewing documents, speeding up the investigative and legal process.

 

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Investigators are currently forced to spend inordinate amounts of time navigating data challenges instead of focusing on their core areas of expertise. Legal and investigation professionals are engaged in a constant struggle to contain escalating costs while building consistent and defensible processes for their legal and investigation teams.  

Generative AI tools, such as Relativity’s aiR for Review, have the capacity to transform investigative workflows. Gen AI tools can quickly locate hot documents and clearly explain their relevance, delivering vital information that is often found late in review or even missed.  Instead of spending days – or even weeks – establishing case knowledge, teams can work with AI tools to quickly understand their case data and accelerate the path to valuable insights.

Leveraging generative AI capabilities to analyse documents for relevance and key issues, with greater speed and quality, drives significant time and cost savings for investigators, helping legal teams to meet aggressive deadlines, cut out unnecessary noise, and focus efforts on project strategy.

Join Alistair Hack, FTI Consulting and Relativity’s Paul Gordon, Manager, Sales Engineering as they discuss how generative AI tools represent a seismic shift in how the industry operates and how legal teams and investigators are traversing through this latest chapter of AI innovation.

 

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About the Panel

 

Alistair Hack, Director UK Innovation Team, FTI Consulting

Alistair has over a decade of experience in financial services across investigations and eDiscovery, including six years in international investigation, litigation & regulatory matters across the whole EDRM. His investigations experience includes compliance, conduct, whistleblowing and extends to liaising with law enforcement to support successful criminal prosecutions. Alistair is part of the wider UK innovation team at FTI developing custom solutions to help leverage the power of technology enabling humans to do what they do best.

 

 

Paul Gordon, Manager, Sales Engineering, Relativity

Paul has been in the legal technology field for over 20 years. He has been with Relativity for over 10 years and currently leads Relativity’s Sales Engineering team across EMEA. With both sales and operations experience, Paul has supported diverse projects, covering computer forensics through document review and productions at both software and service provider organisations. He is also one of Relativity’s regional leads for Generative AI products. Paul is based in London and serves the international Relativity user community.

 

 

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Insurance Investigations: Trends and Challenges

Join our free webinar looking at the trends and challenges in Insurance Investigations. Sponsored by RPC we are looking at the evolving landscape of insurance fraud detection and investigation. We will discuss how technological advancements, changing regulatory environments, and emerging fraud schemes are shaping the field of insurance investigations across different regions.

Key topics will include the adoption of artificial intelligence and machine learning in fraud detection, the impact of social media and digital footprints on investigations, and the challenges posed by cross-border insurance fraud. The webinar will also address the ethical considerations and data privacy concerns that arise with advanced investigative techniques, as well as strategies for balancing thorough investigations with customer experience. Attendees will gain insights into best practices for adapting to these global trends and overcoming common challenges faced by internal investigators in the insurance industry.

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Banking Investigators Forum

Our third Banking Investigators Forum is hosted by Linklaters. The day will provide a variety of speakers and topical discussion points. There will be a networking lunch and drinks after the event.

The event is for the banking investigations community only.

Early bird tickets now on sale.

Click here to view the agenda.

Click here to view our speaker lineup.

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Boom dos Canais de Denúncias

Boom dos Canais de Denúncias

Como responder ao aumento massivo dos relatos recebidos em canais éticos

  • Estatísticas e tendências
  • Entendimento das causas internas e externas
  • Benchmarking com o mercado
  • Recursos internos e externos
  • Novas legislações
  • Painel de discussão entre os profissionais

 

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 Painel

Dercio Carvalheda
Sócio Fundador da Carvalhêda Advocacia

Livia Correa
Association of Corporate Investigators

Queila Oliveira
RhI Magensita

Banter, Harassment and Bullying Investigations

Have you seen complex investigations go wrong? Do you want to make sure your organisation safely addresses Bullying and Harassment cases? Does the phrase “it’s just banter” cause you to shudder? For investigators dealing with Bullying and Harassment cases, this terminology is all too common.

Join us as we discuss the nuances of bullying and harassment investigations. We will cover current trends, debunk myths, and review how the harm-centred approach can be adopted to make your investigations safer for everyone.

Participants will analyse a closed case, identifying what went well and what fell short. We will explore how to carry out safe investigations from disclosure to closure, and look at how organisations can integrate investigation insights to drive cultural change and promote accountability.

Agenda:

Day 1: Friday, 20th September 2024, 9.30 am – 12.30 pm (UK)

  • Welcome and Introductions
  • Introduction to the case study
  • Bullying and Harassment – key terms and definitions
  • Receiving Disclosures -viewing documents from this case and discussion of best practice
  • Interviewing – viewing a video and interview statements, and discussion
  • Myth busting –  the harm-centred approach 

Day 2: Friday, 27th September 2024, 9.30 am – 12.30 pm (UK)

  • Reminder of Day 1
  • Weighing up evidence and coming to a conclusion on a case – balance of probability approach in bullying and harassment cases
  • Viewing an investigation report activity
  • Bringing in the harm-centred and trauma-informed approach
  • Case closure and organisational culture

Learning Outcomes:

  • Gain more confidence to carry out bullying and harassment investigations
  • Be more familiar with a harm-centred approach and applying it in bullying and harassment investigations
  • Be more aware of risks and challenges in bullying and harassment investigations and how to avoid pitfalls and mistakes

 

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This training event will take place on Zoom and delegates will receive an invite after registration

Whistleblowing Investigations Forum

On Thursday, 19th September join us for an insightful event exploring whistleblowing investigations.

To view the agenda, click here.

To view our speaker profiles, click here.

Keynote Speech:

We will kick off the event with a keynote speech from Jo Gideon, Director and Vice Chair, Whistleblowers UK.

Case Study Examination:

We will take a look at the high-profile whistleblowing case of Jonathan Taylor, who blew the whistle at an energy company, to understand the challenges faced, the investigative process, and the ultimate outcomes.

UK Whistleblowers Bill Briefing:

This comprehensive briefing will cover the UK Whistleblowers Bill, discussing its implications for corporations  and ensuring that attendees are well-informed about their legal obligations.

For or Against

Should whistle-blowers be paid?  Join us in a lively debate as we hear from our colleagues in the UK and Europe.

Networking Opportunity

Meet and network with your colleagues who are working in this space. Share your experiences and learn from others in the industry to handle whistleblower cases more effectively within your organisation.

Tickets £149.50

ACi Members £134.55

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Investigators and the new ‘Failure to Prevent Fraud’ Offence

Whether helping large organisations prepare reasonable procedures or leading investigations when things go wrong, corporate investigators will be heavily invested in the successful implementation of the pending UK corporate ‘failure to prevent fraud’ offence.* The offence will apply to UK-based large organisations as well as offshore large organisations with business and/or customers in the UK.

But what are the views of investigators on general readiness for the new legislation? RSM and the ACi are launching a Fraud Offence Readiness Survey, giving you the opportunity to express your thoughts on the matter.

*Section 199 of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act, 2023.

Click here for the survey.

The survey runs until 20 May. The results will be discussed in a webinar on 29 May 2024.

 

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Panel

Flip Stander,  Partner, Forensics & Investigations, RSM UK

 

 

Sam Tate, Partner, RPC

 

 

Ashu Sharma, Head of Advisory Panel, ACi