Specialized Units Courts Prof Dr Antenor Madruga Catholic

Specialized Units & Courts Prof. Dr. Antenor Madruga Catholic University of Brasilia

Brazil starts its Annual National Strategy against Corruption and Money Laundering Legal Cases (criminal proceedings + inquiries) on money laundering Source: DRCI and Federal Council of Justice

Specialization is a key concept of the Brazilian National Strategy against Corruption and Money Laundering

How specialization is achieved? l Building specialized institutions l Training law enforcement professionals

Specialization is a key concept of the Brazilian National Strategy against Corruption and Money Laundering l Specialized Federal Courts l Department of Asset Recovery and International Legal Cooperation l Laboratory of Tecnology Against Money Laundering l The Brazilian National Qualification and Training Program for Combating Money Laundering and Corruption (PNLD)

Specialization is a key concept of the Brazilian National Strategy against Corruption and Money Laundering l Specialized Federal Courts l Department of Asset Recovery and International Legal Cooperation l Laboratory of Tecnology Against Money Laundering l The Brazilian National Qualification and Training Program for Combating Money Laundering and Corruption (PNLD)

Lab-LD Laboratory of Tecnology Against Money Laundering

LAB–LD Laboratory of Tecnology Against Money Laundering PRODUCTS 1. Development of best practices: - 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Case management Software Hardware “Peopleware” Stronger evidence Access to databases Processing of large amount of data Training and replication Statistics

LAB–LD LABORATÓRIO DE TECNOLOGIA CONTRA A LAVAGEM DE DINHEIRO MISSION Research and aply technologies and methodologies to recover proceeds of crime and to prevent and fight money laundering and corruption.

Case management l Complex corruption cases often need more management skills than legal proficiency l A case should be seen and planned in advance as project l The main reason for the lack of success in corruption cases was a poor management l Use project planning know-how and technology

Technology Data analysis

Finding links in large amount of data

Diagrams “A picture is worth a thousand words”

Depoimento Agosto de 2005

Analysis Use of advanced statistics tools

Text mining Data Mining

Ferramentas automáticas para seleção das palavras mais correlacionadas com o tema em pesquisa. . . (Feature Selection)

Software and hardware cannot do much without the “peopleware” l The Brazilian National Qualification and Training Program for Combating Money Laundering and Corruption (PNLD)

7 reasons to look for certification 1. Knowledge and access to financing sources 2. Participation in the Program Management 3. Technical assistance for the preparation and execution of projects and courses 4. Use of the brand ENCLA Certification Stamp 5. Data base of trained instructors 6. Networking 7. Access to restricted information

Who is being certified? 1. Schools and training facilities 2. Courses 3. Participants

Requirements for professionals Two kinds of certification A. Certified professional B. Specialist

Requirements for professionals Certified Professional 1. Attend all the mandatory topics of the Program 2. Complete at least 40 Program hours

Requirements for professionals Specialists: 1. Attend all the mandatory topics of the Program 2. Complete at least 360 Program Hours, Alternatively: 1. Pass in an exam prepared by the Certifying Authority

How specialization is achieved? l Building specialized institutions l Training law enforcement professionals

Prof. Dr. Antenor Madruga Catholic University of Brasilia antenor. madruga@ucb. br