All Things Offshore at next week's OffshoreAlert Conference

Private and public sector figures from multiple jurisdictions will gather at The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach in Florida next week for The 9th Annual OffshoreAlert Conference.

All aspects of conducting business in Offshore Financial Centers will be discussed in 22 sessions based around three main themes: Fraud & Asset Recovery, Money Laundering & Compliance and Investigations & Intelligence.

Click here to register today and be a part of these key discussions.

Approximately 60% of attendees who have registered so far live in the world's major countries, with the other 40% residing in OFCs, including Anguilla, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Switzerland and the Turks and Caicos Islands.

All attendees will a FREE 12-MONTH LICENSE to a new Know Your Customer/Global Intelligence database to help them comply with legislation and reduce their overall business risk. The database by offshore-based Mongoose Global Intelligence contains more than 50 million profiles of individuals, including Politically Exposed Persons and financial criminals, extracted from over five million data sources. A 12-month license to MongooseGI normally sells for up to $10,000.

A few of the topics at this year's conference are:

• US Congressional Offshore Initiatives: US Senator Carl Levin's chief investigator will let you know what new anti-offshore initiatives are being discussed in Washington, DC's corridors of power.
• US Tax and Securities Law Issues Associated with Serving US Clients: Attorneys will explain recent legal developments regarding servicing US clients, including the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act.
• Implications of the New IRS Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program: An explanation of the eligibility requirement and penalty structure of legislation passed as recently as February 8, 2011.
• The New Commercial Court in the BVI: A review of its first two years of operation: Speakers include Justice Edward Bannister QC, the judge who oversees this important court.
• How Fraudulent Chinese Firms are Reverse-Merging onto US Stock Exchanges via Offshore Shell Companies: What are the potential consequences for offshore providers?
• Trends and Developments in Offshore Products and Services: The latest in the key offshore sectors of banking, funds, insurance and other areas. Which jurisdictions are popular and why?
• Shell Crime Inc. : What investigative reporters found when they posed as clients and asked offshore providers to help them conceal money. One provider was arrested and charged shortly afterwards.

Speakers include:

• Nicholas Shaxson: Author of 'Treasure Islands: Tax Havens and The Men Who Stole the World'.
• Justice Edward Bannister: Presiding Judge, BVI Commercial Court.
• Bob Roach: Chief Investigator on US Senator Carl Levin's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations.
• Tim Ridley: Former Chairman of the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority.
• Jack Blum: Chairman, Tax Justice Network (USA).
• Martin Kenney: One of the world's leading asset recovery attorneys.
• Industry leaders and professionals from Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Cayman Islands, France, Germany, Romania, South Africa, St. Kitts & Nevis, Switzerland, United Kingdom and USA.

Last year's OffshoreAlert Conference was rated as 'Good' or 'Excellent' by 92% of attendees who completed post-conference questionnaires.

Register Now to secure your seat at The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach on April 4-6, 2011 and find out why we have so many satisfied customers.

See you there!

:: David Marchant
:: Publisher
:: OffshoreAlert

P. S. If you attend and do not consider it to be one of the finest conferences about Offshore Financial Centers that you have ever attended, we will refund 100% of your ticket price.

... Some people may think we're reckless to offer a money-back guarantee but we can do so with confidence because we labored for many months to put together original, relevant, insightful, and INDEPENDENT agenda sessions. And then we labored some more to ensure that they will be presented by the best in the field of international finance.