The journey so far
It started with a newspaper full of clever tax schemes, which taught participants to detect abuse in an innovative way by looking at things through the eyes of a criminal.
This was followed by workshops in which you could empathize with a corrupt tax advisor, entrepreneur or even the criminal Ed van Utrecht.
In 2019, Ed van Utrecht’s money laundering game was created: led by the criminal Ed himself more than 300 groups were taken through the money laundering process. All; examples were inspired by true stories and current newspaper articles. The desire for more depth led to the book “The Memoirs of the Criminal”, in which Dick Crijns brought together 200 money laundering examples.
The newest workshop: more than money laundering, but still practical
The demand for a challenging, contemporary workshop continued to grow. That is why, over the past year, we have worked hard to create a unique, playful session that goes beyond money laundering alone. Participant go again on a quest to discover how criminals work. But we don’t stick to money laundering, we go much broader. More than 30 (economic) offences are discussed, from investment fraud, tax offences, accounting fraud and terrorism financing to corruption, etc. All this with the aim of discovering how you can ask the right questions together with colleagues and ensure that we do not become involved in fraud. Participant will deepen and broaden their understanding on how criminals operate and how they manage to abuse companies, ordinary people and even the system.
What to expect
The workshop starts where Edje’s training ended: you will receive a regular newspaper in the post. Thanks to a special reading advice for your group, you can prepare yourself optimally.
On the day of the workshop, you will work in groups to uncover criminal acts from the news. Just like in your daily work, you will verify or falsify your findings by digging deeper and requesting additional information that will be answered immediately.
You will then share your findings with other teams. With the guidance of seasoned specialists, you will receive tips and insights into the various forms of fraud and learn which questions to ask to make a difference.
Discover how companies and individuals, consciously or unconsciously, become entangled in the web of fraud.
Why you should not miss this workshop
For three hours, you will work together, expand your knowledge and hone your skills to be professionally resilient against fraud. This workshop not only offers fun and teamwork; it gives you the tools to make a difference.
Curious? Contact us and discover how this workshop can be tailored to the specific risks in your situation. Together, we will ensure that you and your organization are always one step ahead of fraud!
The Directorate General for Undermining of the Ministry of Justice and Security organized a national conference.
We were asked to organize a workshop that was not focused on a substantive topic, but rather encouraged participants to think about new topics, approaches, but above all how you can achieve more effect together with others.
In our opinion, participants should also be able to work on something concrete in a workshop.
In the workshop we tested it with ideas that have arisen around undermining and money mules. As well we examined whether these donkeys might also be victims and whether you can focus on this element as a prevention instrument.
The Keynote lecture for NVWA
had the title:“Developments in the past 40 years in supervision, investigation and adjudication”.
On the occasion of the annual retraining day, an interactive lecture was given to 200 NVWA IOD (Dutch financial police on food related cases) employees.
The focus was mainly on how the view of special investigation has changed over the past 40 years. But also how the criminal law instruments (e.g. special investigative powers and penalties) have changed.
Based on the experiences of those present, we looked at how these changes were achieved and how we can further develop them together with partners.
The assignment was not only to give a lecture, but also to promote this within their club (i.e. a train the trainer).
Increasingly we read in the press (but also from FATF) that charities have been used by criminals while they were unaware of any harm done. Rotary Netherlands realized this and asked for a workshop. However, we provided this in such a way that about 200 ambassadors were created who could help their fellow Rotarians with sample material.
Curious about the whole story and whether you too can be abused?