Conference Papers

International aspects of investigating complex commercial frauds

Bruce Bannerman

Published in:
Complex commercial fraud : proceedings of a conference held 20-23 August 1991
Peter N Grabosky (ed)
ISBN 0 642 16992 6 ; ISSN 1034-5086
(AIC Conference Proceedings; no. 10)

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Abstract

This paper briefly describes the legislative and treaty mechanism by which international assistance in criminal matters is becoming available and then discusses some of the practicalities in making requests to other countries for such assistance. It refers to: mutual assistance legislation; arrangements with foreign countries; the Commonwealth Mutual Assistance Scheme; constraints on usefulness of domestic legislation; preservation of material received from foreign countries; information gathering orders; and channels to be used when making mutual assistance requests. It concludes with references to some examples of Australia's experience with particular countries.