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Azizur Rahman
1 May 2012
Under the old law, 'money laundering' offences - that is, hiding money derived from criminal activities into assets which appear to have a legitimate origin - were limited to the proceeds of drug traf...
Azizur Rahman
1 May 2012
Since investigations began into allegations of bribery and corruption in the Turks and Caicos (TCI), Rahman Ravelli Solicitors has been advising current and potential clients. As Special Prosecutor He...
Azizur Rahman
1 May 2012
Murder; the most serious of offences and, almost, the easiest to understand. Killing within intent to do so, or to cause really serious harm. What could be simpler for a jury? Unfortunately, it can ge...
Azizur Rahman
28 March 2012
The phrase 'bootlegging' is centuries old. It eminates from returning sailors who would hide alcohol in their boots - away from the sight of the duty men at the ports. Smuggling can of course take on ...
Azizur Rahman
28 March 2012
In this article we attempt to address some of the issues that often arise when a Defendant is charged with a 'financial offence'; e.g. conspiracy to defraud or cheat, fraudulent trading, false account...
Azizur Rahman
28 March 2012
FRAUD UNDER THE FRAUD ACT 2006Much of the 'old' law on fraud was to be found in the Theft Acts of 1968 and 1978 as well as some common-law offences (i.e. developed in case-law rather than by Parliamen...
Azizur Rahman
28 March 2012
The world's richest man, Warren Buffet, the American investor famously said "you can only find out whose swimming naked when the tide goes out." Around the time last year when we were all getting to u...
Azizur Rahman
28 March 2012
In this short article we highlight the increasing importance of tax fraud type offences and money laundering cases.