Our Expertise
We promote a multidisciplinary
approach to combatting complex global problems.
Financial Crime
- Money Laundering
- Tax Evasion
- Fraud, Bribery and Corruption
- Underground Money Movements and Illicit Payment Methods.
- Asset Tracing and Recovery
- Regulatory Fines and Sanctions
- Money Laundering Through Casinos
Envrionmental Crime
- Wildlife Crime
- Deforestation
- Illegal Mining (Minerals and Precious Stones)
- Waste Dumping
- Fisheries Crime
- Illegal Logging
Our Services
We focus on proactive and deterrent interventions to create and inspire change.
Proactive Interventions
Research and Innovation
We develop and advance new global knowledge relating to financial crime through our research innovation hub.
Training and Education
We create targeted training and develop educational programmes to enhance global understanding of the interconnected nature of environmental and financial crime and other high risk financial crimes. We support local, national, and global actors to advance knowledge and approaches to combat crime through training and capacity building.
Deterrent Actions
Supporting Litigation and the Legal Process
We support litigation and law enforcement agencies to act as a deterrent mechanism to disrupt the global impacts of environmental and financial crime.
Our Courses
100% online and in your own time, with world-class lecturers and university experts.
Earn a certificate of completion per module and an additional certificate
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Our Focus Areas
C4GA also works to unravel the complexities of both environmental and financial crime
looking at the root causes and human behaviour that drives these activities.
Natural Resource Exploitation
Exploitation of natural resources – e.g.: wildlife, timber, fisheries, minerals and precious stones
Key resources including wildlife products, timber and forest products, fisheries, gold and other minerals (including precious stones) are being exploited and illegally mined only to be legitimised into global corporate supply chains as the commodities cross national borders. The limitations of law enforcement in combination with the difficulties and slow pace of international cooperation mean that criminal networks do not face any consequences when engaging in this criminal conduct. Where enforcement is strengthened in one jurisdiction, criminal networks quickly shift their business operations to countries with little or weak enforcement to continue their illicit business enterprise.
Exploitation of Human Capital
Often a vital component of advancing natural resource crimes, abuses of human capital are inextricably linked to natural resource exploitation. Poor working conditions, inadequate compensation and poverty is ever-present whilst upstream companies gain through multi-million dollar profits. Exploitation of human capital is often hidden from sight to the end consumer. We create awareness of the interconnected nature of multiple crime types and design interventions that will impact the overall behaviour of the supply chain.
Environmental Destruction
The impacts of our modern lifestyle have had a devastating impact on our environment. News reports are frequent reporting oil spills into our oceans, plastic pollution and waste dumping systems that are at their limits. We combine education and awareness with leveraging the full force of the law to promote new ways of thinking and acting to help stop the destruction and identify ways to restore what has already been lost.
Illicit Global Supply Chains
WWF research suggests between 5% and 50% of globally traded food commodities, such as shrimp, beef, palm oil, and others, may be produced illegally, with financial costs ranging from $40 billion to $600 billion per year.
Exploitation of global resources are being perpetrated on a massive global scale for big business profits and financial gains. Targeted actions against key actors in the supply chain are needed to change the behaviour that creates exploitation of people and the over-exploitation of our natural resources. We map global supply chains to evaluate legal and financial breaches with the objective of educating and creating awareness of the issues along with supporting targeted litigation to create change.
Financial Crime
Financial investigations into environmental crime activities open up a range of avenues for law enforcement to understand the “big picture view” of how crime syndicates operate. Financial crime charges may also provide avenues for harsher penalties and should be considered in any environmental case. Fraud and corruption, tax evasion and money laundering often facilitate criminal business enterprises that trade in illicit products. Additional legislation that provides for asset recoveries, sanctions, fines and penalties also need to be considered to further combat the impacts of environmental crime.
Organised Crime
Organised crime groups operate across national borders, and are dynamic enough to shift and change their network locations based on where enforcement actions are weak and uncoordinated. With financial gain as the key driving force of these groups, the financial elements need to be identified and combatted as part of a new global strategy. We advocate for new legal approaches to combat transnational organised crime with a focus on jurisdictions with strong criminal justice systems.
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