Investigating White Collar Crime with Companies House and Other Datasets

Maxence Peigné will explain how to use open-source material to investigate companies, corporate structures and real ownerships to expose white collar crime.

In this session, we’ll see how to make the most of the UK’s corporate register, Companies House and how to bypass some of its flaws. But since corporate wrongdoing does not stop at borders, we’ll also take a look around various databases, leaks, and foreign company registers, including those in tax havens.

Drawing on examples from real investigations into illegal casinos, online scams and shady oil deals, Max will explain how to identify a company’s true owners, how to track some of their assets and where to find out if they’ve been in trouble with the law.