SKILL ROADMAP 66 · SPECIALISED LEGAL FIELDS

White Collar Crime and Economic Offences

Economic offences → Money laundering → Corruption → Corporate fraud → Investigations → Defence and compliance

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1 What this path is

White collar lawyers handle fraud, corruption, money laundering and other economic offences, both in defence and in internal investigations.

The work involves criminal procedure, financial documents and investigations by agencies.

Learn economic offences.
Learn: cheating and criminal breach of trust under the BNS.
Practise: by analysing a fraud scenario.
Learn money laundering.
Learn: the Prevention of Money Laundering Act 2002 and the role of the Enforcement Directorate.
Practise: by mapping the stages of a PMLA case.
Learn corruption law.
Learn: the Prevention of Corruption Act 1988.
Practise: by analysing a corruption judgment.
Learn corporate fraud.
Learn: fraud under the Companies Act and the role of the SFIO.
Practise: by analysing a corporate fraud case.
Learn investigations.
Learn: internal investigations and how agencies investigate.
Practise: by preparing an investigation plan for an imaginary company.
Learn defence and compliance.
Learn: bail in economic offences and anti corruption compliance programmes.
Practise: by drafting an anti bribery policy.

You handle white collar defence and investigations independently.

These checklists are for honest self assessment. They are not an official certification.

White collar practices, criminal chambers and compliance teams.

Plans and policies.