Financial Investigation and Financial Intelligence. A Critical Analysis

Authors: Craig Hughes, David Hicks

ISBN: 9781032572710
Year: 2025
Language: English
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 172
Publisher: Routledge

Description:

This book critically analyses the conceptual understanding of financial investigation and financial intelligence among UK law enforcement authorities and their commentators. The work provides a critical review of financial investigation, including international standards, and how it is perceived and applied by law enforcement agencies. It adopts the position that financial investigation is an evidence-gathering process, not simply related to asset recovery — the concept of “following the money” is superseded by the wider approach of “following the financial footprint.” The book focuses on identifying the financial footprint as a skill set for routine investigation, including the emerging threat posed by the digital environment and cryptocurrencies.

Contents:

1. Introduction. 2. Terminology and its effect upon perceptions of financial investigation. 3. Financial investigation and typologies. 4. Historical trajectory and government reports. 5. International standards and independent commentators. 6. Financial intelligence and the National Intelligence Model. 7. The financial footprint and digital investigation and intelligence. 8. Conclusion.

Biography

Craig Hughes is former Head of Policing at the School of Law and Social Sciences, College of Business, Law and Social Sciences, University of Derby, UK.

David Hicks is Programme Leader MSc Financial Investigation and Digital Intelligence at the College of Business, Law and Social Sciences, University of Derby, UK.

Keywords: financial investigation, financial intelligence, UK law enforcement, asset recovery, evidence gathering, financial footprint, digital investigation, cryptocurrencies, money laundering, financial crime

Target Audience: law enforcement professionals, financial crime investigators, criminology students, legal scholars, policymakers, forensic accountants

Genre: non-fiction, law, criminology, financial crime, forensic accounting

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Q&A

Q: What does this book analyze?
A: The conceptual understanding of financial investigation and intelligence among UK law enforcement, introducing the "financial footprint" approach and digital/cryptocurrency investigation.

Q: Who is this book for?
A: Law enforcement professionals, financial crime investigators, forensic accountants, and criminology students.

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