Tracing or recovering funds moved across borders through fraud or corruption? Our network includes a licensed lawyer to bring recovery action in the relevant jurisdiction.
Direct answer: cross-border asset recovery is the process of tracing, freezing, and ultimately recovering funds or property linked to fraud, corruption, or other financial crime once it has moved between countries. It often runs on two separate tracks at once — civil recovery and criminal confiscation — since a criminal conviction alone does not always return the money.
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Our network includes licensed lawyers in the relevant jurisdiction for your matter, working together on strategy from day one. Representation before any court is always handled directly by the network lawyer admitted to practice there.
Recovering assets that have moved through several countries usually means combining several tools rather than relying on just one.
Forensic accounting follows funds through intermediary accounts and shell companies across jurisdictions.
Urgent interim orders can freeze assets quickly, often obtained without prior notice to the target.
Civil recovery and criminal confiscation carry different evidentiary bars and are often pursued in parallel.
Recovery frequently requires coordinated action across every country where assets are located.
Civil recovery and criminal confiscation are not interchangeable — each has real advantages depending on the facts.
Tell us what you know so far. We will confirm what applies and bring in the right network lawyer — in confidence.
Yes — civil freezing or restraint orders are often available at an early stage, well before any criminal case concludes.
Civil recovery targets the assets themselves through a lower evidentiary bar; criminal confiscation follows a conviction but can reach a wider scope of property.
Often yes, though it typically requires forensic tracing and coordinated legal action in each country where the assets or structures are located.
Timelines vary widely by complexity and the number of jurisdictions involved, but multi-country recovery cases commonly take well over a year.
Tell us what you know so far and any documents you have received. We will respond directly and confidentially, and bring in the right network lawyer if representation is needed.
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