In April 2025's edition of the CDR Essential Intelligence – Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery, our Ireland team have contributed to the Ireland chapter discussing:

• Important legal framework and statutory underpinnings to fraud, asset tracing and recovery schemes
• Main stages of fraud, asset tracing and recovery cases, and the key challenges
• Parallel proceedings: a combined civil and criminal approach
• Cross-jurisdictional mechanisms: issues and solutions in recent times
• Using technology to aid asset recovery
• Highlighting the influence of digital currencies: is this a game changer?
• Recent developments and other impacting factors

Ireland has a unique legal system as the last remaining English-speaking common law jurisdiction within the EU, with the benefit of the Brussels Recast enforce­ment regime. It also has a vibrant legal services market due to the significant multi-national pres­ence – being a small, open economy with an attrac­tive corporate tax rate, while also being within the EU – giving the Irish courts a depth of experience of complex cross-border litigation. The Irish courts are well regarded internationally and there is a strong regime in Ireland for fraud and asset recovery, with the Irish courts willing to make new law if it does justice in a case.

This article was first published in CDR Essential Intelligence - Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery 2025.

Download the full chapter here.