The interception of private communications, or wiretaps, are becoming increasingly common in the context of white collar crime investigations. For instance, in the United States wiretaps have been used in prosecuting insider trading cases and in Canada, have now been used in the context of prosecutions under the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act. What was once a tool used primarily for organized crime cases, has evolved into the investigation of white collar crime cases.

Kim Arnott of the Lawyers Weekly, a leading newspaper for the Canadian legal profession, interviewed Joven Narwal regarding parallel criminal investigations. An -excerpt from the article which ran the week of February 27, 2017, is reproduced below:

Cheryl D’Sa has been invited to speak by the Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia as part of their Trial By Fire No More series on her experiences as defence counsel and then plaintiff’s counsel, as an associate, and then a managing partner and as a new mother in the profession.

Narwal Litigation LLP is proud to announce that its Managing Partner, Cheryl D’Sa was elected as a Director of the Vancouver Bar Association on November 24, 2016 at Hotel Vancouver. The Vancouver Bar Association is an over 1500 member strong organization serving lawyers and the legal community in the Vancouver area.

Joven Narwal was interviewed by Business-in-Vancouver regarding the designation of a Vancouver-based company, PacNet, as a significant Transnational Criminal Organization by the U.S. Treasury Department. The interview with Joven Narwal can be found on the Business In Vancouver website.

VANCOUVER – As reported by media outlets, Narwal Litigation LLP is pleased to announce the successful defence of our client in one of British Columbia’s largest and most complex drug conspiracy and criminal organization cases. The investigation was conducted over the course of twenty months and involved multiple domestic and foreign based police and intelligence agencies, the wide spread use of electronic surveillance including the interception of private communications, undercover operations, evidence gathered in foreign jurisdictions, and other sophisticated investigative techniques. The trial lasted several months. Despite the lengthy and complex investigation and trial, we were successful in persuading the Court that the evidence was insufficient to convict our client.

Joven Narwal was invited as legal expert and interviewed by Roundhouse Radio evening host, Kirk Lapointe, about the recent declaration of a Vancouver company as a Transnational Criminal Organization by the U.S. Federal Government.

Narwal Litigation LLP is proudly a Gold level sponsor of the Law Courts Inn, a venue situated on the fifth floor of the Supreme Court building at 800 Smithe Street. The objects of the Lawyers Inn Society are to foster and promote understanding, co-operation, exchange of ideas and comradeship between all members of the legal profession, and to provide forum for the full and free discussion of all matters of interest to its members.

Joven Narwal is speaking at the 2016 Dispute Resolution Conference, on the topic of resolution processes in the criminal justice and regulatory context.

Joven Narwal has been invited to speak and present on the topic of investigative interviewing at the 21st Annual Professional Regulation & Discipline Conference taking place September 27-28, 2016. Put on by Infonex, a leading provider of continuing legal education seminars and conferences, the event is designed as a forum to address cutting-edge issues facing professional discipline bodies across a spectrum of professions. The event summary is below: