Sovereign recovery
for the digital age.
We trace, secure, and repatriate lost capital through regulated institutional frameworks. Professional intervention where consumer paths and conventional counsel have failed.
Operating Framework
A framework built on institutional integrity.
Every recovery file is opened, documented, and closed under the rules of the jurisdiction where the underlying loss occurred. Protocols are governed by international banking standards and bilateral treaty agreements, ensuring every transfer is audit-ready and legally immutable.
View matter lifecycleFCA-Aligned Operations
Recovery operations coordinated under frameworks aligned with the Financial Conduct Authority and equivalent foreign regulators.
AML / CTF Compliant
Client onboarding follows Know-Your-Client and source-of-funds verification consistent with FATF Recommendations 10 and 16.
Counsel of Record
Where legal action is required, instructions are routed through SRA-regulated solicitors or admitted counsel in the relevant jurisdiction.
Insured File Handling
Active matters are placed on cover with Lloyd's market syndicates. Policy numbers are disclosed to the client of record on written request.
Matter Lifecycle
From intake to release.
A rigorous, multi-tiered workflow ensuring total compliance with international financial statutes at every stage of the file.
Intake & Conflict Check
Identity, source of funds, and conflict-of-interest checks under MLR 2017. A client file is opened only if checks clear.
Forensic Tracing
On-chain analysis and bank-statement reconciliation produce an evidentiary record admissible in civil proceedings.
Counsel Instruction
Where required, instructions are issued to SRA-regulated counsel for Norwich Pharmacal, freezing or disclosure relief.
Repatriation & Release
Funds are released through the verified bank channel of record. Release is logged and counter-signed on file.
Case Status
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Client Testimony
The technical precision exhibited by cftrace is unmatched. They navigated complex cross-border financial directives that three previous firms had treated as insurmountable.
Recorded statements from clients whose files have been closed and funds released. Identifying details have been redacted at the client's request.
Loss Pattern
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Authority Index
Statutes, regulations and instruments referenced in client files.
Citations are provided so that any matter file can be independently audited by external counsel of the client's choosing.
Financial Services and Markets Act — UK regulatory perimeter for recovery and custodial activity.
UK Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds Regulations.
Proceeds of Crime Act — restraint, confiscation, and civil recovery powers.
Consumer Credit Act statutory chargeback right on qualifying card payments.
International standards on customer due diligence and the Travel Rule for VASPs.
Digital Asset Custodial Agreement governing wallet activation, release, and key-control terms.
Disclosure orders against innocent third parties — banks, exchanges, ISPs.
Worldwide freezing orders preventing dissipation pending final judgment.
Procedural Clarifications
Questions answered for the record.
Plain-language answers to the questions most often raised by clients and their counsel.
Notice
cftrace operates as a recovery and repatriation bureau and is not, of itself, a firm of solicitors or attorneys. Communications on this site do not create a solicitor-client or attorney-client relationship. Legal advice, where required, is provided exclusively by counsel of record retained on a per-matter basis. Case references appearing on this site (e.g. PAV/CFT/2026-XXX) are internal file identifiers and are not court reference numbers. Statutory citations are provided for client convenience and do not constitute interpretation of the law.
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