Bitrace Invited to Share Web3 Case Investigation Practices with Global Law Enforcement and Financial Intelligence Agencies

The 2026 Financial Investigation Course (FIC), organized by the Financial Intelligence and Investigation Bureau (FIIB) of the Hong Kong Police Force, was recently held in Hong Kong. The course brought together personnel from financial intelligence units, law enforcement agencies, and regulatory authorities in Hong Kong and overseas jurisdictions for professional exchanges on anti-money laundering, financial intelligence and investigations, international cooperation, and experience in financial crime cases.

This year's course brought together 42 financial intelligence, law enforcement, and regulatory personnel from Hong Kong and overseas, including 23 participants from 13 overseas jurisdictions. International participants came from Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, Japan, Malaysia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, the Solomon Islands, Switzerland, Timor-Leste, the United Arab Emirates, and Macao, China, representing police forces, financial intelligence units, and other law enforcement agencies. Hong Kong participants came from a range of regulatory and law enforcement bodies, including the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), Insurance Authority (IA), Companies Registry (CR), Accounting and Financial Reporting Council (AFRC), Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department, Independent Commission Against Corruption, Immigration Department, and Hong Kong Police Force.

The course covered five major themes: the global and Hong Kong Anti-Money Laundering Regime; Public and Private Sector Perspectives on anti-money laundering; Management of Financial Intelligence and Investigations; International Cooperation; and Cases and Experience Sharing. By facilitating exchanges among professionals from different jurisdictions and institutions, the course provided financial crime investigators with an important platform to share practical experience, discuss emerging crime trends, and strengthen international cooperation.

Bitrace Invited to Share Web3 and Virtual Asset Case Investigation Practices

As a featured speaker at this year's course, Bitrace CEO Isabel Shi was invited by the Hong Kong Police Force to deliver a presentation titled "Web 3 in Hong Kong & Case Study." She introduced representatives of financial intelligence units, law enforcement agencies, and regulatory authorities from different jurisdictions to the development of Hong Kong's Web3 ecosystem and investigative practices in cases involving virtual assets.

As virtual assets become increasingly integrated into the global financial system, related criminal activity is becoming more cross-border and technically complex. Funds involved in cases can move rapidly across multiple blockchains, virtual asset service platforms, and jurisdictions, creating new data and analytical challenges for traditional financial investigations.

Drawing on Bitrace's long-standing experience in virtual asset case analysis and cooperation with Hong Kong law enforcement agencies, Isabel used real cases to explain common virtual asset money-laundering methods and the data indicators and analytical dimensions investigators should consider when examining complex on-chain transactions.

The presentation also examined, from the perspective of practical investigative work, how on-chain data analysis, financial intelligence, and traditional investigative evidence can be integrated. In cases involving virtual assets, on-chain transaction records can provide important leads on the movement of funds. Converting on-chain information into actionable investigative intelligence, however, requires a comprehensive assessment that combines address entity attribution, transaction-linkage analysis, risk intelligence, case context, and other dimensions.

International Exchange Strengthens Web3 Investigation Capabilities

The international participation in this year's Financial Investigation Course also reflects the increasingly cross-border nature of financial crime investigations. Financial intelligence and law enforcement personnel from Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and the Pacific gathered in Hong Kong to exchange experience with representatives of the city's regulatory and law enforcement agencies.

Cross-border cooperation is particularly important for crimes involving virtual assets. Because blockchain transactions are not constrained by traditional geographic boundaries, criminal funds can move rapidly between jurisdictions. Addressing emerging forms of financial crime therefore requires not only stronger investigative and analytical capabilities within individual institutions, but also enhanced financial intelligence sharing between jurisdictions and closer professional cooperation networks.

As an international financial center and an important hub connecting Asia with global markets, Hong Kong continues to build practical experience in virtual asset regulation, financial crime investigations, and international financial intelligence cooperation. The Financial Investigation Course organized by the Hong Kong Police Force provided law enforcement and financial intelligence personnel from different jurisdictions with a platform for direct exchange and further strengthened professional engagement between Hong Kong and the international community in financial crime investigations.

Bitrace Continues to Support Web3 Security and Compliance Practices in Hong Kong and Internationally

Bitrace has long focused on Web3 risk management, on-chain data analysis, and AML compliance. It provides regulators, law enforcement agencies, financial institutions, and Web3 companies with virtual asset risk monitoring, on-chain data analysis, and compliance technology services, while continuing to support the technical analysis of virtual asset-related cases in Hong Kong and across Asia.

Bitrace's invitation to participate in the Financial Investigation Course and deliver a Web3 presentation represents another step in its continuing engagement in Hong Kong financial crime investigations and international professional exchanges. By sharing real-world case experience and technical practices with law enforcement and financial intelligence personnel from different jurisdictions, Bitrace also aims to advance collaboration among technology, financial intelligence, and law enforcement practitioners in responding to evolving financial crime risks in the digital asset era.

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