What are the tools to disrupt the commission of international crimes? What are some of the most effective investigation tools that target the financial underpinnings of criminal networks? What about sanctions, which are sometimes criticized for causing unintended consequences?
Jessica Kim, former Special Prosecutor for the Crime of Aggression at the United States Department of Justice sat down with Wayamo to speak about tools for disrupting international crimes, focusing on international cooperation, sanctions and how targeting financial structures can weaken criminal networks.
Wayamo interviewed Ms. Kim on the sidelines of an August 2025 symposium on international criminal and financial investigations in domestic jurisdictions organised together with the Directorate of Public Prosecutions of Mauritius in Port Louis.
Timestamps:
00:09 What are international crimes?
01:07 What are the tools to disrupt the commission of international crimes?
02:01 How important is international cooperation, and what practical challenges arise in getting different actors to work together?
03:03 What are some of the most effective investigation tools that target the financial underpinnings of criminal networks?
04:55 What about sanctions, which are sometimes criticised for causing unintended consequences? Is it possible to deploy them in a way that is proportionate?
06:25 What legislation can states pass to strengthen national tools to disrupt the commission of international crimes?
