CASH stash

It has been reported this week that Bernie Madoff told fellow inmates that he had stashed away $9 billion before he was arrested. Trying to track down a fraudster's ill-gotten gains is never easy. The likes of Michael Lynn no doubt has his money well hidden as does Robert Stapleton . Things are slightly easier than in the past, however, with better co-operation between European police forces and more of the off-shore tax havens like Jersey and the Cayman islands signing up to agreements with other countries to share information.