FRAUD STATISTICS IMPORTANT, BUT NEW PROACTIVE DETAILED DATA COULD BE MORE EFFECTIVE IN DRIVING POLICY, SAY EXPERTS

FRAUD poses a “tremendous threat to organisations of all types and sizes, in all parts of the world”, according to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) – which like many expert groups have sought to demonstrate the scale of the problem with statistics. It also hopes that numeric data can help anti-fraud managers and law enforcers design strategies to fight scams and graft – its 2018 ‘Global Study on Occupational Fraud and Abuse’* contains a wealth of fraud statistics to be used in the fight against fraud. Indeed, audit, assurance, tax ...


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