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Profiling fraudsters can hone anti-fraud responses, helping investigators short-list likely suspects for detailed evaluation – and with profiling research and experience expanding, the effectiveness of such approaches is sharpening.

Forensic accountant and fraud examiner Dave Oswald, who runs Canadian anti-fraud consultancy Forensic Restitution (1), said: “Fraudster profiling can provide valuable insights into the minds of those who commit these crimes, helping law enforcement agencies and organizations to prevent, detect, and respond to fraudulent activity.”…

With the global commodities market valued at USD121.2 trillion in 2024 and expected to generate USD136.8 trillion in 2029 (1), the scope for fraudsters to make money from this sector is vast. German statistical service Statista notes that commodities sales have latent augmentation, given that it all includes emissions trading systems expanding worldwide, along with energy products, food and drink, precious and industrials metals and more.…

Australia is set to establish one of the world’s largest renewable energy production centres, capitalising on the vast solar and wind resources of the remote Pilbara region of the state of Western Australia. The private initiative, currently led by BP, represents a significant step in the nation’s push toward renewable energy and its current goal of achieving net-zero emissions by 2050, encouraged by the country’s centre-left Labor government.…

The gender pay gap is closing among anti-fraud professionals worldwide, according to the latest survey from the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE). Its ‘Compensation Guide for Anti-Fraud Professionals’ (1) released September 25 shows median salaries for women are currently USD102,000 and men USD108,000, a USD6,000 difference, less than half the USD13,500 gap a decade ago.…

Research, innovation and education must be the centre of European Union (EU) policy making and the EU should invest more in it. That is a key message of Mario Draghi – former European Central Bank (ECB) president and Italian Prime Minister in his report on ‘The Future of European Competitiveness’ released on September 9, in Brussels.…

A global set of studies into how artificial intelligence (AI) can best be deployed within higher education has been launched by WISE (the Qatar Foundation’s global initiative for education), the USA-based Institute of International Education (IIE) and seven universities worldwide.

The goal, said a joint statement released after a project launch in New York on Tuesday (September 17), is “to explore the role of AI in higher education and skills development for the AI era”.…

Cybercrime has spanned national borders as it has increased exponentially in recent years. However, despite often being carried out in multiple jurisdictions that require a coordinated multinational response, tackling such crime has been hampered by the lack of international cooperation. Paul Cochrane reports.…

European Union (EU) ministers have debated developing a European degree system at an informal meeting of higher education and research ministers in Budapest, Hungary on Monday and Tuesday (September 16/17), although the meeting was overshadowed by an ongoing row about Hungary’s access to EU education programmes.…

Venezuela, whose July presidential election has been contested by its political opposition as fraudulent, is facing an increase in financial controls having been grey listed by FATF this June (2024). This was over failures to respond to the global body’s requests for improvements in AML/CFT.…

Terms of reference for a United Nations Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation have been agreed by an ad hoc UN committee, including integrating commitments on tackling tax avoidance and tax evasion, plus equitable taxation of multinationals. A UN member state-led negotiating committee will now meet in 2025, 2026 and 2027 for at least three sessions per year to complete and submit a final text to the UN general assembly for approval.…