The risks from fraud, bribery, corruption, financial and economic crime are extremely serious, complex and more likely to materialise with significant detrimental impacts for countries, societies, administrations and organisations of all types. This threat needs to be countered in a strategic, systematic, integrated and professional manner to global good practice standards and governance expectations. This is critical for organisational sustainability and success, protection of stakeholder value and public confidence.

The best counter fraud strategy is based on deterrence, and where possible prevention, and requires good governance, risk management and robust control, all operating within a conducive culture of integrity and transparency. This needs to be rigorously audited and assured. Having a robust and committed counter fraud and corruption strategy in place, with the resourced capacity and competency to enforce it, will significantly deter and prevent fraud and corruption, and is also an essential prerequisite for successful detection, investigation and prosecution when it occurs.

This interactive course provides valuable insights into current international good practice techniques and aids delegates to evaluate, develop and improve fraud risk management.

It will benefit everyone with a role in managing, auditing or oversight of fraud and corruption risk, i.e. all three lines of defence.

Course Objectives

On completion, you will be able to:

• Understand and assess the current and changing nature of fraud and corruption risks, and global mitigation strategies
• Design effective counter fraud and corruption mitigation and control
• Describe an effective counter fraud and corruption culture
• Audit and assure counter fraud and corruption arrangements

Key Topics

• The nature of fraud, bribery, corruption, financial and economic crime
• Roles, responsibilities and accountabilities for governance and management of fraud and corruption risk
• Fraud and corruption risk mitigation, control strategies and techniques
• Counter fraud and corruption culture
• Auditing and assuring counter fraud arrangements

All courses will be conducted entirely in English. A proficient level of both spoken and written English is required by all delegates so that they are able to fully benefit from the course and participate in our interactive style of training.