Fraud Intelligence

Consumer losses to fraud in the US jumped 25% to a total US$12.5 billion in 2024 compared to US$10.4 billion in 2023, new Federal Trade Commission (FTC) figures reveal.

Incomplete disclosure to the defence of unused material that could assist it or undermine the prosecution's case should be addressed through changes in legislation, practice - including use of advanced technology - and training, says Jonathan Fisher KC in his UK government-commissioned review.

Straightforward, honest - not manipulative or evasive: it's how the investigator would prefer a suspect to be so why wouldn't they model the same behaviour when conducting an interview. Don Rabon and Mark Anderson share with Keith Nuthall their decades of experience in eliciting truths from those with something to hide.

The construction industry is a complex interplay of supply chains and contractors, working with cost estimates and to timeframes that may stretch across many years. So much unavoidable uncertainty makes mitigation of fraud risk, present throughout, all the more urgent to defend against both physical and financial damage, even collapse. Paul Cochrane dons his hard hat to explore the hazards and protections.

Prosecutors from France, Switzerland and the UK, on 20 March, launched a new International Anti-Corruption Prosecutorial Taskforce.