PROGRAMS ON CORRUPTION

Introduction to Corruption and Fraud in International Projects

This introductory "fraud awareness" program describes the most common and costly schemes in international projects - bribes and kickbacks, bid rigging and fraudulent billings - and discusses how they can best be detected and controlled. The outline for the presentation, which can be presented in two hours to one half day, can be found in "Fraud Info" on the main menu bar.

Investigating Corruption

This program provides detailed instruction on how to handle the complex corruption case, from detection to proof to follow up legal action. Learn step by step how to identify and trace corrupt payments, directly or circumstantially, with or without subpoena power. The program can be presented in one or two days. The two-day session includes a realistic case study.

General fraud detection and investigation programs

These courses are up-dated frequently to incorporate the most current and effective fraud examination techniques, and include:

Computer-aided Fraud Detection and Investigation; "Proactive" Fraud Detection Programs

Presented in collaboration with computer forsenic experts, this two-day course provides the technical and fraud expertise necessary to implement computer-aided fraud detection and investigation programs. Attendees will learn how to collect and analyze relevant data from internal and on-line databases, and how to use it to detect serious frauds, including false claims, fraudulent invoices, phantom vendors, kickbacks and conflicts of interest.

Investigating fraud and corruption for audit and security personnel

Many internal audit and corporate security groups now are being asked to not only help detect and control fraud and corruption, but to do internal investigations as well, a task for which many such groups are not equipped. This one or two-day course builds on an audit or security background to provide attendees with the additional skills needed to conduct successfully a complex internal fraud and corruption investigation.

Contract and procurement fraud

Most of the serious frauds that afflict business and international aid projects occur in the procurement process. This two-day program describes in detail each of the 22 commonly recognized contract and procurement fraud schemes, their red flags, detection methods, including computer-aided "proactive" detection programs, investigative steps, and legal remedies. The course comes with extensive materials and a challenging case study.