Handbook of Fraud Investigation and Prevention: A Guide to Legal and Procedural Strategies

Fraud: The Counter Fraud Practitioner's Handbook looks at fraud investigation methods and explores the practical options for preventing and remedying fraud. An effective fraud and financial crime strategy involves intelligence and prevention, criminal and civil legal procedures, and asset recovery, all of which may involve investigators, internal auditors, security managers, in-house and external legal counsel and advisors. Your strategy depends on the outcomes you are seeking, the nature of the fraud or crime committed and the countries involved.

Part I of the handbook provides a clear picture of fraud trends and issues, as well as the roles and strategic options that are available in corporate, regulatory, public sector and law enforcement contexts. The chapters in Part II then cover specific investigation approaches for a range of fraud contexts and types including: law enforcement, insurance, benefits, procurement, telecoms, charity, employee and soon - before looking at specialist techniques such as financial investigations, the Internet, computer forensics, and intelligence. Part III addresses prevention, including risk, public interest disclosure, audit and organizational strategies, while Part IV covers a range of sanctions, such disciplinary processes, asset recovery, and civil and criminal proceedings.

This is an essential reference for both public and private sector fraud and security specialists who need to understand the strengths and weaknesses of each element of their organization's strategy against fraud and are seeking to learn from the approach of their colleagues in other industries or organizations. Written by and for practitioners, it is a handbook that deals with the knowledge, detail and the craft that underpins all effective anti-fraud work.

Alan Doig is Visiting Professor, Centre for Public Services Management, Liverpool Business School and Hon. Senior Research Fellow, University of Birmingham. Prior to that he was the United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime UNCAC mentor in Thailand, and Resident Advisor for the Council of Europe Prevention of Corruption project for Turkey. He has been Professor of Public Services Management at Teesside Business School and Liverpool Business School where he ran the Fraud Management Studies Units which taught the only MAs in Fraud Managment and Financial Investigation and Financial Crime in the UK for police, and public and private sector fraud practitioners.

He has written and edited books on Fraud; Corruption and Democratisation; Sleaze: Politics, Private Interests and Public Reaction; and Corruption and Misconduct in Contemporary British Politics. He has served as a Board member of the Standards Board of England, is a Director of the North-east Fraud Forum, was a member of the Group of Specialists on Public Ethics at Local level. Steering Committee on Local and Regional Democracy, Council of Europe, and was the Editor and part-author of the original UNODC Technical Guide for the United Nations Convention against Corruption.