Key Findings from the 2018 Report to the Nations: Government Edition

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Key Findings from the 2018 Report to the Nations: Government Edition

In April 2018, the ACFE released the 2018 Report to the Nations, which provided a global analysis of the costs and effects of occupational fraud (i.e., fraud committed against the organization by its own officers, directors, or employees). The report highlighted the tremendous impact occupational fraud has on organizations throughout the world. In a new sub-report, we now focus more closely on how occupational fraud impacts the government sector.

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The 6 Most Common Behavioral Red Flags of Fraud

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The 6 Most Common Behavioral Red Flags of Fraud

Tim Harvey, CFE, head of global chapter development for the ACFE, recently shared a story with me about a networking event he held for the U.K. Chapter called "Find a Fraudster." The objective of the event was to move around the room and network with as many people as possible all the while trying to identify a fraudster in the room.

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ACFE Publishes 10th Edition of the Report to the Nations

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ACFE Publishes 10th Edition of the Report to the Nations

With the publication of the 2018 Report to the Nations, I am struck by how this study, like the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners itself, is in many ways a tribute to the vision and dedication of our founder and chairman, Dr. Joseph T. Wells, CFE, CPA. When Dr. Wells created the ACFE, he did so because he recognized there was a fundamental flaw in how organizations were attempting to prevent, detect, and investigate fraud.

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Report to the Nations Regional Reports Give Snapshots Into Fraud Around the World

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AUTHOR'S POST

Mandy Moody, CFE
ACFE Content Manager

Over the past year, we have worked on creating regional-specific reports of the ACFE's 2016 Report to the Nations on Occupational Fraud and Abuse. While the full report reflects global trends in occupational fraud, we know that there are important and interesting regional variations in the fraud landscape. To help organizations in different regions understand their risks and benchmark their anti-fraud programs, we created regional sub-reports that provide insight into the costs, schemes, victims and perpetrators of occupational fraud in various parts of the world.

The regional editions we have created so far are:

  • Eastern Europe and Western/Central Asia
  • Western Europe
  • Middle East and North Africa
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Canadian

In addition to the reports listed above, be on the lookout in the coming months for two more reports: a Southern Asia edition and a Latin America edition. We hope you enjoy these reports, and please let us know if you have any feedback for us!

You can download all of the PDFs, as well as only the charts and graphs, at ACFE.com/regional-reports/.