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Forensic Center

Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP

Welcome to the Deloitte Forensic Center, a think tank sponsored by Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP aimed at exploring new approaches for mitigating the costs, risks and effects of fraud, corruption and other issues facing the global business community. The Center aims to advance the state of thinking in areas such as fraud and corruption by exploring issues from the perspective of forensic accountants, corporate leaders and other professionals involved in forensic matters.

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Shrinking retail shrink: Using analytics to help detect fraud and grow margins
Global inventory shrinkage increased 6.6 percent for the year ended June 2011 to more than U.S. $119 billion, representing 1.45 percent of global retail sales at retail sales value, according to the Centre for Retail Research’s report, The Global Retail Theft Barometer 2011. This article describes how retailers can use new technologies such as data analytics to help them detect more fraud and improve margins in an increasingly challenging economic environment.
New FCPA Resource Guide: Ten things for legal and compliance officers to consider
Is the new FCPA Resource Guide from the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Guide”) really new or just a compilation of existing material? This article identifies 10 key takeaways from the Guide that may help legal and compliance officers obtain executive support and drive continued, appropriate enhancements to their FCPA/anti-corruption compliance programs.
The internal audit fraud challenge
Economic uncertainty and changes to the regulatory landscape since 2010 have continued to push fraud risk to the front of company agendas. Deloitte UK’s "Internal Audit fraud challenge: Prevention, protection, detection" report seeks to uncover how these factors have influenced companies’ focus on fraud risk and understand what impact this is having on the role of internal audit.
Look before you leap: Navigating risks in emerging markets
As companies continue to expand their activities in emerging markets — to produce products, deliver services, and sell to customers in these markets — many executives are concerned over compliance and integrity-related risks in these locations, which they believe are growing. These are some of the key findings of Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP’s fifth annual Look Before You Leap survey

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