As criminals become increasingly sophisticated, they’re finding new ways to channel illicit money through legitimate banks. In the process, they’re managing to stay one step ahead of the industry. This has a potentially significant impact on Ireland, given its role as a dynamic international financial services hub. Read the full article to discover the five steps to collectively tackle illicit finance.

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In the November 2021 issue of Eolas Magazine, Deirdre Carwood, Head of Deloitte Forensic, featured in Eolas Magazine’s Justice report. Read her views on the threat illicit finance poses to the security and prosperity of all nations, and how to combat this growing issue in Ireland.

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To pay or not to pay: That's the essential dilemma for governments faced with ransomware attacks. Deloitte's Tim Li and Doug Powers tell host Tanya Ott how the public sector can face the looming threats.

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Using 4IR technologies to prevent and detect the growing ecosystem of financial crime. Our collective connectivity increases the digital attack surface for cyber—both at home and at the workplace. But the same technologies that have given rise to a digital criminal ecosystem can be turned on their head to help combat financial crimes.

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Bribery and corruption is a multi-dimensional issue, where incidents can undermine an organisation’s reputation, culture, regulatory standing and profitability. Beyond organisational borders, this force damages people, communities, economies and countries.

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There is no single definition of financial crime in Irish law. Money laundering, bribery and corruption, cybercrime, handling the proceeds of crime, financial markets abuse, and accounting and tax fraud are all considered financial crimes. The list is endless and constantly changing.

Throughout the numerous fraud investigations we have carried out, we have identified a list of common themes or ‘red flags’. Any one of these could indicate that a possible fraud is taking place. Being alert to red flags and responding appropriately can assist you to detect fraud earlier and in some cases prevent fraud occurring altogether.

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An analytics driven approach to fighting fraud

Forensic analytics is a critical capability in the future of investigations. Our five-part series explores analytics-driven fraud fighting approach, the need for available and accurate data, technologies required to extract data and realise its value, and continuous monitoring of transactions and activities, a process that produces invaluable results.

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There is growing consensus that the current global framework for fighting financial crime is not as effective as it could be, and that more needs to be done at the international, regional and national levels to help identify and stem the flow of illicit finance – an activity which supports some of the worst problems confronting society today, including terrorism, sexual exploitation, modern slavery, wildlife poaching and drug smuggling.

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In the past 10 years we have seen increasing levels of sophistication in fraud schemes and a significant rise in the number of cyber-criminal groups and organisations targeting both companies and individuals with such schemes.

Traditional fraud, focussed on monetary assets, continues to exist but the exponential growth in the amount of data held by companies, facilitated and created by technology, is now a target for fraudsters. On the dark web, private health data typically sells for 10 times more than other personal data.

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2020 is going to be both a challenging and rewarding year for EU regulators, as they continue to navigate the fall-out from Brexit and the increasing public appetite to control the use of their own personal data. Our framework provides a high level assessment of the expected regulation to be enacted and progressed in 2020 in the EU. Consider how this may impact you as a technology, media or telecom business.

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