Our Forensic team in the Middle East comprises the full suite of talent required to address the breadth and depth of fraud and financial crime cases, ranging from small employee misappropriations to large, complex, multi-year and multi-jurisdictional schemes. Our team consists of over 50 specialists who are qualified accountants certified in financial forensics, certified fraud examiners, business intelligence professionals and computer forensics specialists.

Our experience includes some of the largest and most high-profile fraud cases in the Middle East. We regularly deploy all our resources and analytical tools to support our clients and their legal advisors throughout the life cycle of investigations, including:

• Forensic imaging of computers, file servers and communication devices, as well as inventory, scanning and conversion of relevant hardcopy documents
• Extraction, hosting and searching/reviewing structured and unstructured data in Arabic, English and other languages
• Fact-finding interviews of whistleblowers, witnesses and suspects
• Forensic accounting and investigative procedures
• Tracing and recovering misappropriated assets
• Preparing and submitting evidence and findings to courts and regulators
• Assisting with legal proceedings through discovery and disclosure, expert witnesses and other support

Drawing on the international expertise of our Middle East-based Forensic specialists, we offer extensive multi-disciplinary experience in Investigation and Remediation around a broad range of compliance-related matters, including:

• Foreign Corrupt Practices Act;
• Trade sanctions compliance;
• Accounting and financial reporting fraud;
• Other business conduct violations including competition and collusion, environmental breaches, supply chain integrity and intellectual property;
• Pre-acquisition and post-acquisition business conduct due diligence for M&A transactions;
• Proactive ‘Distributor Audits’ and local operations reviews/monitoring; and
• Business intelligence and related integrity due-diligence services.

Our local team are supplemented by the experienced specialists within the Global Deloitte network, which include individuals with first-hand experience in government regulations such as former government prosecutors and regulatory enforcement officers.

Board directors and senior management of corporations are responsible for taking steps to deter, detect and prevent fraud.

Our integrated approach to fraud control helps clients understand their organisation's susceptibility to fraud risk, identify high-risk areas, develop a fraud control plan to address those areas at critical risk, monitor the ongoing effectiveness of fraud risk mitigation and respond to actual instances of fraud.

We work with clients to conduct fraud risk assessments and fraud scenario assessments to identify key vulnerabilities, as well as advise on practical approaches to remedy any observed gaps.

The Middle East is home to a number of sanctioned countries, regimes and organisations while at the same time ranking as an important international trading and distribution hub. Businesses operating in the region face heightened risk of violations of key international AML and trade and economic sanctions if they are not careful about their trading activities directly and indirectly through third party distributors.

Working closely with international specialists from Deloitte’s Global Trade Compliance team, we can assist clients with designing, implementing, reviewing, enhancing and monitoring numerous AML, economic, trade sanctions detection and compliance programmes, as well as deploying sophisticated data analytics and on-the-ground resources to investigateallegations and potential violations.

Our work includes assessing AML and sanctions risk at the enterprise and business unit level. We draft and enhance policies and procedures, create and deliver training modules, compliance assessments, forensic ‘look-backs’ pursuant to regulatory orders, internal controls assessments, selection and implementation of technology solutions, internal investigations and the creation of enterprise-wide private sector Financial Intelligence Units.

An independent whistleblowing and reporting service for employees to raise
concerns, without fear of retaliation.

Knowledge is the best tool to combat fraud risks, and a whistle-blowing hotline remains the single best detection mechanism for occupational fraud.

Tip-offs Anonymous provides live disclosure support through our 50+ dedicated Deloitte call centre operators and analysts. We provide this service 24 hours a day and 365 days a year.

Our Tip-offs Anonymous team is proud to service more than 400 corporate and public sector clients in over 100 countries across the globe. We currently process information in over 20 languages and via a range of reporting channels, turning tip-offs into actionable information. Our readily available team welcome any geographic or language challenge presented to us.

We also offer a bespoke web-enabled Case Management System, which integrates directly with our Tip-offs service, offering clients ready access to reports, statistical data and the ability to load, store and manage matters from tip-off to prosecution.

With best practice operating standards and ISO 9001:2015 accreditation, this cost-effective, subscription-based service is a recognised industry leader in Africa and across the globe.