A selection of some of our work is outlined below:
(1) Anti-Corruption and AML/CTF frameworks and strategies
(2) Customised corruption prevention and AML/CTF training workshops
(3) Anti-Corruption seminars and presentations
(4) Other Ant-Fraud and Corruption and AML/CTF related assignments
(5) Strategy, Governance and Risk related assignments
(1) Anti-Corruption and AML / CTF Framework Assignments include:
- The World Bank Group – Acting as an Independent Integrity Compliance Monitor on behalf of the independent Integrity Vice-Presidency unit
- Robert Carr civil society Networks Fund – Review of corruption, fraud and mismanagement (CFM) policy framework
- Save the Children Australia – Development of high-level corruption risk assessment diagnostic
- NSW Office of Environment & Heritage (now part of the NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment) – Design and development of Probity and Corruption Prevention Framework
- Islamic Relief Australia – Development of Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing (AML/CTF) Framework, including all associated AML/CTF policies and guidelines
- SOS Children’s Villages International – Development of a risk-based Anti-Corruption Self-Assessment Checklist diagnostic
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(2) Customised corruption prevention and AML / CTF training workshops include:European
- Swiss Red Cross – 3-day fraud prevention and awareness workshop for for delegates from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and Red Cross and Red Crescent member societies across Africa and Pakistan
- European Regional Development and Protection Programme (RDPP) – two 2-day anti-corruption workshops for RDPP NGO partners from Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq
- Morling College – Reporting and whistleblowing training
- University of Sydney Law School – Development of video on corruption for use as part of course materials for University of Sydney Law School criminology course.
- Islamic Relief Australia – Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing (AML/CTF) Sensitisation training workshop
- Jordanian Ministry of Social Development / Non-Profit Registry – 5-Day Risk-BasedAnti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing (AML/CTF) Supervision Training Workshop
- Saudi Arabian National Anti-Corruption Commission (‘Nazaha’) – NGO/NFP Anti-Corruption Training Programme for lawyers within the commission
- Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) – Anti-Corruption Workshop for the ACNC Compliance and Reporting Unit
- SOS Children’s Villages International – 3-Day Global Corruption Prevention Workshop for Managers
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(3) Anti-corruption related Seminars and Presentations include:
- 12th National Public Sector Fraud and Corruption Congress – Presentation titled ‘Designing & Implementing Effective Fraud Corruption Prevention Compliance Programmes’.
- 2nd annual Compliance Culture & Conduct Risk in Financial Services Forum – Presentation titled ‘The Limitations of Forensic Audits: Unpacking a Fraud-Scheme in a Developing Market’
- 6th Australian Public Sector Anti-Corruption Conference (APSACC) – Presentation titled ‘See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil’: Corruption and the NGO sector’
- 6th Annual Australian Fraud Summit – Presentation titled ‘The limitations of forensic audits: Unpacking a fraud-scheme in a developing market’ and panel member on ‘Thought Leadership Panel Discussion – Why has Australia become an economic crime hot-spot?’
- Compliance Culture & Conduct Risk in Financial Services Forum (March, 2017) – Presentation titled ‘Understanding and Controlling Fraud and Corruption Risks’
- Sydney Development Circle (March, 2017) – Presentation titled ‘Stealing from the Poor: Corruption in the Not-for-Profit Sector’
- Public Sector Fraud & Corruption Summit 2016 (October 2016) – Conference Chair / Presentation titled ‘Implementing an Effective Anti-Fraud and Anti-Corruption Compliance Programme’
- Annual Conference of the International Bar Association (September, 2016) – Presentation of paper on Will Transparency Initiatives Impact Corruption in the Extractive Industry , and member of discussion panel on ‘Transparency and public disclosure of payments to governments and indigenous peoples’
- GRC Institute’s 2016 AML and Financial Crimes Congress (April 2016) – Presentation titled ‘When Compliance is a Facade: A case study of corruption, culture, and collusion’
- Corruption Prevention Network’s 2015 Annual Forum (November 2015) – Seminar titled ‘Charity Donations Money Trail: How to prevent fraud and corruption’
- Commonwealth Bank Of Australia (October 2015) – Presentation to Intelligence & Investigative Due Diligence team titled Corruption in Emerging / Frontier Markets: The ‘Global South’
- Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) Sector Briefings on Sending Funds oversea (June & July 2015) – and Facilitated sector briefing and made presentation titled ‘Corruption Risks within the International Development / Charity Sector’
- Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (June 2015) – Seminar held titled Managing Risks & Investigations in a Developing Environment.
- Australian Council For International Development (May, 2015) – Presentation made to Finance Managers Working Group title ‘An Overview of Corruption in the International Development Sector’
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(4) Other Anti-Fraud and Corruption and AML / CTF related assignments include:
- Save the Children, So They Can, Baptist World Aid / Transform Aid International, NSW Office of Environment and Heritage – Implementation and set-up of online whistleblower reporting (‘Speak Up’) system
- Accountable Now – Design and carrying out global survey amongst Accountable Now’s membership on staff attitudes towards reporting and whistleblowing
- Foodbank NSW & ACT – Providing counter-terrorism financing and due-diligence checks on overseas beneficiary charity
- World Vision International – Design and carry out a global staff survey (in English, French and Spanish) on the topic of accountability, anti-corruption, and prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse
- Australian Charities & Not-for-profit Charity – Design and facilitate Charity Sector Briefing (held in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane) around the protection and control of funds being sent overseas
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(5) Strategy, Governance and Risk related assignments include:
- FSVC – Development of a Procedure Manual (based on CSO best practices) governing an NGO’s day-to-day operations for use in Niger as part of the ‘SHIGA’ project, a USAID-funded program focused on strengthening political accountability and policy-making, as well as fostering more robust civil society engagement in the country
- Islamic Relief Australia – Development of a risk management process and a board governance risk assessment
- Islamic Relief Australia – Implementation of a 5-year strategic and annual operational planning methodology / process
