Why attend this course?

• Gain an understanding of how to conduct an investigation that is specific to the Middle East. The course will at all times consider Middle East law, protocol and culture. It is ideal for anyone living and working in the Middle East
• Gain practical advice on how to pursue the perpetrators identified as a result of your investigation
• Learn how to develop a 3-dimensional focus on the importance of careful planning and research, and gain a framework to enable you to develop your plans and tools and to adapt your thinking to that of a top-class fraud investigator
• You will be able to understand how to develop a fraud strategy to prevent fraud from occurring and to recognize the red flags of fraud and corruption in your company
• You will have the opportunity to share experiences, mainly through workshop-style exercises, combined with real life examples, and to gain the tools & knowledge necessary to resolve even the most complex cases

The objective of the three day course is to share experiences, mainly through workshop-style exercises, combined with real life examples, and to gain the tools & knowledge necessary to resolve even the most complex cases.

This challenging action-packed programme will provide delegates with all the practical tools needed to identify, investigate and remediate fraud & corruption from the nworkplace. The course will also provide practical advice on how to pursue the perpetrators identified as a result of your investigation. At all times the focus of the course will be how to conduct an investigation in the Middle East and will reflect Middle East, law, protocol and culture.

The course will provide a 3-dimensional focus on the importance of careful planning and research, and will provide a framework to enable you to develop your plans and tools and to adapt your thinking to that of a topclass fraud investigator. You will also be able to understand how to develop a fraud strategy to prevent fraud from occurring and
to recognize the red flags of fraud and corruption in your company.

There will be emphasis paid to how to conduct a potentially catastrophic investigation and at the same time be able to
allow the company to continue trading “business as usual”. Statistically many companies never recover their reputation or
financial position as a result of mishandling a fraud allegation. From the outset it is vital that an allegation of fraud is handled correctly, to maintain stakeholder confidence and company reputation.

There will also be attention paid to computer forensics, specifically the importance of computer forensics during an investigation. The legal perspective will be looked at here, notably to extradition treaties and the role of the Public Prosecutor.

You will also learn how to conduct effective interviews. This will include the various styles of approach required to interview witnesses and suspects. We will also look at whistleblowing – the benefits and the considerations of working with one.