The PricewaterhouseCoopers' Global economic crime survey 2007 highlighted the following facts:

Over 43% of the companies interviewed reported suffering one or more significant commercial crimes.

Over 80% of the respondents who suffered commercial crimes also stated that this had caused damage-or significant damage-to their business.

With over 50% of the perpetrators utilising their expertise as employees within defrauded companies, there is growing evidence of sophisticated criminal networks infiltrating the financial services and commerical sector in order to find ways around company asset protection and anti-fraud systems.

It is therefore vital that organisations have robust and responsible management systems in place to minimise or prevent further opportunities for criminal penetration of their businesses. In particular, there is a need for organisations to develop internal policies, standards and guidelines to protect assets, prevent corruption and screen their staff.

• We work with accountants, auditors, lawyers and other professionals to develop bespoke asset control and asset response plans, particularly around personal and corporate identity theft.
  
  
• We work with accountants, auditors, lawyers and other professionals to develop bespoke fraud control and fraud response plans.
  
  
• Together with our legal partners, we develop and implement strategies for protecting IP.
  
  
• We conduct due diligence around corporate safety and security, as well as develop associated standards, policies, procedures and training.
  
  
• We work with clients to design, implement and commission anti-corruption strategies based on professional standards.
  
  
• We are putting a global network in place to undertake robust and meaningful international pre-employment screening enquiries.

* responsible management
* corruption prevention
* personnel screening