The Anti-Fraud Network

The Anti-Fraud Network is a network of professionals who specialise in the pursuit of claims arising out of the theft or other dishonest appropriation of assets, corruption, misuse of confidential information or similar breaches of duty. Recovering the proceeds of fraud and corruption is one of the truly global problems facing organisations today. Proceeds rarely stay in the country where they have been stolen. For organisations to recover stolen or corrupt assets they need access to lawyers and professionals specialising in their recovery across the world.

The Anti-Fraud Network is dedicated to providing access to trusted points of contact across the globe and offering a unified first-class international service to clients, at a time when experience, speed, co-operation and highly responsive service are most important.

In this issue, AFN members Louise Jenkins and Allen Clayton-Greene examine the steps Australia is taking to put its house in order before the 2012 OECD Phase 3 Review and in doing so provide a detailed review of Australia's foreign bribery laws.

In addition, Elif Morgenroth and Dr Christian Weichelt explore how anti-fraud and money laundering compliance can be seen more as an opportunity than a burden.

Thank you for your support in 2011. It has been a fantastic year for the AFN: the quality of the contributions to the newsletter has been consistently high, and of interest to a broad audience across the world and across different sectors; we have been promoted at conferences throughout the world; our LinkedIn membership has more than doubled in 2011, and continues to grow at a greater rate than at any other time; users of the network continue to say what a fantastic resource the AFN provides.

In 2012, we will be seeking to build further. We will be launching a new look, coinciding with a new website that will allow us to provide you with faster updates. We hope that we will be able to bring members together for the first time, and we will be providing opportunities for sponsorship to provide additional exposure for specialists through the network.

We always welcome contributions to the AFN newsletter from the Board, members and non-members alike. If you would like to contribute to the AFN newsletter, please contact us at info@antifraudnetwork.com.

Nicholas Burkill of Dorsey & Whitney is an expert in bribery and corruption matters, and is widely considered by sources to be an authority on the implications of the new Bribery Act. Sources describe Burkill as "extremely personable, very bright, client-focused and always looking for the best commercial solutions."
Chambers 2011

The Dorsey team is an excellent choice for tax and fraud disputes, and group head Nicholas Burkill is ‘an enormously experienced fraud litigator, with great depth of knowledge; intelligent and hardworking, with an excellent sense of humour. One of the best around’.
Legal 500 2010

Dorsey & Whitney's practice head Nicholas Burkill is a 'cool-headed and determined litigator'.
Legal 500 2011

We would like to invite all members and newsletter recipients to contribute a review of any of the following titles: Stock Market Efficiency, Insider Dealing and Market Abuse; Handbook of Fraud Investigation and Prevention; Online Gambling: Operations and Controls; Estimating Risk; Digital Identity Management: Technological, Business and Social Implications; Music Distribution and the Internet or Film and Television Distribution and the Internet. If you are interested in reviewing any of these books, please contact us at info@antifraudnetwork.com.