Heard in the Halls: Where Heroes Share Tips and Tools in the Fight Against Fraud

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Heard in the Halls: Where Heroes Share Tips and Tools in the Fight Against Fraud

"The biggest value out of the conference is the networking. We are meeting more than 3,000 fraud investigators which I think is the biggest platform in the world. Look at the experience here, the diversity and the speakers here, they have an enormous amount of experience and have achieved so much in their field. That is the learning I'm getting out of this." — Atul Pramod Kimtee, CFE, VMware Inc, Bangalore, India

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Keynote Speaker: Cliff Lansley

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Keynote Speaker: Cliff Lansley

“Some people call me a professional lie detector. I prefer to use the phrase ‘truth detector’ because when people tell lies, they leak the truth,” said Cliff Lansley, body language expert and CEO of the Emotional Intelligence Academy (EIA) and managing director of Paul Ekman International. Lansley was the keynote speaker during Monday's working lunch.

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The Steep Price for Cheap Goods: Money Laundering and Human Trafficking’s Role in Counterfeit Goods

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The Steep Price for Cheap Goods: Money Laundering and Human Trafficking’s Role in Counterfeit Goods

Using luxury goods to project status is a silent language understood around the world. All too often though, many can find counterfeit goods that look almost exactly like genuine articles, but at a fraction of the price. What they might not know is that their knock-off Chanel bag, or their $30 Rolex, is likely a device to launder money from organized crime groups — and was made by victims of human trafficking.

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When We Tell Lies, We Leak the Truth

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When We Tell Lies, We Leak the Truth

Do you think you can detect lies? Cliff Lansley thinks you should go one step further and detect the truth.

“Some people call me a professional lie detector. I prefer to use the phrase ‘truth detector’ because when people tell lies, they leak the truth,” said Lansley, body language expert and CEO of the Emotional Intelligence Academy (EIA) and managing director of Paul Ekman International. Lansley was the keynote speaker during Monday's working lunch session.

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Using Social Media to Give You an Edge in Investigations

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Using Social Media to Give You an Edge in Investigations

A quick search on my social media networks would tell you where I work, who my family members are, where I went to college and who my 5 year-old claims to be her “boyfriend.” Yes, social media is full of seemingly useless information like cat memes and time-lapsed cooking videos. But, what if all of those small, meaningless pieces of information added up to something bigger?

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