Serious Fraud Office Conference on March 7
Staff Reporter
Auckland, March 1, 2019
Anti-corruption and counter-fraud experts from many parts of the world will in Auckland next week to discuss the threats of financial crime and corruption.
New Zealand’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is organising the Conference called, ‘Protecting New Zealand’s Taonga’ on Thursday, March 7, 2019 at SkyCity Convention Centre in Auckland.
About 250 people are expected to attend the Conference at which Lyn McDonald (Director, UK Cabinet Office Fraud, Error, Debt and Grants team), Lisa Osofsky (Director, UK Serious Fraud Office), Hui Chen (Exclusive Compliance Consultant to the US Department of Justice Fraud Section), Lisa Osofsky (Director, SFO, United Kingdom), Ricky Yau (Deputy Commissioner and Head of Operations, Independent Commission Against Corruption, Hong Kong), Denis Tang (Director, Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau, Singapore), Rupert Broad (Head, International Anti-Corruption Coordination Centre, United Kingdom), Steven M D’Antuono (Head, Financial Crimes Section, FBI), Timothy K Kuhner (Associate Professor, Auckland Law School), Anthony Bivona (Unit Chief, FBI Economic Crimes Unit) and Laura Eshelby (Head, Counter Fraud Training and Professionalisation, Centre of Expertise for Counter Fraud and Error Reduction, UK Cabinet Office) will be among the speakers.
ECAN Delegates
Many participants of an Economic Crime Agencies Network (ECAN) meeting in Auckland on March 5 and 6, 2019, will attend and speak at the conference.
ECAN members include the UK SFO, US Federal Bureau of Investigation, Hong Kong’s Independent Commission Against Corruption and Singapore’s Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau.
Stuart Nash, Minister Responsible for SFO said that the Coalition Government is focused on tackling organised crime.
“Complex financial crime, fraud and corruption causes significant harm in our communities. We are working closely with agencies in other countries to prevent transnational crime and look forward to discussions with our international partners about further ways to combat these offences,” he said.
The Conference is being organised at a time when SFO New Zealand is increasing its work to prevent public sector fraud and corruption.
“The SFO is looking at the benefits of being not just the ambulance at the bottom of the cliff, which is presently our main job, but also the fence at the top in terms of prevention,” SFO Chief Executive Julie Read said.
More information about the conference can be found on the SFO Website: www.sfo.govt.nz
