Anti-Fraud Work in the Fight Against Human Trafficking
/Matt Friedman recounts an interaction with a banker at a previous event, outlining the significance of ACFE members’ work in the anti-fraud field in the fight against human trafficking.
The Dark Nexus of Fraud and Human Trafficking in the Private Sector
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Tuesday morning of the 35th Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference, Matt Friedman, CEO of The Mekong Club, an organization of Hong Kong’s leading businesses joined to end all forms of human trafficking, took the main stage. Friedman explored the violent and terrifying reality of human trafficking schemes around the world, including his own interactions with victims and their stories. But, where do we, as fraud examiners, come in? Where do we find the intersection of fraud examination and the dark reality of modern slavery? Friedman says it is not as far as we think.
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You have probably heard the term “human trafficking”, but you may not have thought it had a connection to business, finance or fraud. According to Matt Friedman, it does. Friedman, who has had a 30-plus year career in countertrafficking, shared his insights and experience at the 2023 ACFE Fraud Conference Asia-Pacific.
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