ATA Short Courses
We understand that every organisation has unique training requirements. AFRICA Training Academy offers customised courses tailored to your organisation's specific needs and objectives. Customised training is available upon request for groups of 10 or more participants.
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Bribery and Corruption
Navigate the legal elements of bribery and corruption.
Implement policies and procedures to comply with the FCPA, UK Bribery Act and other major anti-corruption initiatives.
Identify common corruption schemes.
Evaluate the effectiveness of your anti-corruption compliance program.
Conduct third-party due diligence.
Respond to red flags of corruption.
Manage investigations across international borders.
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Professional Interviewing Skills
Plan and schedule interviews.
Comply with legal issues that affect interviews.
Identify different types of interview questions for individual personality styles.
Detect deception and create strategies to gain quality information.
Obtain confessions and signed statements.
Define the aspects of an admission-seeking interview.
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Financial Statement Fraud
Recognise the most common financial statement fraud schemes.
Identify the red flags of financial statement fraud.
Detect fraud using audit procedures.
Address issues that might affect discussion and analysis of the financial statements.
Understand the fraud implications of emerging issues in financial reporting.
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Effective Report Writing
Assess your audience and plan your report.
Organise your report content to maximize readability.
Incorporate visual aids to illustrate key points.
Identify and address relevant legal issues in report writing.
Write effective expert-witness reports.
Avoid common mistakes when preparing reports.
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Ethics In the Workplace
To develop a greater understanding of ethics in the professional and business environment which will enable attendees to apply practical measures to implement and promote ethical businesses.
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Fraud Risk Management
Identify fraud risks and the factors that influence them.
Develop and implement the necessary components of a successful fraud risk management program.
Identify and implement the elements of a strong anti-fraud corporate culture.
Perform a comprehensive fraud risk assessment across the organization.
Identify financial, transactional and behavioural indicators of fraud.
Evaluate the fraud risk management program against a maturity model.
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Using Data Analytics to Detect Fraud
Recognise the types of data and available tools that can be used to look for signs of fraud.
Implement a range of traditional and non-traditional data analysis techniques.
Identify anomalies and recognise common red flags of fraud that appear in the data.
Apply the full data analysis process, including planning, data preparation, analysis, and effectively communicating the results.
Design and run targeted data analytics tests to detect various types of fraud schemes.
Use your own laptop and software to perform data analysis techniques for detecting fraud
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Internet and Social Media Risks
✓ The WWW: Surface-Deep-Dark ✓ Occupational Fraud Tree ✓ Internet Fraud Tree - Hacking, Cyber-terrorism & Sabotage - Investment & Securities Fraud - Identity Theft - Online Payment Fraud - Confidence & Consumer Fraud - Internet Fraud: Other ✓ Social Media Risks - Internal - External ✓ Using the internet as an investigatory tool – OSINT basics - Definition and concepts - Uses Of OSINT - Potential Legal Risks - An outline of OSINT Techniques and Methods - Extracting intelligence from data - Capabilities of OSINT Tools - OSINT case study
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Fraud Prevention
✓ An overview of fraud • The nature of fraud • Critical thinking skills • Why fraud happens – the Fraud Triangle • Responsibilities of Fraud Prevention & Detection • How occupational fraud affects your organization • Current fraud / crime statistics in SA • Profile of a fraudster and criminology theories ✓ The ACFE’s Occupational Fraud Categories ✓ The ACFE’s Report to The Nations 2022 ✓ Corruption • Conflicts of interest • Bribery (kickbacks and bid rigging) • Illegal gratuities • Economic extortion. ✓ Asset Misappropriation (includes case studies) • Cash Theft Schemes • Billing Schemes • Payroll Schemes • Expense Reimbursement Schemes • Cheque Fraud (document fraud) ✓ Fraudulent Financial Statements • Asset/revenue over-statements & understatements • Some major financial statement fraud case studies • How auditors can assess the risk of fraud in financial reporting. ✓ The Fraud Risk Register ✓ Auditing Fraud ✓ The 8-step Fraud Auditing Process as per ISA 240, starting with professional scepticism and including triangulation, the fraud triangle and the fraud exposure rectangle. ✓ Reducing Your Organisation’s Fraud Risk: the 10-fraud risk management building blocks (fraud prevention & detection) based on the ACFE’s Fraud Prevention Check-up.
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Forensic Questioned Documents
✓ An introduction into the field of forensic document examinations with the purpose of enhancing performance skills of all role players involved in the prevention/investigation and adjudication of fraud and corruption. This course is extremely applicable and valuable to legal advisors, HR personnel, forensic Investigators, and other role players. ✓ Apart from the subject theory, delegates will be required to participate in several practical exercises allowing them to conduct basic examination pertaining to handwriting and signatures. The methodology of gathering evidence relating to documents involved in fraudulent activities and investigations will be explained and discussed thoroughly.
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Fraud Investigation
✓ Introduction ✓ Planning and Conducting a Fraud Examination ✓ Analysing Documents ✓ Interview Theory and Application ✓ Interviewing Suspects and Signed Statements ✓ Covert Examinations ✓ Sources of Information ✓ Data Analysis and Reporting Tools ✓ Digital Forensics ✓ Tracing Illicit Transactions ✓ Report Writing ✓ Practical case study
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Cyber Law
✓ Introduction to Cyberlaw & Electronic Transactions ✓ The Council of Europe Convention on Cyber Crime – Budapest Convention ✓ Computer crime / Cybercrime in South Africa ✓ Cybercrimes Act 19 of 2020 ✓ Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 ✓ Privacy of the internet and social media ✓ Freedom of Expression & The Law of Defamation ✓ Domain Names & Trademarks ✓ Copyright in Cyber Space
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OSINT (Internet-based) Investigations
✓ Understanding OSINT ✓ Before you start your search ✓ The intelligence cycle ✓ Prepare your environment (OPSEC) ✓ Search engines ✓ People Searches – names and usernames ✓ Physical addresses & Phone Numbers ✓ E-Mails ✓ Public records & personal disclosures ✓ Social media analysis ✓ Websites ✓ Domains & IP addresses ✓ International due diligence ✓ Images, Videos, Maps & Webcams ✓ Going beyond the surface web ✓ Reporting tools ✓ Conclusion ✓ OSINT Case study ✓ There will be various case studies and exercises each day, with a real-life OSINT case study/exercise on day 3.
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Ethics Risk Assessments & Persuasion Skills (ERAPS)
Day 1: Ethics Risk Assessment - Ethics and compliance fundamentals - Ethics management frameworks - Planning and conducting an Ethics Risk Assessment - Risk identification, analysis, and control evaluation - Ethics maturity assessments - Developing ethics strategies and implementation plans - Reporting findings and recommendations Day 2: Psychological Safety & Workplace Integrity ✓ Creating psychologically safe workplaces ✓ Building cultures of trust and integrity ✓ Addressing toxic workplace behaviours ✓ Emotional intelligence and conflict management ✓ Managing burnout and employee wellbeing ✓ Supporting workplace wellness initiatives ✓ Leadership's role in modelling ethical behaviour ✓ Developing and implementing long-term integrity strategies
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Anti-Money Laundering
✓ Introduction and extent to Money laundering ✓ Legal aspects ➢ Prevention of Organised Crime Act, 2004 ➢ Financial Intelligence Center Act (with 2017 amendments) ✓ Aspects of the risk-based approach to Money laundering ✓ Money laundering Schemes ✓ The forfeiture of Assets