Abstract
One of the objectives of this conference was to describe the new countermeasures which have been mobilised to combat complex commercial fraud in Australia. Representatives of agencies such as the Australian Securities Commission, the National Crime Authority and the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions discussed the directions they are taking to tackle the problem of fraud. Other papers address such timely topics as penalties appropriate to fraud offenders, and the responsibility of professional advisers for the prevention, detection and rectification of client fraud.
Proceedings of a conference held 20-23 August 1991
Contents
- Preface
- Keynote address
Dean Wells - Fraud and the liability of company directors
Brent Fisse - The Australian Securities Commission and the prevention of fraud
Stephen Menzies - Auditors and the reporting of illegality and financial fraud
Roman Tomasic - The responsibility of lawyers for the prevention, detection and rectification of client fraud
John Dowd - Professional advisers and white-collar illegality: towards explaining and excusing professional failure
Peter Grabosky - The investigation of fraud
Leigh Warnick - The National Crime Authority and the investigation of fraud
Gary Livermore - International aspects of investigating complex commercial frauds
Bruce Bannerman - Prosecuting complex commercial fraud
Paul Evans - Issues in the defence of charges relating to fraud
Michael Rozenes - Penalties for white-collar crime
John Braithwaite - Confiscating the proceeds of white-collar crime
Arie Freiberg - Media coverage of complex commercial fraud
Anne Lampe - Responding to fraud in the 1990s
Kevin Zervos