ABSTRACT
This chapter is less about the delivery of a standard approach to investigations and more about the options available to developing a fit-for-purpose approach in the public sector. Investigation of fraud in a non-law enforcement environment is very likely to be conducted with the same ends in mind in terms of pursuing criminal sanctions, civil recoveries and disciplinary actions as in any other environment. Any non-law enforcement public sector body embarking on a programme of anti-fraud work will find itself obliged to seek the proper power and authority to carry out investigative action. Awareness of the programme of work and performance measures needs to be developed across organizational structures in order to ensure coherence. The commonly held view that commands ready support by all in the field of anti-fraud work is that lessons must be learnt from investigative experience and applied in order to inform prevention measures.
