November 4,
2019 3552 3552 
We’ve got some exciting news - the partnership between JGL Forensic Services and CGF Research Institute is now official! We’d like to take this opportunity to give you a little more background as to how this came about, and what it means for you, our valued client, going forward.
June 5,
2017 9978 9978
By Terrance M. Booysen and peer reviewed by David Loxton (Partner: Dentons)
With South Africa already on precarious ground as a result of its alleged ‘state capture’; not least also the effects of South Africa being downgraded to “junk-status” by Standard and Poors and Fitch rating agencies, it was in the nick of time that President Jacob Zuma signed the Financial Intelligence Centre Amendment Act 1 of 2017 (‘the Amendment Act’) into law on 28 April 2017.
December 4,
2015 12023 12023
Article by Terrance M. Booysen and reviewed by Jaco de Jager (CEO: Association of Certified Fraud Examiners: SA Chapter)
Besides the more notable pieces of legislation that deal with bribery and corruption, which include the USA’s Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, the United Kingdom’s Bribery Act of 2010 and even South Africa’s Prevention and Combatting of Corrupt Activities Act 12 of 2004; now South African organisations will have to contend with even more anti-bribery controls.
July 27,
2015 12373 12373
Article by Terrance M. Booysen (CGF: Chief Executive Officer) and peer reviewed by Louis Strydom (Partner: PricewaterhouseCoopers)
For the past number of years South Africa has been placed in the spotlight when it comes to matters such as crime and corruption, and most of the surveys dealing with this scourge have a consistent message that this situation is not improving. Once again, the PricewaterhouseCoopers 2014 Global Economic Crime Survey validates this dire situation where 69% of South African respondents indicated that they had experienced economic crime of various proportions. Alarmingly, this figure of affected organisations had increased nine percentage points higher than in the previous survey results which were recorded in 2011. Whilst the PwC Economic Crime Survey also noted a shift in the typical perpetrator (now being found in the senior management structures), most concerning is the fact that these perpetrators are typically males with university degrees who are aged between 31 and 40 and who have been with the same employer for over ten years.
May 27,
2015 13267 13267
Article by Terrance M. Booysen and peer reviewed by Sharon van Rooyen (Partner: EY)
It’s a fact. No matter which global or regional surveys a person may refer to, the latest 2014/15 surveys on economic crime all show that crime of this nature is on the increase. Economic crime -- particularly
fraud and corruption -- are causing organisations in both the public and private sector substantial financial losses, and increasing pressure on business to grow their revenues together with market volatility could be just some of the reasons why these crime statistics are increasing.
April 29,
2015 12950 12950
Article by Terrance M. Booysen and peer reviewed by Megan Grindell (Director: Carter DGF)
Irrespective of where you may live -- and no matter what your line of business and language may be -- universal thoughts most often expressed by people regarding corruption is obscured in darkness and negativity. Corruption is by no means something new; it has followed mankind throughout the ages and it continues to exist in various forms to include
grand corruption, political corruption, corporate and
administrative corruption, as well as
petty and
systemic corruption.