News and Events

Join us for the annual NAFN AGM and National Conference in our 25th Anniversary year, as we inform, promote, explore, demonstrate, explain and share best practice and current trends in counter fraud and information governance, with our engaged community of public sector Intelligence professionals. We look forward to hearing from leaders in the public, private […]

We attended the iNetwork innovation awards ceremony on Thursday 19 May 2022 as finalists in two categories. It’s with great pleasure that we announce NAFN won the iStand 2021 award for Effective Information Sharing and Security for our submission outlining our National Register of Licensing Refusals and Revocations. View our NR3 submission here. Watch our […]

By Georgina Laverack, Assistant Director, CMA Cartels Enforcement   Now more than ever – every penny spent in procurement counts and must represent true value for money. Smart procurement has the power to drive economic recovery, help navigate the economic pressures that we are all facing and support ambitious net zero goals.   However, procurement fraud […]

Join us for our virtual NAFN AGM and Annual Conference 2021 Date: Thursday 21 October 2021Start: 09:50 End: 13:00 The AGM and Annual Conference will include a key note speaker TBA, an update from the Leadership Team and workshops delivered by guest speakers including NAFN. We’ve got great news! Now we’re virtual, there’s no restriction […]

We attended the first iNetwork virtual innovation awards ceremony on 11 March 2021 as finalists in three categories. It’s with great pleasure that we announce NAFN won the 2020 award for Effective Information Sharing and Security for the second year in a row. To see the award ceremony, acceptance speeches and videos click here.

We’re incredible pleased to announce that NAFN’s collaborative work has been both nominated and shortlisted for the Partnership Excellence Award as part of the Public Sector Counter Fraud Awards, in collaboration with the Government Counter Fraud Profession.  To see our shortlisting and those in our category click here.

The cabinet Office Government Counter Fraud Function is seeking to raise awareness with the general public and organisations alike regarding COVID Vaccine Fraud. Fraudsters are targeting the general public so we all need to do our part to ensure they are made aware and do not become victims of fraud.

We have some fantastic news. NAFN is a finalist for the Tackling Economic Crime Awards (TECAs) 2020 in the Outstanding Prevention Initiative category. We are so pleased to be recognised for our COVID-19 Intelligence Alert and thank all for supporting the initiative. The founder of the TECAs, Professor Martin Gill stated “All those that have […]

The Metropolitan Police have investigated a number of ‘mule’ accounts being used to launder thousands of pounds in government-backed loans and transferring the money in to cryptocurrency. A woman has now been arrested for fraudulently applying for multiple Bounce Back Loans. Detectives have successfully recovered over £100,000 and warn the public to be mindful of […]

We’re live!! NAFN Professional Training and Development has been launched and will provide access for all members to a e-learning and cpd platform where courses have been designed to support their activities. First to be available is our Investigatory Powers Act course, which is available to our members with the powers to acquire communications data. […]