IRMG with support from ACFE hosts at least 40 NGOs for a 5-Day Fraud Investigations Training.

ACFE Uganda Chapter, Plan International Uganda, Embassy of Sweden, irmg hub
The Internal Risk Management Group (IRMG) together with the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), Uganda Chapter with funding support from the Embassy of Sweden, Uganda hosted 52 NGO Staff (Finance, Compliance, Internal Audit & other HoDs) from 40 Organizations for a 5-Day Residential Workplace Investigations Training at Eureka Place Hotel, Ntinda from Monday, 18th August to Friday, 22nd August 2025.

The Workplace Investigations Training focused on fraud investigations, asset misappropriation, investigations planning + standards, cybercrime, digital forensics amongst others. Other areas of concern for many were in regard to Case Management, Breach of CoC and Policies + Effective Management of the Investigations Process [Planning, Investigations, Report Writing & Legal Aspects of Case Handling]).

Current statistics do indicate that at least 3-5 fraud cases are detected every 6-12 months by individual organizations. The common occupational concerns are Conflict of Interest (52%), Bribery (28%), Collusion (20%), Extortion (16%) and Influence Peddling (16%). Organizations have equally registered an average annual loss of close to USD. 8,000 from fraud-related cases, with only about 45% of it being recovered after investigations.