ACFE celebrates International Fraud Awareness Week

Since 2000, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners’ (ACFE) International Fraud Awareness Week has educated organizations and individuals worldwide about the importance of fraud prevention and detection. This year, the ACFE is raising awareness and equipping people with the knowledge they need to protect themselves and their organizations from occupational fraud.

The first-ever campaign, launched in 2000, was known as National Fraud Awareness Week. In just seven years, the week evolved into a global movement, and the ACFE changed the name accordingly to International Fraud Awareness Week. It continues to flourish, and last year, the event set a record with the largest group of global supporters ever: 1,791 from 148 countries. This year’s event runs November 17–23.

“I’m very happy that what started off as a small initiative to remind organizations and individuals to take time to stop and think about how fraud affects all of us now has a worldwide following and continues to grow every year,” says ACFE President John Gill, J.D., CFE. “It’s a testament to our members that they’ve taken the concept and expanded it beyond what we could ever have imagined.”