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Financial savings
Members are not obliged to disclose savings from fraud prevention through their membership of CIFAS. However, nearly 100% do so routinely. Those who do release this important information have reported steadily increasing financial benefit year on year.
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Benefits reported by Members
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Financial Benefit as reported by Members in Millions
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1990
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£10.53
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1991
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£15.82
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1992
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£16.31
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1993
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£20.11
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1994
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£28.15
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1995
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£33.69
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1996
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£80.07
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1997
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£113.52
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1998
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£136.06
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1999
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£165.38
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2000
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£203.58
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2001
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£255.92
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2002
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£360.21
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2003
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£486.97
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2004
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£673.46
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2005
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£681.55
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2006
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£789.82
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2007
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£987.83
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2008
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£848.30
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2009
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Total
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£5907.81
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Fraud knows no boundaries
As private sector companies have tackled their fraud problems both by sharing data and installing prevention and detection systems, there is mounting evidence that organised crime is now increasingly targeting the public sector. Here, sharing data is far more complex due to the statutory and regulatory regimes the organisations work within. The Government has enacted legislation to enable public sector data to be shared and CIFAS was awarded Specified Anti-Fraud Organisation (SAFO) status by the Home Office, under Section 68 of the Serious Crime Act 2007 which came into force on 1 October 2008. CIFAS has established working relationships with a number of public sector organisations to share its expertise with them:
- Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
- Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)
- Financial Services Authority (FSA)
- UK Border Agency (UKBA)
- Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC)
- Local Authority Investigation Officers Group (LAIOG)
- National Anti Fraud Network (NAFN)
- Royal Mail Security Service
- Identity and Passport Service (IPS)
- Universities & Colleges Admission Service (UCAS)
- Serious and Organised Crime Agency (SOCA)
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