There is therefore no risk of misappropriation of funds.

We are conscious of the crucial importance of tackling document fraud in order to curb organized crime and terrorism.

The inheritance isn't being divided up the way these crafty young people had planned.

Even the perception of fraud can be damaging as it makes people less inclined to accept election results.

In paragraph 263 of its report, the Board recommended that UNICEF review its overall anti fraud policies and tools and update its financial circular on fraud.

Several delegates noted the multifaceted nature of modern fraud and identity fraud and the need for a multidisciplinary approach by Member States and the international community to respond to it.

The Advisory Committee has pointed out in the past that the size of the country and the complexity of operations put this Mission at high risk for fraud and other financial management problems (see A 58 759 Add.10, para.

For example, prior to the invention of the computer and the Internet, a typical fraud case could have involved an individual stealing the identification of another person and then using that identification to pretend that he or she was someone else in order to secure a loan or borrow money from a bank.

More Africans that others suffer from burglary and expect to be burgled in the next year consumer fraud is also a major issue, with nearly 30 per cent of Africans polled saying that they had been victims of fraud in the previous year.

It is interesting to note too that media coverage of fraud (calculated by counting the number of headlines of stories covering such issues) has increased dramatically over the past 10 years, with nearly 90,000 headlines in major newspapers around the world in 2003 covering the subject.1