Detection of prohibited conduct

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DETECTION OF PROHIBITED CONDUCT 19

DETECTION OF PROHIBITED

CONDUCT

In addition to investigations, which remain its core area of

work, IG/IN’s mandate extends to proactive fraud

detection. This activity is key to addressing prohibited

conduct issues that might otherwise remain undetected

by usual monitoring or not reported. The objec tives of this

work are to:

In 2017, IG/IN undertook a review of its fraud detec tion

methodology to increase its eff iciency, including all EIB

projects in fraud risk assessment and improving the identi-

fication of red flags for prohibited conduct . In 2018, a pilot

implementation project confirmed the ef ficiency of the

newly developed method – the Fraud Risk Scoring Model

(FRSM). One of the projects highlighted by the FRSM was

selected for a Proactive Integrity Review (PIR), scheduled

for 2019. In 2018, the fraud detection process for EIB pro-

jects and operations was also significantly revise d.