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Risk Management and Fraud Investigations

A successful business manages and measures risks. Part of managing risk is to act against fraudulent behaviour. These vendors are well placed to assist your risk strategies with investigation, due diligence and risk audits.

Pacific Business Information Services

Frank Duke
P: (03) 9574 8860
F: (03) 9011 6278
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www.pacbis.com.au


Leaders in Business Reporting & Corporate Intelligence

Now You Can Make Smarter Business Decisions

Pacific Business Information Services Pty Ltd is a world leader in providing freshly investigated comprehensive credit reports, business reports, corporate intelligence reporting and business information services, especially where attention to detail and timeliness are important. While our headquarters are based in Melbourne, Australia, we provide business reporting and business intelligence services across the Pacific Region and worldwide.

Our business intelligence reports will help you evaluate business opportunities, potential partners, suppliers and clients. You will get a customised, unbiased report before you sit down to negotiate a deal, thus eliminating time wasting proposals and possible trouble down the track.

Pacific Business Information Services is your window to company and business information world-wide. Our point of difference is that we don't produce standardised "mac-reports", but we verify all data as being current and use that information as a basis for research at a much higher and more comprehensive level (customised to your specific needs), thus providing you with a much more powerful decision making tool.

Prices start from $33. Please contact us to request a price list.

We offer you the choice of on-line basic reports or detailed freshly investigated 'off-line' reports. Click here for more information.

Address: 21-23 Aristoc Road, Glen Waverley VIC 3150
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COMBO

David Markus
P: on 1300 7 COMBO (130
F: (+613) 9482 6022
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Martin Koval
P: on 1300 7 COMBO (130
F: (+613) 9482 6022
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www.combo.com.au


Combo is a multi-award winning IT services firm focused on ensuring your staff have continuous connection to your information systems while reducing the risks business owners take in exposing their corporate information to the internet each day. Combo is capable of ensuring security, integrity and disaster recovery is all taken into account while maintaining the day to day quality of the systems.

 

If you have less than 200 staff you no longer require an expensive IT department when you can have Combo’s team on call 24x7 to remotely solve the smallest or largest of problems all backed up by a 2 hour on site guarantee for when IT all goes wrong.

 

If you would like to find out why some of Melbourne’s most successful companies can’t do without Combo as the IT department call David Markus the founder and learn from his decade of experience running Combo.

Address: Suite 2, Level 2, 600 Nicholson Street, Fitzroy North VIC 3068
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Harjan Investigations

Wayne Edwards
P: 0411 173 712
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www.harjaninvestigations.com/


Harjan Investigations is based in Melbourne with an ability to operate anywhere in Australia.

We are a professional private investigation agency specialising in surveillance. The owner/manager has been actively engaged in the industry for over 25 years and personally oversees and/or conducts all operations. All emails and inquiries are generally replied to as quickly as possible or at worst, within 24 hours.

Harjan Investigations provides commercial investigative services including insurance fraud, deception and employee theft, stock theft and copyright infringements.

In regards to domestic and personal matters, we investigate spousal infidelity, child custody, your children’s after hours activities, unpaid spousal maintenance, domestic violence, evidence of spouse's employment, neighbour disputes, property damage, or you have met someone on the internet that sounds just too perfect

Harjan Investigations has a commitment to constantly keep up to date with modern investigative technology developments. We do this to give our clients the results they expect in return for using our services. We pride ourselves on our ability to act with integrity, reliability and to give a 100% commitment to our clients.

Harjan Investigations is a very approachable, up front and a friendly agency. We offer our clients compassion, respect and understanding in regards to their circumstances. Furthermore all your enquiries are treated with total discretion and confidentiality

Address: PO Box 3057, Murrumbeena VIC 3163
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Investigator Upgrade

Ray Foster
P: 0411 534 423
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Wayne Nixon
P: 0413 712 155
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www.investigatorupgrade.com.au


"Investigator Upgrade” is the newest and most contemporary training product in the market for those already in the investigative field, bringing together investigators from both the government and business sectors. Together they can develop their professional and personal skills, as well as have the opportunity to network with other practicing investigators.  It is headed up by Ray Foster and Wayne Nixon, who are currently involved in investigator training in Victoria, delivering packages across the board.

Program presenters are all active in the investigation and training fields, with many years of hands on experience in both private and government areas.  “Investigator Upgrade” brings real experience and contemporary training to the table for your investigators to use.

 The Training

Two (2)  unique training programs have been specially designed for those investigators desirous of upgrading their skills and confidence in this specialized profession.  The first is a one week forum that re-affirms the broad principles of investigations, “Investigator Upgrade” looks at the rules of evidence, evidence collection, investigation planning and avenues of enquiry.  A special focus is on    interviewing skills – probably the most important skill required by all investigators, in eliciting information from witnesses and suspects.  It also concentrates on how to prepare, plan and organise an interview of a suspect or person of interest.  Using the now worldwide recognised cognitive interviewing model - P.E.A.C.E. - students will come away with enhanced skills that lead to the prospect of better outcomes.  The second is a two day investigative interviewing package only as described above.

The forum provides formal lectures and tutorials, as well as practical application of their learning.  It also garners opportunities for networking, liaison and development of professional partnerships.  Having a broad spectrum of investigation professionals together provides a unique opportunity to compare processes and skills from other areas.

 Ray and Wayne are happy to talk to you about any specific training or other programs you might require for in-house training at your business as well.  We conduct our training at the “Airlie Police College” in Domain Rd. South Yarra, as numbers permit. 

Address: 121 Heidelberg Road, Clifton Hill VIC 3068
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Conferisk

Frank Duke
P: (03) 9574 8860
F: (03) 9011 6278
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www.conferisk.com


What is Conferisk?

Conferisk is an interactive community that can provide you with access to real-time credit risk intelligence on the customers you do business with.

By searching our database you can find out whether your potential or existing creditors have been negatively rated or logged as credit defaults by other members of the Conferisk community, or for that matter any other business supplier. Thus giving you the insight to quickly assess whether they represent a reasonable credit risk. With this up-to-minute, ‘from the horses mouth’ intel you are then able to make a more confident and informed credit management decision... essential to running your business effectively.

What’s more!
You can also flag debtors as potential problems for other industry members who may unknowingly become the victims of ‘supplier hopping’ (i.e. where a customer defaults with one supplier only to switch to another unsuspecting supplier). Or positively rate good customers enabling them to quote their positive Conferisk rating when talking to new suppliers.

A First for Conferisk!
What makes Conferisk unique is that if an industry group identifies that a creditor is in the early stages of financial stress, they can collectively approach that company and formulate a plan to assist them over a short term liquidity crisis (such as a business landing a large contract that is beyond its immediate resources to fulfill but represents a major opportunity to the company and its suppliers in the longer term).

Address: 21-23 Aristoc Road, Glen Waverley VIC 3150
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Absolute Facts

Peter Nash
P: (03) 9720 5065
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www.absolutefacts.com.au


Welcome to Absolute Facts!

We offer specialist information, investigation and cash flow management services in four key areas under the one easy to use umbrella!

We can assist you in areas including but not restricted to:

  • Relationship matters
  • Employee/Tenant Screening
  • Probity Matters
  • Identification of losses in the workplace
  • Personnel profile and activity reporting
  • Pre-purchase neighbourhood inquiries
  • Teenage activity reporting
  • General inquiries
  • Competitor Profiling
Address: PO Box 490, Brentford Square VIC 3131
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Global Credit Solutions

Neil Wood
P: 61 03 9547 3299
F: 61 03 9562 3557
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www.gcs-group.com


Global Credit Solutions (GCS) is one of the world's largest credit management specialists. With more than 4,000 people, employed in over 90 countries, GCS has the resources to ensure that you are protected from risk wherever you might be trading.

Address: PO Box 108, Noble Park VIC 3174
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Australian Institute of Professional Investigators

Wayne Gladman
P: 1300 657 124
F: 03 9499 1005
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www.aipi.asn.au


The Australian Institute of Professional Investigators aims to be the premier organisation representing Australiasia's professional investigators, throughout both government and private sector organisations.

This website was launched in December 2006 and has been designed to assist members and the public. New and improved sections include:

  • Positions (Job Vacancies)
  • Find an Investigator (Icon above)
  • News (including a subscriber based Enewsletter) and
  • Links to industry information both in Australia and Overseas.
  • Education (information on courses being offered around Australia)
Address: GPO Box 2205, Ivanhoe East VIC 3079
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Andrew Tragardh | Barrister

Andrew Tragardh
P: 9225 8739
F: 9225 8480
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www.fraudbarrister.com.au


I am a Barrister who specialises in fraud. My mission is to provide timely, cost effective, practical and helpful advice to all clients, whether they be large multi-national corporations or private individuals. I am regularly engaged to represent victims of fraud and also suspected perpetrators of fraud. I am available to provide advice and/or appear in Court in any State or Territory of Australia.

Address: Owen Dixon Chambers West, Room 17 | Level 7 | 525 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
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