The Roskill Fraud Commission revisited: an assessment

Assesses the arguments for and against the establishment of an Economic Crime (or Fraud) Commission and relates these to the Roskill Committee Report’s recommendation for an independent body to monitor the effectiveness of how fraud case were conducted. Surveys the changes in the fraud scene in the fifteen years since Roskill: for instance, England and Wales have the Serious Fraud Office, a Fraud Czar was appointed for the health service, and high‐volume fraud and money laundering control have both developed. Contends that the arguments for a Fraud Commission are less clear than in 1986, partly because there is more auditing and reporting on fraud investigations, prosecutions and prevention, although there is no one body covering the whole picture.