Category: Economic Crime

New Research Launched – Enhancing police resources in the fight against economic crime cost effectively: harnessing the potential of the private and not-for-profit sectors

Perpetuity Research has received funding from the Dawes Trust, along with the Centre for Cybercrime and Economic Crime at Portsmouth University, to undertake research exploring the opportunities that exist in the private and not-for-profit sectors for the police to utilise in order to tackle economic crime more effectively. Economic crime, although the largest category of offending and costing society billions […]

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Report Launch: Assessing non-fungible tokens (NFTs): A resource guide for fraud practitioners

Perpetuity Research are pleased to share their latest report entitled “Assessing non-fungible tokens (NFTs): A resource guide for fraud practitioners” commissioned by the ACFE UK Chapter The purpose of the research was to enhance the anti-fraud community’s understanding of the benefits and risks associated with non-fungible tokens (NFTs). NFTs are unique cryptographic tokens residing on the blockchain, representing both real-life and […]

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Two Policy & Practice Briefing Papers from the Digital Forensics and Social Media (DFSM) Project Published

Perpetuity Research, in conjunction with University College London (UCL) and the Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research (ICPR) (Birkbeck College) are pleased to release the first two policy and practice briefing papers from their Digital Forensics and Social Media (DFSM) project, funded by the Dawes Trust. The overall aims of the research are to examine how social media evidence is […]

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New Research Launched – Assessing Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs)

Perpetuity Research has been commissioned by The Association of Fraud Examiners (ACFE), UK Chapter to undertake research into non-fungible tokens (NFTs). NFTs are essentially digital collectibles – if something can be stored digitally then it can become a NFT, including pictures, tweets, videos, songs and video game items. Ownership is secured by placing a unique token on a blockchain which […]

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