A record number of FraudNet members (33 in all) attended our two day Spring Conference and Meeting in Washington at the Ritz Carlton hotel.

The event was preceded by a formal evening dinner at the Army and Navy club kindly hosted by PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLC on March 10th. On the following day the conference entitled " Asset recovery by private sector counsel as a component of the fight against public sector corruption and transnational fraud" took place. Leading figures from the SEC, World bank, Transparency International and the Inter-American Bank joined FraudNet experts from all over the world in providing some fascinating presentations which were well received by the audience and prompted a good deal of discussion and debate The next Fraudnet Conference and Meeting is scheduled to take place in Buenos Aires on October 16th and 17th.