Forensic Accounting
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What is Forensic Accounting?
Qualities of a Forensic Accounting Team
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The Qualities of a Professional Forensic Accounting Team

It is essential that a professional forensic team has:

  • · knowledge of the elements of economic crime;
  • · the ability to collect evidence and to exercise proper control over large volumes of documentary evidence;
  • · the appropriate skills and level of relevant experience;
    · investigation background;
  • · the ability to work in a team with instructing attorneys and police and have the ability to co-ordinate, manage and administer the litigation support, assemble the documents, and organise meetings;
  • · knowledge of legal aspects such as the basic rules of evidence relating to admissibility of evidence and the drawing of inferences;
  • · an understanding of what needs to be proved so that evidence documented in his or her reports, letters and affidavits are compiled in a concise, logical and persuasive manner;
  • · the ability to testify and stand up to cross-examination in a court of law.