Join us for our virtual NAFN AGM and Annual Conference 2021 Date: Thursday 21 October 2021Start: 09:50 End: 13:00 The AGM and Annual Conference will include a key note speaker TBA, an update from the Leadership Team and workshops delivered by guest speakers including NAFN. We’ve got great news! Now we’re virtual, there’s no restriction […]
We attended the first iNetwork virtual innovation awards ceremony on 11 March 2021 as finalists in three categories. It’s with great pleasure that we announce NAFN won the 2020 award for Effective Information Sharing and Security for the second year in a row. To see the award ceremony, acceptance speeches and videos click here.
We’re incredible pleased to announce that NAFNs collaborative work has been both nominated and shortlisted for the Partnership Excellence Award as part of the Public Sector Counter Fraud Awards, in collaboration with the Government Counter Fraud Profession. To see our shortlisting and those in our category click here.
The cabinet Office Government Counter Fraud Function is seeking to raise awareness with the general public and organisations alike regarding COVID Vaccine Fraud. Fraudsters are targeting the general public so we all need to do our part to ensure they are made aware and do not become victims of fraud.
We have some fantastic news. NAFN is a finalist for the Tackling Economic Crime Awards (TECAs) 2020 in the Outstanding Prevention Initiative category. We are so pleased to be recognised for our COVID-19 Intelligence Alert and thank all for supporting the initiative. The founder of the TECAs, Professor Martin Gill stated “All those that have […]
The Metropolitan Police have investigated a number of ‘mule’ accounts being used to launder thousands of pounds in government-backed loans and transferring the money in to cryptocurrency. A woman has now been arrested for fraudulently applying for multiple Bounce Back Loans. Detectives have successfully recovered over £100,000 and warn the public to be mindful of […]
We’re live!! NAFN Professional Training and Development has been launched and will provide access for all members to a e-learning and cpd platform where courses have been designed to support their activities. First to be available is our Investigatory Powers Act course, which is available to our members with the powers to acquire communications data. […]
In 2020 we are introducing the virtual NAFN Annual General Meeting (NAGM). We will be planning this over the coming months and members will be asked to attend a short webinar session to hear from the Chair of the organisation. The Chair will share the Annual Report and we will provide an opportunity for members […]
On 21 July 2020 the Department for Transport published its Statutory Standards for councils on taxi licensing. The Standards recommend that councils use the National Register of Taxi License Revocations and Refusals (NR3) delivered by NAFN to support effective due diligence. Click here to review the standards.
To all public sector organisations which acquire communications data (CD), please be aware the Security Minister has now signed the commencement order for the enactment of the remaining clauses in the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (IPA), which includes the repeal of CD provisions under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA). This came into […]
