Each year, U.S. insurance companies lose $80 billion to non-medical insurance fraud, and organized crime accounts for a piece of the action with a growing number of well-organized, lucrative insurance scams. For example, in February 2012, federal authorities busted a no-fault auto insurance scam in New York orchestrated by the Russian Mob that netted $275 …
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Peer Monitor Index, Capital Stack and new drug sentencing policies – podcast: August 2013
The Legal Current podcast emerges for the second time since its renewal with more unique insights into the Legal market. In the August 2013 edition of the Legal Current podcast, we cover: Legal trends & insights: The Peer Monitor Index (PMI) provides some hope in the second quarter as the law firm market improves Legal news: In a settlement over …
- August 27, 2013
- Kelsey Engbrecht
Recognizing everyday heroes: As the world evolves
Recently, Monique Villa, CEO of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, delivered a TEDTalk on the concept of everyday heroes, sharing stories about ordinary people doing extraordinary work. One of these heroes is a banker who discovered suspicious spending data at a nail salon, ultimately revealing an underground system of human trafficking. The importance of everyday heroes …
- July 12, 2013
- Kelsey Engbrecht
Digital currency brings money laundering into high-tech territory
The recent bust of Liberty Reserve, a $6 billion Costa Rica-based money laundering operation, by the United States government represents a sea change in the fight against money laundering. This fight has become even more complicated in recent years due to the rising use of digital currency to clean money obtained through illegal activities. A …
- June 19, 2013
- Alex Cook
Thomson Reuters honors National Police Week
With National Police Week being celebrated in Washington, D.C, Daniel DeSimone, former FBI agent and senior director of Investigative Resources at Thomson Reuters, reflects on the importance of honoring the heroes of law enforcement on Investigative Insights. Check out the Knowledge Effect blog to read more.
- May 16, 2013
- Alex Cook
Technology fuels new advances in predictive policing
Our daily lives are impacted by technology in almost every way. And that technology is driving dramatic changes throughout the world of law enforcement. The Fraud Prevention and Investigation unit of Thomson Reuters has released a white paper that explores how CLEAR®, when combined with proven community policing methods, is revolutionizing how law enforcement fights …
- March 29, 2013
- Alex Cook
Interacting with our law enforcement customers at the IACP conference
This post was written by Dori Buckethal, marketing manager for Risk, Fraud and Investigations. International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) is my favorite conference each year. Thousands of law enforcement professionals attend the conference for educational seminars and networking events. The Fraud Prevention & Investigations group at Thomson Reuters has attended this event for …
- October 12, 2012
- Susan Martin
What’s new with CLEAR
CLEAR, the industry-leading public records search product, recently rolled out some great new features, including a photo line-up feature and real-time incarceration data. Andy Russell, vice president of the Fraud Prevention & Investigations business, talks about the latest add-ons to the CLEAR search product, as well as some of the events and happenings he is …
- October 2, 2012
- Jeff McCoy
Welcome to IACP 2012!
The annual meeting of the International Association of Chiefs of Police is in full swing in sunny San Diego, California. Inside the sprawling exhibit hall in the San Diego Convention Center, the booth for Thomson Reuters CLEAR was bustling on the first day of the show. As show-goers filtered by, Thomson Reuters booth staff demonstrated …
- October 1, 2012
- Jeff McCoy
Thomson Reuters helping to combat fraud in Miami
This post was written by Rachel Billman. Two Thomson Reuters products, GRM Insight, a solution offered through Tax & Accounting’s Government segment that helps to identify property tax fraud, and CLEAR’s public records investigative platform offered through Legal’s Government segment, recently collaborated to expose millions of dollars in property tax fraud. With the integration of …
- September 10, 2012
- Susan Martin