Month: July 2025

Beyond Spreadsheets – The Central Role of Interviewing in Fraud and Corruption Investigations

July 17, 2025

Fraud and corruption investigations are often perceived as exercises in financial analysis and documentary review. However, the reality is that interviewing remains a cornerstone of effective investigative practice. This paper by fraud and anti-corruption expert Andrea de Tommaso explores the strategic and operational importance of interviewing in fraud and corruption cases, incorporating international best practices and field…

Research and Results Underpin Training Innovation

July 17, 2025

EchoMind draws on real-world investigative experience and harnesses the power of cutting-edge tech, but it is also based on over a decade of objective research. Those studies proved that avatar-based training, coupled with feedback, more than doubled interviewer effectiveness. Read more about the science behind EchoMind, and its evolution, in this article in Police Chief…

EchoMind – Transforming Learning for Law Enforcement

July 9, 2025

Earlier this year OSACO Group shared the development of EchoMind via Policing Insights in the UK. The article garnered a great deal of interest and recognition that this new interview training platform is going to be a game-changing innovation. Read the article and find out more about the possibilities of EchoMind here: policinginsight.com/feature/advertisement/ai-and-the-art-of-effective-interviewing