Data analytics
Given modern advances in technology and cyber-crimes, data analytics has become essential to anti-corruption investigators. Data analytics can be understood as the process of examining raw data with the purpose of drawing conclusions, or “red-flags,” to direct investigations towards potential fraudulent activities or risks. For investigations within the public sector, governments today store tremendous amounts of electronic information, including national population registries (death, births and marriages), government employees, businesses or entities that supply goods to government, as well as additional information about citizens – such as those who receive government benefits like social grants, subsidies, pensions and licenses.