Globally there was strong support for increasing the transparency of companies, at a time when geopolitical tensions are rising, and volatility in the financial markets intensifies.
The increasing threats related to cybercrime, terrorism financing and, of more recent, the revelations about the possible misuse and widespread of the offshore jurisdictions, increased the pressure on governments to react, and on companies to identify and combat the issues of fraud, bribery and corruption shown in the fourteenth edition of the EY study Global Fraud Survey 2016 - Corporate misconduct - individual consequences.
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