Our Story

The Corruption Prevention Network (CPN) came into being in 1994 when practitioners together with officers from the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) and Audit Office began meeting to consider how best to address systemic issues repeatedly exposed in internal and external investigations.

Since that time, the organisation has grown and we have evolved into what we are today – a Limited Company operating through a Board of elected Directors. Presently there are ten Directors plus CPN Members who make up the CPN Council.

Our primary purpose is to support anti-fraud and corruption prevention practitioners throughout the state of NSW, to better understand the current issues and techniques in today’s market place and bridge the gap between public and private sectors by highlighting risks that span both industries.

We interact with practitioners and members in a number of ways, but all for the same purpose: to raise awareness in skill, capability and to inform on current and emerging fraud and corruption risks.

So, if you’d like to subscribe to our membership this is what we offer you:

• Free attendance at our face-to-face seminars, conducted monthly for our subscribership to attend;
• Links to a great many research documents and material sourced from agencies;
• Regular communications to our membership through our website; and
• An invitation to attend our annual forum, (usually held in September) which is open to all members and practitioners for a smaller than average fee.

We are very proud of our yearly forum and like to think it is a one-day cost effective event that not only delivers value for money, but provides networking opportunities like no other event in Australia.

We try to cater for all levels of experience, with presentations ranging from the latest prevention, detection and response techniques together with some of the more prevalent risks and issues within the market place today. Our annual forum will also provide you with different perspectives and insights to make you more effective in the preventive work that you do.

We are looking to expand our offering in the future to members by providing in addition to our video conferencing capability of our monthly seminars, also to our annual forum. That way we can reach a far greater audience outside of Sydney and has been a popular request of our subscribership in the past. However this capability is very expensive and consequently we have started with a much reduced service being just the seminars. we are expanding our dicussion sessions and exploring inviting practitioners to join our “think tank” so watch this space, we’ll keep you informed how we are going. If interested, please contact our secretary.

The CPN is a Not-for-Profit and is mainly funded through its events and sponsors. All the money we raise, including any surplus from our Annual Forum, is converted back into our work of supporting members with better resources and tools to prevent corruption.

By supporting us, you help us to better service the community in preventing corruption.

If you are interested in learning further about the Corruption Prevention Network, wish to become a sponsor of our events, or to get involved as a committee member or volunteer, contact us by email at info@corruptionprevention.net or using the online form on our website.