Mario Possamai is an internationally recognized investigator in the
fields of fraud, money laundering and asset recovery. Some of his
most notable cases include participating in: the multinational
investigation of the world's largest gold mining fraud in Indonesia; an
investigation on behalf of a Third World nation into high-level fraud
and corruption allegations; an investigation into a multimillion dollar
counterfeiting operation in Latin America; and an investigation into
massive procurement fraud at a Fortune 500 corporation in the United
States.
Mario is also active in the area of crime prevention and detection. He
conducted a national U.S. cargo crime study jointly published by
National Cargo Security Council and the American Society for Industrial
Security. He prepared a threat assessment for a major financial services
group on issues related to fraud and identity theft. He assisted an
American multinational in preparing a comprehensive set of security
policies and procedures, including those involving fraud detection and
prevention. And he edited and prepared a manual for the detection and
prevention of fraud.
Since 1993, Mario has been a guest lecturer at the Financial Fraud
Institute, which is part of the U.S. Treasury Department's Federal Law
Enforcement Training Center at Glynco, Georgia. He has also lectured
frequently to Canadian law enforcement officials and testified on the
underground economy to a Committee of the Canadian House of Commons. A
Certified Fraud Examiner since 1993, Mario is also a member of the
American Society for Industrial Security, and served on ASIS's
Transportation Council in 2002 and 2003. A former investigative
journalist, Mario is the author of Money On The Run: Canada And How The
World's Dirty Profits Are Laundered.
