How might U.K. mandate for audit to find fraud work in practice?
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Neil Hodge2021-04-01T18:35:00
Experts weigh in on the hurdles to be overcome and clarifications needed if U.K. auditors are going to be mandated to detect and prevent fraud as spelled out in new proposals.
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