The 4th TECAs Thought Leadership Summit, organised in association with the UK Fraud Forum, takes place on Tuesday 3rd November 2026 at the Royal Lancaster, London.
The summit brings together professionals from across the economic crime landscape to share insights, explore emerging challenges and learn from the experiences of others. It’s a valuable opportunity to make new connections, exchange ideas and join the conversation on how we can strengthen our response to economic crime.
Doors to the Summit will open at 11:30; lunch will be provided, and an exhibition of products and services will be on display. The event will finish at 17:00 and the TECAs awards dinner will follow at 18:45.
Tickets:
£99 + VAT – to include networking lunch, exhibition, Summit, and afternoon refreshments
£495 + VAT – Exhibition Stand (inc. 2 summit tickets) – Table-top exhibition stand space is available for those organisations wishing to promote their products and services to a wide audience of economic crime professionals
PROGRAMME
11:30 Registration and exhibition – Westbourne Suite
12:00 Networking lunch
13:15 Thought Leadership Summit
Welcome and introduction
Professor Martin Gill, Perpetuity Research
13:30 – 14.00 (30 mins)
Facing into a new era – opportunities and threats across the global economic crime landscape
Ruth Ray, UK Finance
Economic crime is undergoing profound change. AI, cyber-enabled fraud, synthetic identities, geopolitical tensions and new financial technologies are reshaping the threat landscape at unprecedented speed. Ruth will explore the risks these developments present, alongside the opportunities for industry, government and law enforcement to work together more effectively, harness technology, and deliver greater disruption of criminal activity.
14:00 – 14:30 (30 mins)
Evolution: Through the eyes of a criminal 6.0
Tony Sales, We Fight FinCrime (WFF)
Step inside the criminal mindset and discover how organised criminals think, adapt and operate in an ever-changing world. This immersive session explores the tactics used to exploit trust, manipulate people and systems, and move illicit funds through increasingly sophisticated methods. Using real-world examples and emerging trends, you’ll gain insight into how criminal networks identify vulnerabilities, evade detection and exploit technological and behavioural weaknesses. Understanding their perspective will help you recognise warning signs, strengthen defences and stay one step ahead in the fight against financial crime.
14:30 – 15.00 (30 mins)
The great, knitted cardigan scam
Shari Vahl, Investigative Journalist, BBC Radio 4
You’re on your social media; you spot what looks like a lovely garment in a fantastic sale…. but you’re far too sensible to order off the advert….so you go to the website. It looks like a wonderful UK-based shop. It’s run by lovely people, selling really high-quality clothes, shoes, bags, jewellery at reduced prices. BUT it’s a massive scam – because what arrives weeks later is really terrible quality – laughably bad – you may think you’re just dealing with a rubbish shop because you received SOMETHING. But these aren’t shops, they are actually just websites full of AI pictures pretending to be shops… and whilst you’re too busy looking at the amount of money you’re spending you don’t realise what you’re actually doing is handing over your personal details – your name, your home address, your email address, your phone number and your bank details…. which is perfect for criminals – yes, you have done this.
COMFORT BREAK (15 mins)
15:15 – 15:45 (30 mins)
Making the invisible visible: articulating the value of fraud prevention
Dr Janice Goldstraw-White, Perpetuity Research
Fraud prevention is most successful when nothing happens – making its true value difficult to demonstrate. This presentation explores how the Value Visibility System™ (VVS), developed by Perpetuity Research, provides a structured approach to identifying, measuring and communicating the often hidden and Silent Rate of Return™ (SRR) created by fraud prevention activities. Moving beyond traditional performance measures, the presentation shows how VVS helps organisations evidence avoided losses, protected revenue, enhanced resilience and wider organisational benefits, enabling fraud professionals to present a compelling business case for investment and demonstrate strategic value to senior leaders and boards.
15:45 – 16:15 (30 mins)
Reforming the fraud response: from collaboration to integration
Nik Adams, City of London Police
At last year’s event, Nik set out three fundamental shifts needed to transform the UK’s response to economic crime: prevention at scale, improving policing’s response to online and cyber enabled fraud, and denying criminals access to money and assets. This year, he will provide an update on progress against these priorities, highlighting achievements, continuing challenges and opportunities ahead. Against the backdrop of Police Reform, Nik will consider the need to move beyond traditional partnership working and data sharing towards a more integrated public private response. The session will explore how the capabilities, intelligence and resources of law enforcement, government and industry can be brought together, and the practical steps needed to create a more effective and resilient response.
16:15 Closing remarks
Professor Martin Gill
16:30 Afternoon tea – networking/exhibition
17:00 Close