OAS, Organization of American States-an association including most countries in the western hemisphere; created in 1948 to promote military and economic and social and cultural cooperation.PCW, Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons-international organization for chemical disarmament; administers the Chemical Weapons Convention.
DEFINITION of 'Forensic Audit'. An examination and evaluation of a firm's or individual's financial information for use as evidence in court.
Not an Investigation. Fraud auditing is used to identify fraudulent transactions, not to figure out how they were created. It is a common mistake that many people make---believing that audit and investigation are the same process.atterns. There are patterns to every fraud case--these help fraud auditors uncover illegal activity. Many criminals perpetrating a fraud will believe that he is too good to be caught or that the scheme is original.