15th International Counter Fraud, Cybercrime and Forensic Accounting Conference

The 15th International Counter Fraud, Cybercrime and Forensic Accounting conference will be hosted by the Centre for Cybercrime and Economic Crime at the University of Portsmouth on Wednesday 17th and Thursday 18th June 2026.

This year’s conference features an exceptional line-up of keynote and plenary speakers including:

• Professor Jason Sharman, Professor of International Relations, University of Cambridge
• Professor Madeline Carr, Professor of Global Politics and Cybersecurity, UCL
• Professor Colin King, Professor at Sydney Law School
• Andrei Skorobogatov, Global Anti-Scam Alliance
• RUSI (Royal United Services Institute)
• Cifas
• Alibaba

Alongside these sessions, more than 70 international experts will present their research across a diverse programme reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of contemporary fraud and crime scholarship.

Themed panels will explore:

• Financial crime, illicit finance and forensic accounting
• Fraud techniques, victimisation and harm
• Cyber-enabled economic crime and global legal responses
• Trafficking, exploitation and organised crime in digital contexts
• AI-driven deception, risk management and emerging technologies
• Language, communication and behavioural dimensions of fraud
• Extremism, radicalisation and online harms

Together these sessions offer an opportunity to share insights, innovative approaches and practical research relevant to academics, practitioners and policymakers working across cybercrime, economic crime and forensic accounting.

The live plenary and keynote sessions will be streamed free of charge. For any questions or guidance about the conference, please email ccec@port.ac.uk