Editor's note: Last month, David Rioux outlined various initiatives brought together by certain fraud-fighting associations that were striving to increase the awareness of the fraud crisis. This article, part two, explains the latest developments regarding that initiative and where the industry stands on the issue today.

In September 2006, a resolution passed at the International Association of Special Investigation Units' annual meeting stating that IASIU will not consider any plan that calls for dissolving, eliminating, or otherwise dismantling the current organizational structure, and that IASIU will remain an independent entity, intact in its current status. IASIU vowed to move forward, and welcomed the opportunity to work collaboratively on industry fraud-fighting efforts.

The organization also felt it was a vital player in this initiative and fully intended to cooperate and help shape any new organization that will enhance the industry's fraud-fighting efforts. IASIU had no intention of walking away and fully planned to continue participation in the effort, if invited. The CAIF board had likewise reached a decision strongly supporting the idea to form a strategic alliance instead of a merger with NICB and IASIU. The coalition wrote that each group brings distinctive cultures, strengths, constituencies, sizes, and identities to the fraud fight. Trying to merge three richly diverse organizations into one larger group that tries to serve diverse needs proved unworkable. CAIF, NICB, and IASIU then pressed forward.