FOR3705
Assessment 02
Semester 2 2025
Due Year 2025
, FOR3705
Assessment 02: Advanced Forensic Crime Intelligence
Semester 2 2025
Due Year 2025
QUESTION 1:
Explain how the behavioural profile could fill information gaps in a financial profile.
A behavioural profile complements a financial profile by offering critical insights into an
individual’s habits, lifestyle, social interactions, and decision-making tendencies—
factors that often highlight discrepancies invisible in financial data alone. While financial
profiles may present gaps such as unexplained acquisitions, inconsistent income
streams, or suspicious transactions linked to concealed assets or undeclared earnings,
behavioural profiling bridges these gaps by focusing on non-financial dimensions.
For instance, analysis of spending behaviour, travel movements, or associations with
high-risk individuals can reveal illicit activities such as fraud, bribery, or money
laundering (Levi, 2018). If financial records indicate modest income, yet behavioural
evidence suggests a luxury lifestyle or risk-prone conduct, investigators can infer the
presence of concealed wealth (Gottschalk, 2016). By integrating behavioural and
financial data, investigators create a holistic framework that reduces false positives,
strengthens evidentiary support, and enhances the credibility of fraud detection (Button
& Johnston, 2021).
Sources (3): Gottschalk (2016); Levi (2018); Button & Johnston (2021).
Assessment 02
Semester 2 2025
Due Year 2025
, FOR3705
Assessment 02: Advanced Forensic Crime Intelligence
Semester 2 2025
Due Year 2025
QUESTION 1:
Explain how the behavioural profile could fill information gaps in a financial profile.
A behavioural profile complements a financial profile by offering critical insights into an
individual’s habits, lifestyle, social interactions, and decision-making tendencies—
factors that often highlight discrepancies invisible in financial data alone. While financial
profiles may present gaps such as unexplained acquisitions, inconsistent income
streams, or suspicious transactions linked to concealed assets or undeclared earnings,
behavioural profiling bridges these gaps by focusing on non-financial dimensions.
For instance, analysis of spending behaviour, travel movements, or associations with
high-risk individuals can reveal illicit activities such as fraud, bribery, or money
laundering (Levi, 2018). If financial records indicate modest income, yet behavioural
evidence suggests a luxury lifestyle or risk-prone conduct, investigators can infer the
presence of concealed wealth (Gottschalk, 2016). By integrating behavioural and
financial data, investigators create a holistic framework that reduces false positives,
strengthens evidentiary support, and enhances the credibility of fraud detection (Button
& Johnston, 2021).
Sources (3): Gottschalk (2016); Levi (2018); Button & Johnston (2021).
