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How to Read Body Language and Detect Lies

Lies come in various forms and can be totally fabricated stories similar in theme to the ones below: “We must do coffee sometime!” “Of course I love you!” “No, your bottom doesn’t look big in that dress”. “Sorry I am late. The traffic was so busy this morning!” “I did not have sexual relations with […]

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Behaviour Analysis

How long does it take to become a lie detector?

This is a question we are often asked, and it depends on who you ask. It also depends on the methodology used for lie detection. Practitioners usually use one or more of the following three methods: Let’s have a look at these. The immediate challenge here is that polygraph subjects can be stressed or fearful […]

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Behaviour Analysis

Is Shamima Begum a threat to the UK?

We noticed this short media interview today and had some concerns we needed to share following multiple comments and questions to us asking us to offer our input. Many comments came to us stating that Shamima Begum shows no remorse or sadness relating to the loss of loved ones. We reviewed this and other videos […]

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Body Language

The Bull***t About Lie Detection

The biggest frustration about delving into the world of non-verbal communication is the amount of rubbish one must wade through to find the good stuff. I’m not just talking about the trashy articles you find on online, even some of the best sellers on ‘body language’ and ‘non-verbal behaviour‘ are scary in how unsubstantiated they are. […]

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Body Language

EIA supports ACFE in the battle against global fraud using Behaviour Analysis

Dr. Wells came to recognize in the early days of the ACFE that the anti-fraud profession suffered from a glaring weakness: we simply did not know enough about the crimes we were trying to fight. So, with the aid of ACFE researchers John Warren and Andi McNeal, he set out to address the problem by […]

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Communication

Elicitation – would you recognise it?

In a largely safe and pleasant world, we occasionally hear in the news about the fraud, corruption, and terrorism that is threatening our personal safety, our organizations and our countries. A key tool in this the environment is Elicitation. It is used against us. And we use it against the ‘bad- guys/gals’. So how do you know […]

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Behaviour Analysis

A Behavioral Analysis of Ryan Lochte

4 behavioral indicators that showed Ryan Lochte had more to tell. I’m sure you are aware by now that the ‘armed robbery’ of 4 of the USA swimming team during the Rio Olympics has been found out to be completely false. Whilst the swimmers have now admitted their mistake after being caught out by CCTV, […]

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Behaviour Analysis

Using Linguistic Cues for Detecting Fraudulent Accounts

In this Blog we explore the compelling case of using linguistic cues as a powerful tool for predicting and identifying fraudulent accounts. I was talking to a friend of mine discussing performance drags on active equity portfolios. It seem that portfolio managers often experience one or two of the stocks in the portfolio “blow up” exercising downward […]

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Behaviour Analysis

Peer-Reviewed Research Paper – The Power of the SCAnR model for Public Appeals

Public appeals, news interviews and crocodile tears: an argument for multi-channel analysis Authored by: Dawn Archer and Cliff Lansley Published by: Corpora 2015 Vol. 10 PDF Version In this paper, we propose a Six Channel Analysis System (SCAnS) for the (semi-)automatic investigation of potential deception across all communication channels. SCAnS builds on our current system: Six Channel […]

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Behaviour Analysis

Detection of deception in financial industry

We would all be interested in becoming better at detecting lies, wouldn’t we? There should be a lot of money to be made if we were able to single out those misleading and lying corporate executives. However, it is not such an easy task, although we all do tend to believe (deep down inside) that […]

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Behaviour Analysis

Insider Threat – behavior change is key when colleagues are up to no good

A recent article from the Aviation Security sector highlighted the fact that passenger screening technology alone is not enough to handle those with malintent as often crime or terrorism is facilitated by an insider – a pilot, a baggage handler, etc. The article argues that: “Last December, two men were arrested and charged with operating a […]

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Behaviour Analysis

Multi-channel behavior detection is core to our safety and security.

Having just spent another week with our Emotional Intelligence Academy team and an integrated group of intelligence and security agency professionals in Europe (as part of a 2-year initiative) I am warmed by the commitment and dedication to the common agenda of public/national safety and security around international airports. I was also interested to see […]

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Behaviour Analysis

Lie detection is about multiple channel scanning and skilful engagement – research article

EIA’s Peer reviewed research into multi-channel analysis in high stake contexts has been published in the Corpora Journal. Link and Extract: Archer, D.E. & Lansley, C.A.. 2015. Public appeals, news interviews and crocodile tears: an argument for multi-channel analysis. In this paper, we propose a Six Channel Analysis System (SCAnS) for the (semi-)automatic investigation of […]

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Deception

Deception in recruitment

The cost of not picking up deception in job applications can cost employers £4k-£6k per mistake Getting recruitment decisions right is essential at the best of times but in the face of economic uncertainty, it becomes even more critical. In this post-recession environment, the task of recruiting the best talent certainly presents some challenges for […]

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