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Fraud and Counter-Fraud. NGO\u2019s like Oxfam are now a huge part of the international healthcare system. When you look at the environments these organisations work in, from Oxford to South Sudan, there are corruption issues everywhere. Corruption! We need a cop, a super cop, a stylish sleuth, a sort of crime-buster for NGO\u2019s. It\u2019s @OliverBMay of @2ndMarshmallow\n\nHave you have ever had a dream of going and working for M\xe9dicins Sans Fronti\xe8res or something similar? I did. I was idealistic. It was all heroic images, making a difference, not in it for the money and the moral high ground.\n\nI went off and did a Masters of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. Then I did a Post Grad Cert in Disaster Management and Refugee Health. When I studied it I also saw the other side of the story; the colonial flavour to it all, questions about efficacy, undermining local capacity, a possible lack of standards/the Sphere Project, money badly spent and the fraud.\n\nThe fraud. Oh God the fraud. There is an impression that there are back handers and bribes going down everywhere to get anywhere. But is that correct? Is it that bad? Can nothing be done? I don\u2019t know. So I asked a man who does. It\u2019s Oliver May, formerly Counter-Fraud Czar for some very big Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO\u2019s) and author of a book on the whole crazy circus.\n\nWe got talking and next thing you know it\u2019s all Machiavelli, bribes, nepotism, corruption and this was recorded before the Donald became the President of a country in North America.\n\nOli knows enough about all this to go and write a book. So he did.\n\n\u201cFighting Fraud and Corruption in the Humanitarian and Global Development Sector\u201d. A snappy title indeed but it does tell you what it is all about. \n\nThats the book, you can find it any where serious or go to Routledge the publishers.\n\nplease paste the following link over the word \u201cRoutledge\u201d\n\nhttps://www.routledge.com/Fighting-Fraud-and-Corruption-in-the-Humanitarian-and-Global-Development/May/p/book/9781472453143\n\nOr visit www.SecondMarshmallow.org which is interesting not only because of the rather excellent name but also because its a slick blog with well written content.\n\nOli is a real live criminal investigator starting out in the police service and ending up in a highly specialised area. One that is relevant to persons interested in working for NGO\u2019s, persons that might donate directly (or indirectly through Governments) to NGO\u2019s and indeed anyone that may be affected by the work of NGO\u2019s. Which, if you think about it, covers almost all of us.\n\nSo I ask him about what it\u2019s really like on the inside of all this business. I mean there has to be a film script or two in there? I asked if it\u2019s like the \u201cWhiskey Tango Foxtrot\u201d movie? He dodges that one rather well. (Strictly speaking I asked him about the \u201cWhisky Foxtrot Tango\u201d Movie. But thats the Jellybean Format for you. Totally live, uncut, unscripted and in the case of this interviewer uncouth. WTF does WFT stand for anyway?)\n\nWhats also interesting is the whole; \u201cwhat was it like writing a big grown up book?\u201d question. Oli has a few tips on that one too. Some productivity hacks for writers. The name he wanted to share with you is \u201cNicholas Carlson\u201d\n\nAnd there it is; a Jellybean about a charming super sleuth investigating evil bastards screwing up NGO\u2019s that you might want to work for with obscure references to the Hobbit, Tina Fey, Yahoo and Virchester. What\u2019s not to like?\n\nAnd that discount code; FLR40.