80% Indian firms saw corporate fraud last year, 25% reported corruption

• Share of respondents who said their companies had witnessed an rise in fraud in 2015-16.
• Indian companies are "highly or moderately vulnerable" to fraud.

• Share of respondents who said that junior employees of their own company are "leading players" in fraud, including corruption, compliance breach and procurement irregularities.
• Despite this, only 285 of the companies surveyed invest in background checks of employees.

• Share of companies that reported cases of corruption, making India the nation with the highest incidence of corruption.
• Although only 8% of Indian companies reported money laundering, it's still more than in any other country.
• 20% of Indian companies reported regulatory breach while 15% reported intellectual property theft.

• Amount of private equity investment in India that is entangled in legal disputes.
• "Most disputes are triggered when private equity investors suspect fraud in a portfolio company," says Reshmi Khurana, Managing Director, Kroll India.

• Share of companies discouraged from operating in Latin America because of the risk of fraud.
• This is followed by Africa, where 22% of the companies are advised not to operate. In Central and Eastern Europe, 14% companies follow this policy.

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