Anti-Fraud & Anti-Bribery
ASF Tourism has zero tolerance for fraud, bribery, or corruption by anyone acting for it — Tourism Board members, Surveyors, Coordinators, or Monitors — and every suspicion is reported within 24 hours.
1. What this covers
- Fraud: knowingly falsifying a Monitor’s verification record or a Coordinator’s evidence file, or misrepresenting a facility’s compliance in any way.
- Bribery: offering, giving, requesting, or accepting anything of value in exchange for influencing an accreditation decision.
- Corruption: using a Surveyor, Coordinator, Monitor, or Tourism Board role for private gain.
2. How this is actually prevented
Prevention runs through structure, not just a policy statement: the same role-separation that keeps a Coordinator from also being a facility’s Monitor (TOUR-POL-02), a reviewer who was not the Coordinator or Monitor who worked the file deciding each accreditation (TOUR-POL-07), and the separation of anyone who has advised a facility on passing from anyone who later assesses it (TOUR-POL-09).
3. Warning signs worth noticing
| Area | Warning signs |
| Evidence & findings | A facility’s evidence file that looks suspiciously complete only at the last moment; a Monitor whose findings never vary, facility after facility |
| Decisions | An accreditation decision reached unusually fast, or one where the reviewer’s connection to the facility was never actually checked |
| People | A Surveyor or Monitor reluctant to be reassigned away from a particular facility; a lifestyle that doesn’t match known income |
4. Response
A confirmed case is handled as a serious incident under TOUR-POL-04, with the same graduated consequences set out in TOUR-POL-08 — reassignment, suspension from the roster, or removal, depending on severity.