Some people go to great lengths to try to avoid something that would even appear to be a conflict of interest. Others couldn't even be bothered to cross the str

Some people go to great lengths to try to avoid something that would even appear to be a conflict of interest. Others couldn't even be bothered to cross the street if it inconvenienced them. Here are some things that could be investigated, probably the same way one would use data science for fraud detection: - Compile a broad database of speakers, fees they received, when it happened - Find a way to rate speakers based on their public visibility. In other words, who attracts an audience more than someone else. Conceivably, the value of a "Speaker" is to get people to show up to your event and pay to be there. - Create a network database of relationships of speakers and family members. - Start looking for anomalies related to outsized speaking fees and changes when a family member is or is not holding a public office. - From that, investigators would need to start looking in to the details of who may have done what for who Despite what is read in the press, Western countries are moving hard against public corruption and perceived corruption and have since the post-9/11 anti-money laundering changes.