Speakers Program - Travel Safety Conquering the Hidden Predators Lurking Within the Travel Wilderness

Travel Safety
By Carleen Watts, CFE
What lurks within the dark hallways of the tourist attraction you are about to visit while fulfilling your dream vacation abroad? Highly skilled predators just waiting to gain access to anything you carry on your person. They will strike when you least expect it and you may not realize you were their victim until hours later. Heighten your awareness and learn some basic but routinely ignored travel tips for safeguarding your most important items - cash, credit cards, ATM card, cell phone and passport. But if you do fall victim to their snare - learn what steps to take to make the remainder of your trip less stressful and maybe even enjoyable.
About the Presenter: Carleen Watts served as a Special Agent (Criminal Investigator) for the United States government for over 32 years. She worked within the Inspectors General community investigating internal fraud for the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Defense, the Veterans Administration, and the U.S. Postal Service. During her tenure she also served as a Senior Instructor and Program Coordinator at the Financial Fraud Institute, a division of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center located in Glynco, Georgia. She s been a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) since 1996. Carleen now lives in Fountain Hills, Arizona.