07 Dec, 2023 Play your cards right: betting company secures DPA in relation to historic bribery By Helen Harvey Victoria Braid What started off in 2019 as an HMRC investigation into the activities of Entain Plc’s (Entain) former Turkish-facing online betting and...
20 Apr, 2023 Wolfsberg Group’s updated guidance on Anti-Bribery and Corruption Compliance Programmes By Helen Harvey Jenny Shelley The Wolfsberg Group published its new guidance on Anti-Bribery and Corruption (ABC) Compliance Programmes on 17 April (the Guidance),...
26 Sep, 2022 New Economic Crime Bill: another stab at the £100bn dirty money problem By Lorna Emson Helen Harvey Matthew Pimley On 22 September, the UK Government introduced the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (the Bill). The Bill, the second...
28 Feb, 2022 Economic Crime Bill to be fast-tracked this week: transparency reform, UWO changes and new sanctions legislation By Lorna Emson Francis Bond Joe Gaffney Prompted by the crisis in Ukraine, the UK Government has announced that it will bring forward the Economic Crime Bill. It has also...
23 Jul, 2021 A prosecutor’s dozen: the SFO announce 11th and 12th DPAs By Max Hobbs The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has entered into two new deferred prosecution agreement (DPAs), taking the total number entered into to 12...
30 Apr, 2021 Conviction and collapse: a mixed week for the SFO By Lorna Emson James Reid On Wednesday the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) announced that it had secured a corporate conviction against GPT Special Project Management...
30 Oct, 2020 Taking flight: The SFO secures its ninth DPA By Max Hobbs The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has agreed its ninth deferred prosecution agreement (DPA), which has now received approval in the Crown...
30 Jun, 2020 More time needed: SFO granted another extension to seize London properties By James Reid Last Friday the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) was granted a further extension in its attempt to seize UK properties and cash worth...
27 May, 2020 Practical anti-corruption advice published for investors By Helen Harvey On 21 May 2020, the International Corporate Governance Network published updated Guidance on Anti-Corruption Practices (the Guidance)....
17 Apr, 2020 Bribery Act 2010: 10 years in numbers By James Reid 10 years after it received royal assent, a recent freedom of information request has shed some light on the consequences of the Bribery...
28 Jan, 2020 The Magnificent Seven? The SFO agrees in principle to a DPA with Airbus By Max Hobbs It is being reported that Airbus has agreed in principle to a deal with regulators in the UK, US and France to end long-running...