Feb 28, 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...
Feb 24, 2022 UWOs: Remember those? By Neill Blundell Max Hobbs Joe Gaffney A House of Commons briefing paper, published on 22 February 2022, has criticised the use of Unexplained Wealth Orders (UWOs). The paper...
Feb 14, 2022 Fighting economic crime in the UK: an overview By Neill Blundell Max Hobbs Joe Gaffney On Thursday 10 February, the House of Commons Library published a briefing paper on economic crime in the UK, which summarises recent...
Feb 10, 2022 The Economic Crime Bill: reform is coming By Neill Blundell Max Hobbs Joe Gaffney We recently commented on a fortnight of fast-paced developments in the economic crime space. As we observed, it appears that (despite...
Jul 20, 2021 The verdict’s in: the SFO publishes its 2020–2021 Annual Report By Neill Blundell The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has published its Annual Report and Accounts for 2020–2021 (the Report). The Report provides an overview...
Oct 26, 2020 The Serious Fraud Office publishes new guidance on Deferred Prosecution Agreements By Neill Blundell Helen Harvey On 23 October, the Serious Fraud Office (“SFO”) published comprehensive guidance on how they approach Deferred Prosecution Agreements...
Dec 13, 2018 The Government pats itself on the back as it reflects on year 1 of its anti-corruption strategy By Neill Blundell Max Hobbs Last year, the UK Government launched a five year anti-corruption strategy (due to run until 2022). For those unfamiliar with the...