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The UK is set to implement a new statutory instrument (SI) to align the scope of the UK’s criminal insider dealing regime with the...
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On 11 April 2023, the government finally tabled legislation introducing a much-anticipated new failure to prevent (FTP) fraud offence, as...
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Recognising the increasing threat to the UK’s national security and prosperity, on 30 March, HM Treasury and the Home Office published...
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In a significant judgment, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has struck down provisions of European Union law that give...
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The introduction of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (the Bill) on 22 September 2022 was met with support by many legal...
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On 3 August, the UK Government announced the launch of the Public Sector Fraud Authority (the Authority), a new body tasked with tackling...
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On Wednesday 22 June, the director of the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (“OFSI”), Giles Thomson, speaking to the House of...
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Following the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022’s expedited passage through Parliament in March 2022, the Office of...
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The UK’s Law Commission has published its options paper for reform of corporate criminal liability. This much-anticipated report sets out...
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A House of Commons briefing paper, published on 22 February 2022, has criticised the use of Unexplained Wealth Orders (UWOs). The paper...
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On Thursday 10 February, the House of Commons Library published a briefing paper on economic crime in the UK, which summarises recent...
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We recently commented on a fortnight of fast-paced developments in the economic crime space. As we observed, it appears that (despite...
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There have been so many developments in the realm of “economic crime” in the last two weeks that it has been hard to keep up.To summarise...
The Law Commission last week confirmed that its proposals to reform the UK’s criminal liability laws are on track to be published this...
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"The UK is currently losing the fight against economic crime. UK law enforcement capacity – an essential component of this fight – is...
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The US Department of Justice (DoJ) is preparing for an imminent crackdown on corporate crime, warning companies that they must get their...