The UK Supreme Court has dismissed the final appeal made against the first ever Unexplained Wealth Order (UWO) obtained by the National...
On 7 October, the National Crime Agency (NCA) announced that for the first time it has successfully used an Unexplained Wealth Order...
The National Crime Agency’s (NCA) use of unexplained wealth orders (UWOs) has faced recent high profile defeats in both the High Court...
In April this year, we commented on the first setback by the National Crime Agency (NCA) in their use of unexplained wealth orders...
The National Crime Agency (NCA) has suffered its first major setback in the use of Unexplained Wealth Orders (UWOs), as its attempt to...
Hot off the heels of their success in the Court of Appeal, upholding the first unexplained wealth order (UWO) obtained in the UK, it is...
The Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeal against the first Unexplained Wealth Order (UWO) issued in the UK, potentially paving the...
The wife of the former chairman of the international bank of Azerbaijan has been in the Court of Appeal challenging the unexplained...
The National Crime Agency (NCA) has obtained a second set of Unexplained Wealth Orders (UWOs) aimed at London properties worth at least...
A new power introduced by the Criminal Finances Act 2017 (CFA) has recently been used for the first time by UK authorities: Account...
I commented in November on the National Crime Agency (NCA) seizing some £400,000 worth of jewellery from Christie's auction house in...
For those of you familiar with my regular updates, you will be aware that I have written much recently on the introduction of Unexplained...
I have been commenting with interest on developments to the first Unexplained Wealth Order (UWO). The subject of the UWO, Zamira Hajiyeva...
The BBC reported at the end of last week that more than £400,000 of jewellery has been seized from Christies auction house by the...
The identity of the target of the UK's first Unexplained Wealth Order (UWO) has been revealed as Zamira Hajiyeva - the wife of a former...
New powers to impose Unexplained Wealth Orders (UWOs) were created by the Criminal Finances Act 2017 and came into force earlier this...