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...
Jan 31, 2022 Proposals for reform of the UK’s criminal liability laws to be published this spring By Neill Blundell Joe Gaffney The Law Commission last week confirmed that its proposals to reform the UK’s criminal liability laws are on track to be published this...
Jan 26, 2022 Is the UK losing the fight against corruption? By Lorna Emson Francis Bond Joe Gaffney "The UK is currently losing the fight against economic crime. UK law enforcement capacity – an essential component of this fight – is...
Nov 11, 2021 “Now is the time to get the house in order”: US Department of Justice prepares to launch corporate crime crackdown By Neill Blundell Joe Gaffney The US Department of Justice (DoJ) is preparing for an imminent crackdown on corporate crime, warning companies that they must get their...