Spotlight on Corruption works to end corruption within the UK and wherever the UK has influence
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We track how the UK enforces its anti-corruption laws
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We research ways in which they can be improved
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We investigate cases where anti-corruption laws have been broken
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We hold the government and enforcement bodies to account for ensuring anti-corruption laws work properly
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Unaoil – a very complicated win for the Serious Fraud Office
13 July 2020 In a much-needed win for the UK’s Serious Fraud Office, two out of three of those...
New report: WEAK LINK OR FIRST LINE OF DEFENCE? THE ROLE OF UK EXPORT FINANCE IN FIGHTING CORRUPTION IN A POST-CORONAVIRUS AND POST-BREXIT TRADE DRIVE
Spotlight on Corruption is today releasing a major new report on the role of UK Export Finance...
The NCA’s Kazakh Unexplained Wealth Order (UWO) – a costly decision?
1 July 2020 On 17 June 2020, Lady Justice Carr unequivocally refused the National Crime Agency’s...
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NEW: A leaked FBI intelligence bulletin highlights how firms in the nearly $10-trillion US private investment funds industry are being used as vehicles for huge money laundering schemes. https://www.reuters.com/article/bc-finreg-fbi-laundering-private-equity/fbi-concerned-over-laundering-risks-in-private-equity-hedge-funds-leaked-document-idUSKCN24F1TP
Shame it got a little murky. Doesn’t surprise me. The legal system in the UK is so VERY different to the US, strategies are not transferable, no matter how well intended. https://twitter.com/endcorruptionuk/status/1282649479934509056
A swoop by US prosecutors on Saman Ahsani, a key target in the UK’s high-profile Unaoil #corruption probe, sparked an extraordinary row between the two countries’ #fraud agencies, MLex has learned. By @coylester10 #bribery