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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Civil society groups’ letter to the Director of the SFO on implications of the Airbus Deferred Prosecution Agreement
At the end of January 2020, Airbus was given a Deferred Prosecution Agreement in the UK as part of a global settlement involving the US and France,...
Iraqi case in UK courts brings bribery in the oil industry to the surface
Author: Alex ClemensOn 20th January 2020, UK courts started hearing the case against three former employees of Unaoil, a Monaco-based and British...
Where next for Deferred Prosecution Agreements
This blog in the Law Gazette by Susan Hawley, Professor Nicholas Lord and Colin King raises some questions about how the current UK Deferred...
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6/ And finally, @Deloitte report mentioned in the Airbus DPA raises serious questions about whether risks of debarment from public procurement are being overplayed, and whether Article 5 of the OECD convention is being properly respected.
5/ There needs to be greater transparency in DPAs, with the final approval hearing being heard in public to ensure open justice, and the @UKSFO needs to publish reports on whether companies have met the terms of a DPA and fully remediated.
4/ We urge the @UKSFO to ensure that compensation is properly looked at in DPAs - only one UK DPA so far has required a company to pay compensation to affected countries. It can't be right that rich country enforcement bodies pocket vast fines when countries have been ripped off.