by Spotlight On Corruption | Mar 23, 2022
Revelations this morning in The Times provide another example to the already compelling body of evidence that the UK’s main political parties have too often turned a blind eye to accepting dirty money from criminals and politically exposed persons to fund their...
by Helen Taylor | Jan 21, 2022
Spotlight on Corruption welcomes the UK’s new “Framework for transparent and accountable asset return” as a positive step in the fight against corruption. For this Framework to be effective, the UK government will need to: Ramp up asset recovery efforts to ensure more...
by Sam Tobin | Nov 4, 2021
Disclosure disaster? Pending Unaoil ruling in the Court of Appeal places further pressure on the Serious Fraud Office Author: Sam Tobin – Recent Court of Appeal hearing will be a key test for the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) amid ongoing disclosure issues in other...
by Spotlight On Corruption | Sep 24, 2021
The 2021 review of how the UK’s 22 different legal and accountancy supervisors (known as Professional Body Supervisors or PBS), are performing in terms of combating dirty money was released this week by their oversight body, the Office for Professional Body Anti-Money...
by Spotlight On Corruption | Sep 21, 2021
Nigel Boardman’s 19 recommendations and 5 suggestions resulting from the Greensill scandal were finally published last week, after sitting in the government’s in-tray since early August. It has been worth the wait though, with plenty of good recommendations to chew...
by Susan Hawley | Jul 6, 2021
6th July 2021 Some initial thoughts from Susan Hawley, Executive Director of Spotlight on Corruption From the reaction on social media, yesterday’s National Crime Agency (NCA) settlement with Izzat Javadovaand her husband, Suleyman Javadov, in relation to millions...
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