The UK has multiple bodies responsible for investigating and enforcing breaches of the UK’s anti-corruption and money laundering laws. These include agencies for investigating and/or prosecuting overseas corruption offences, such as the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and the National Crime Agency (NCA). And multiple agencies for investigating and/or prosecuting money laundering including the NCA, HM Revenue & Customs, the Financial Conduct Authority and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).
We monitor how effective the different enforcement agencies are and developments in the enforcement landscape to see how they impact upon implementation of anti-corruption laws. We assess whether resourcing is adequate, whether enforcement agencies are able to attract and retain suitably qualified staff and whether the enforcement agencies have sufficient independence from political interference and corporate interests.
Six years after the National Crime Agency (NCA) applied for the first-ever Unexplained Wealth Order, it has this month secured the forfeiture of two luxury properties – a house in...
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 sparked a radical shift in the UK’s use of sanctions, as the UK scaled up its ambition for this key tool of...
Spotlight on Corruption and Transparency International UK have called for a National Audit Office inquiry into the alleged involvement of the Ministry of Defence (MOD) in the bribery scandal revealed...
Today two men, Jeffrey Cook and John Mason, were acquitted of making corrupt payments between 2007 and 2012 in relation to a major bribery scheme involving UK government defence contracts...
Giving his first public speech yesterday as the new Director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), Nick Ephgrave set out his stall for how the agency will become faster, bolder...
Since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 the UK has taken long-needed steps to counter economic crimes including corruption and kleptocracy. This includes two Economic Crime Acts and a new Economic Crime Plan. While we welcome this important progress, the UK remains vulnerable in several critical areas.
This joint submission with Transparency International UK focuses on three areas related to the UK’s economic security that were each set out in the Integrated Review Refresh 2023.
A major review published today by Spotlight on Corruption shows that senior executives at the helm of large British companies that engage in economic crime, financial wrongdoing or regulatory breaches...
