Law Enforcement Agencies

Spotlight calls for clarity from SFO in relation to proceeds of corruption in the UK

Spotlight on Corruption has written to the Serious Fraud Office to call for action to recover any assets in the UK that are the proceeds of corruption belonging to the...

Is the NCA’s Financial Intelligence Unit’s first report in over two years worth the wait?

• Dr Daniel Beizsley

A lot has happened since the NCA Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) published its last annual report in November 2020 on suspicious activity reports on money laundering. Though Russia’s 2022 invasion...

From Serious Farce to Serious Force – 4 priorities for beefing up the Serious Fraud Office in 2023

• Dr Helen Taylor

• Dr Susan Hawley

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) – the UK’s top fraud fighting body – has been in the news again in ways it won’t welcome after top KC Clare Montgomery called...

Briefing: The work of the Serious Fraud Office

The SFO has come under intense scrutiny after a series of high-profile setbacks, with recent reviews by Brian Altman KC and Sir David Calvert-Smith KC providing forensic insight into the...

Triple whammy for the Serious Fraud Office as Unaoil bribery conviction overturned and two reviews of Unaoil and Serco failings highlight major shortfall in resources at the agency

A third conviction in the Unaoil case was overturned on a grim day for the Serious Fraud Office (SFO)

UK court rules frozen funds can be used to pay sanctioned Russian billionaire’s luxury expenses

18.07.2022 In a crucial test case for the UK sanctions regime, the Westminster Magistrates’ Court ruled today that funds frozen by the National Crime Agency (NCA) for suspected sanctions evasion...