The government on Monday resisted key amendments to the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill despite strong cross-party support including from prominent and well-respected former Conservative law officers. These amendments...
Spotlight on Corruption is delighted to have been granted permission to intervene in a landmark Court of Appeal case which has significant implications for the UK’s anti-money laundering regime. In...
Javad Marandi, an international businessman and major donor to the Conservative Party, can nowbe named as someone found to be “a person of importance” in a court case about the...
Javad Marandi, an international businessman and major donor to the Conservative Party, can now be named as someone found to be “a person of importance” in a court case about...
The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (ECCTB) contains some new provisions (including government amendments brought forward in the Commons) to ensure legal sector regulators play a robust role in...
In the dying days of 2022, HM Treasury released two years of covid-backlogged data on Anti-Money Laundering (AML) supervision in the UK. This 2020-2022 report yields no clear picture of...
From setting up complex company structures for clients to helping purchase luxury real estate and negotiate mortgages, lawyers play a critical role in facilitating and legitimising money flows. Their role...
Law firms in the UK face almost zero risk of criminal enforcement if they breach money laundering rules, and very little prospect of meaningful fines, according to a report released...
