by Spotlight On Corruption | May 25, 2022
Sue Gray’s long-awaited report into Partygate has identified: “failures of leadership and judgment in No 10 and the Cabinet Office”, with the report saying that “the gatherings in question represent a serious failure to observe not just the high standards expected of...
by Spotlight On Corruption | May 16, 2022
The High Court has today declined to grant the key demands sought by Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation Limited (ENRC) against the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) relating to the conduct of its corruption investigation into the Kazakh mining giant. Today’s judgment...
by Spotlight On Corruption | May 6, 2022
Today’s announcement that the UK’s National Crime Agency has recovered $23.5 million of funds stolen from Nigeria by family and associates of former head of state, Sani Abacha, is very welcome. These looted funds were laundered through an intricate web of Western bank...
by Spotlight On Corruption | Feb 17, 2022
The leaked news that the Home Secretary is planning to scrap the UK’s ‘golden visa’ program is highly welcome. For too long, Tier 1 Investor visas have laid out the red carpet to dirty money, giving kleptocrats, fraudsters and criminals easy access to UK residency and...
by Spotlight On Corruption | Feb 11, 2022
11.02.2022 Spotlight on Corruption has established that 25 of the 50 companies in the government’s ‘VIP lane’ supplied PPE worth £1 billion that was not fit for purpose. This amounts to 59% of all money awarded to VIP lane companies for PPE. One third of the total...
by Spotlight On Corruption | Feb 4, 2022
Liz TrussSecretary of State for Foreign Commonwealth and Development AffairsKing Charles StreetLondonSW1A 2AH 3rd February 2022 Dear Secretary of State Targeted anti-corruption sanctions in relation to Kazakhstan We are writing to urge you to impose...
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