The first Ethics and Integrity Commission’s (EIC) annual letter to the Prime Minister is out and it provides a really welcome annual health check up on the UK’s standards framework. The letter warns that ‘progress is at risk of stalling’ without personal leadership from the PM to accelerate standards reform.
London’s gold market and the credibility of its responsible sourcing claims will come under scrutiny in the UK High Court this week, when a landmark human rights case against the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) begins on 7 October.
The High Court rules against the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) following a major challenge by Carter-Ruck and Mohamed Amersi to the regulator’s investigative powers.
The High Court rules against the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) following a major challenge by Carter-Ruck and Mohamed Amersi to the regulator’s investigative powers.
The government’s new AMLAR Strategy makes welcome commitments to tackling dirty money, but real impact will require sustained investment. A greater share of recovered assets should be reinvested through an Economic Crime Fighting Fund to build long-term enforcement capacity. Here we examine what’s driving increased asset recovery and what’s needed to scale up these efforts.
A new government strategy launched yesterday makes welcome commitments to ramp up action against money launderers and their professional enablers, from the high street to the square mile. But to achieve real impact, these ambitions need to be backed by a long-term government funding plan.
The SFO has struck a confidential settlement with ENRC, ending the Kazakh mining company’s long-running litigation. But with the terms undisclosed, the public is still in the dark about how much, if any, of the $290 million in damages sought by ENRC will be paid.
The government has proposed an amendment to the Representation of the People Bill, that would totally ban cryptocurrency political donations. But does the text of the amendment actually go far enough to truly stop cryptocurrency funding leaking into our political finance system?
