Yesterday the government signalled it will introduce amendments on corporate criminal liability reform in the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill. We strongly welcome this major development on an issue...
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...
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...
Following last month’s sentencing of commodities giant Glencore for bribery, Spotlight on Corruption and a range of international and African civil society organisations have written to Justice Secretary Dominic Raab...
A third conviction in the Unaoil case was overturned on a grim day for the Serious Fraud Office (SFO)
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...
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...
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...
R v Basil Al Jarah (guilty plea) R v Ziad Akle, Stephen Whiteley and Paul Bond (trial court: T20177415; 20187107) R v Paul Bond (retrial: T20177415; 20187107) R v Ziad...
