Tougher Enforcement

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)

ENRC v SFO and Dechert judgment

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...

Joint Statement: Spotlight on Corruption and African Network for Environmental and Economic Justice (ANEEJ)

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...

Briefing – how the fight against fraud and other economic crime is undermined by lack of resources

This briefing is designed to assist Justice Committee members in their evidence session with the Security and Borders Minister, the Rt Hon Damian Hinds MP, and Duncan Tessier, Director for...

The Unaoil Bribery Scandal

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...

PRESS RELEASE: GOVERNMENT SPENDS EQUIVALENT OF JUST 0.042% OF GDP ON FIGHTING ECONOMIC CRIME – NEW ANALYSIS

New analysis from Spotlight on Corruption finds that the UK government spends the equivalent of just 0.042% of GDP (£852 million) per year on fighting economic crime, even though annually...

Closing the UK’s economic crime enforcement gap: Proposals for boosting resources for UK law enforcement to fight economic crime

• Dr Daniel Beizsley

• Dr Susan Hawley

Economic crime – which includes corruption, bribery, money laundering and fraud – poses a major risk to the UK’s national security, corrupts financial institutions and markets, reduces economic performance and...