Following bribery charges laid against British businessman Zuneth Sattar in a London court today, UK anti-corruption charity Spotlight on Corruption and Malawian NGO Youth and Society urged authorities in both...
The first report on the Economic Crime Levy (ECL) published by the Treasury demonstrates both the strengths and limitations of this new funding mechanism. What questions come out of the...
The Serious Fraud Office’s new corporate guidance released today is a much needed and welcome part of the SFO’s new strategy to ramp up enforcement against corporate fraud and corruption....
Our recently launched anti-corruption enforcement tracker brings together public but hard-to-find data to shed light on the UK’s enforcement record against corruption and related economic crimes, which by one academic...
This submission sets out why the second phase of the Comprehensive Spending Review 2025 is a major opportunity to enhance the UK’s ability to fight economic crime and promote economic growth for law abiding business.
In a welcome move for the UK’s aid-funded enforcement efforts, in December last year the Foreign Secretary announced that the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) will extend its funding...
Today Spotlight on Corruption releases ‘Back of the courtroom queue’, a report by former Chief Crown Prosecutor Andrew Penhale on the immensely damaging impact that the crisis in the UK...
Backlogs in the courts now exceed 70,000, while more than a quarter (27%) of all trials are adjourned, and only 43% go ahead on time. The lack of judicial sitting...
