On 15 November 2024, Spotlight organised a multi-stakeholder roundtable on the UK’s framework for compensating the overseas victims of corruption. The Chatham House-style discussion brought together civil servants, law enforcement...
Today’s announcement that the Home Office and City of London Police have established a new pilot Domestic Corruption Unit is an incredibly important and welcome tipping point. According to the...
The appointment of a new Anti-Corruption Champion, alongside additional funding for the National Crime Agency and further Global Anti-Corruption sanctions designations are hugely welcome signs of the UK government’s determination...
When the National Crime Agency (NCA) announced a court settlement this summer with Zamira Hajiyeva it described the outcome of its first-ever McMafia order as a “fantastic” success. The justification...
The government should reinvest criminal assets and fines into an innovative new Economic Crime Fighting Fund to turbocharge enforcement after the Autumn budget offered minimal funding for tackling economic crime,...
The UK agencies tasked with fighting economic crime together generate £566 million pounds on average each year for the government through seizing criminal assets and imposing regulatory and criminal fines....
On 8 October 2024, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) reached a last-minute settlement with Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC) to avoid another bruising legal battle over the agency’s corruption probe...
The UK’s National Crime Agency – widely dubbed Britain’s FBI – is at a crossroads. If it is to be at the forefront of the UK’s fight against serious and...
