Tougher Enforcement

Briefing: Expanding sanctions evasion as a basis for seizing frozen assets

Spotlight on Corruption and RUSI’s Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies propose amending the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill to: This amendment would expand the scope of conduct...

Briefing: Enhancing law enforcement efforts on asset recovery

Spotlight on Corruption proposes an amendment to the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill that would extend the new costs order regime introduced for Unexplained Wealth Orders in the Economic...

Nigeria’s bid to overturn a “sham” $11 billion arbitral award to P&ID

• Dr Helen Taylor

One of the biggest arbitral enforcement disputes kicked off in London last week, as Nigeria seeks to overturn an award worth $11.1 billion obtained by a small offshore company following...

Is the NCA’s Financial Intelligence Unit’s first report in over two years worth the wait?

• Dr Daniel Beizsley

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...

From Serious Farce to Serious Force – 4 priorities for beefing up the Serious Fraud Office in 2023

• Dr Helen Taylor

• Dr Susan Hawley

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...

Spotlight writes to Justice Secretary and SFO Director

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...

Briefing: The work of the Serious Fraud Office

The SFO has come under intense scrutiny after a series of high-profile setbacks, with recent reviews by Brian Altman KC and Sir David Calvert-Smith KC providing forensic insight into the...