At Spotlight, we work hard to make a difference. Here you’ll find stories of how we have used forensic research, patient advocacy and agile communications to make progress towards our objectives.
The victims of corruption – whether it be communities blighted by shoddy corrupt contracts, or people subject to autocratic regimes sustained through money laundering schemes using the UK financial system…
Our major report on the UK’s legal sector and money laundering rules, A Privileged Profession?, was published in October 2022. The product of months of research, the report revealed that…
Excluding companies that engage in wrongdoing or provide shoddy services on public contracts is a crucial way to protect taxpayers’ money and to encourage better corporate behaviour. However, the UK…
Spotlight works hard to make sure that the courts are as transparent as possible so that the public can understand and scrutinise how effectively the justice system is operating. We…
In July 2021, we published a briefing, Red Carpet for Dirty Money: The UK’s Golden Visa Regime – which was covered in The Times – looking at the ongoing risks…
Dirty money risks polluting our politics. Over the last three years, Spotlight has monitored several court cases involving prominent political donors alleged to be associated with corruption or money laundering….
The UK is, at last, poised to enact meaningful corporate criminal liability reforms. Three years ago, there was little realistic probability of the government ever introducing corporate liability reform. We…
Even the best anti-corruption laws are useless if they aren’t enforced. That’s why Spotlight advocates robustly for increased funding of the UK’s economic crime fighting agencies. In January 2022, Spotlight…
