Spotlight has always placed great emphasis on founding our policy recommendations on a solid evidence base. That’s why our researchers delve deep into data archives in search of the crucial information needed to assess the performance of the UK’s efforts to combat economic crime.
But that data is often hard to find, buried in spreadsheets or difficult to compare over time. That makes it hard for officials, journalists and civil society to understand the data and make meaningful use of it, including to hold enforcement bodies, regulators and the government to account. But what if Spotlight did the hard yards for you?
That’s the idea behind our Anti-Corruption Enforcement Trackers, which visualise key data from key enforcement areas, such as money laundering, bribery, asset recovery and fraud.
Launched in early 2025, the trackers have been updated several times since to keep pace with the latest data releases from government, law enforcement and regulators, including the addition of a dedicated section on AML supervision and an updated and expanded asset recovery section to accompany the launch of our landmark report on the UK’s asset recovery efforts since 2017.
We have plans to expand the scale and scope of the trackers as we explore new data sources and fields of research.
