In November 2019, the UK’s longest running corruption trial, Alstom, came to an end. This Spotlight on Corruption briefing looks at the lessons from the case, and asks whether the...
On December 20th, the SFO announced a DPA with Guralp Systems Ltd - the day that three individuals were acquitted by a court for the same wrongdoing outlined in the DPA. This blog looks at the implications and lessons.
Blog by Susan Hawley for Centre for Study of Corruption at Sussex University.
We made the following statement to the OECD's Working Group on Bribery external stakeholders event, urging action by the Group on the following items...
What international conventions has the UK signed up to on corruption? The UK has signed up to various international agreements for fighting corruption including: What does Spotlight on Corruption do?...
What’s the issue? Corruption is particularly common in public procurement. Of the foreign bribery cases prosecuted under the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention, 57% involved bribes to obtain public contracts. The problem exists...
What’s the issue? Corruption causes enormous harm. It damages trust in public institutions and governance, causes significant losses to the public purse, and distorts public spending priorities. Yet the detailed...
What’s the issue? It is notoriously hard to access documents from courts in England and Wales. It can even be hard to find out when a trial is taking place....
