Giving his first public speech yesterday as the new Director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), Nick Ephgrave set out his stall for how the agency will become faster, bolder...
Spotlight on Corruption and partners have obtained a copy of the Mozambique “Tuna Bond” settlement agreement with Credit Suisse and 11 other financial institutions, exposing for the first time the...
Since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 the UK has taken long-needed steps to counter economic crimes including corruption and kleptocracy. This includes two Economic Crime Acts and a new Economic Crime Plan. While we welcome this important progress, the UK remains vulnerable in several critical areas.
This joint submission with Transparency International UK focuses on three areas related to the UK’s economic security that were each set out in the Integrated Review Refresh 2023.
While the Law Commission ultimately decided that the balance between confidentiality and transparency is best left to the courts to address, we believe the Arbitration Bill should introduce statutory safeguards to protect arbitration from being abused to conceal corruption or fraud.
The UK has a serious accountability gap when it comes to senior executives. Those at the helm of large firms that engage in economic crime, financial wrongdoing or regulatory breaches...
A major review published today by Spotlight on Corruption shows that senior executives at the helm of large British companies that engage in economic crime, financial wrongdoing or regulatory breaches...
Spotlight on Corruption and Transparency International UK have produced a joint briefing ahead of a debate in the House of Lords on 11 January 2024 on parliamentary democracy and standards in public life....
