In December 2019, the National Crime Agency (NCA) struck a most unusual deal with one of Pakistan’s most powerful men, property tycoon Malik Riaz Hussain. The deal, brokered by the...
Spotlight on Corruption is delighted to have been granted permission to intervene in a landmark Court of Appeal case which has significant implications for the UK’s anti-money laundering regime. In...
The House of Lords yesterday voted through three key amendments to the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (ECCTB) at Report Stage. Spotlight on Corruption has long advocated the measures...
Today’s publication of Lord Pickles’ letter regarding Boris Johnson’s role as a columnist for the Daily Mail shows that the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (ACOBA) system is broken. As...
The government has once again voted down a House of Lords amendment that would have introduced checks on donations to political parties to ensure that they are not disguised payments...
Tonight members of the House of Lords defeated the government by passing an amendment to the National Security Bill that will require political parties to do proper checks on whether...
Today the Supreme Court ruled that a circular investment scheme run by Russian nationals and used by more than 100 predominantly Chinese individuals, referred by Chinese immigration agencies, bypassed key...
Last week, the government failed to back key amendments to the new Procurement Bill (which had strong cross-party support) that would have significantly strengthened the UK’s ability to tackle fraud...
