Lawyers need to be at the forefront of preventing dirty money entering the UK. But time and again lawyers have been found to be some of the most prominent professionals...
The lessons from the UK PPE scandals must be learned and those responsible must be held accountable. Public trust in government was seriously eroded by the sight of friends of...
Backlogs in the courts now exceed 70,000, while more than a quarter (27%) of all trials are adjourned, and only 43% go ahead on time. The lack of judicial sitting...
The UK agencies tasked with fighting economic crime together generate £566 million pounds on average each year for the government through seizing criminal assets and imposing regulatory and criminal fines....
The UK’s National Crime Agency – widely dubbed Britain’s FBI – is at a crossroads. If it is to be at the forefront of the UK’s fight against serious and...
Corruption costs lives in developing countries and the UK is part of the problem. Its army of ‘professional enablers’ (including bankers, lawyers, estate agents and accountants) help to launder and...
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 sparked a radical shift in the UK’s use of sanctions, as the UK scaled up its ambition for this key tool of...
Political integrity crises are not unique to the UK. Over the past decade, Australia has faced its own issues, dropping in the Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index by over 10...
