Dr Daniel Beizsley
About
Dr Daniel Beizsley is a criminologist whose PhD on the European Investment Bank was shortlisted for the Dutch Society of Criminology’s Willem Nagel prize in 2022. Daniel has been assisting Spotlight as a consultant since 2019 and has produced research on enforcement resourcing, conflicts of interest in public procurement and AML supervision in the legal sector. He is an ACAMS accredited sanctions analyst.
Posts by Dr Daniel Beizsley
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HMRC faces ongoing performance gaps that undermine effective AML supervision, despite recent improvements
25 July, 2022-
Dr Daniel Beizsley
HMRC’s latest annual self-assessment report of its performance reveals seven problem areas that are undermining its effectiveness as an anti-money laundering (AML) supervisor.
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Government must get a grip on conflicts of interest in public procurement or risk losing the UKs reputation as a fair place to do business
23 November, 2020-
Dr Daniel Beizsley
Last week’s much anticipated National Audit Office report into the government’s handling of emergency procurement during COVID-19 effectively corroborated widespread allegations of cronyism in the dishing out of PPE contracts....
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Blind Trusts: are they enough to avoid conflicts of interest?
16 September, 2020-
Dr Daniel Beizsley
16 September 2020 The Guardian reported on the 3rd September that Lord Agnew had relinquished control over his shares in Faculty Science after Spotlight on Corruption and several media outlets...
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Courts, Covid and Open Justice: A Timeline
13 May, 2020-
Dr Daniel Beizsley
A timeline of key developments, announcements, and evaluations relating to open justice in the UK courts during Covid-19.
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Are conflicts of interest being managed properly in government during COVID-19? The case of NHSX
23 April, 2020-
Dr Daniel Beizsley
Spotlight blog by Daniel Beizsley on whether conflicts of interest are being managed properly during the COVID-19 crisis and the curious case of NHSX.
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Closing the UK’s economic crime enforcement gap: Proposals for boosting resources for UK law enforcement to fight economic crime
24 January, 2022-
Dr Daniel Beizsley
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Dr Susan Hawley
Economic crime – which includes corruption, bribery, money laundering and fraud – poses a major risk to the UK’s national security, corrupts financial institutions and markets, reduces economic performance and...
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Briefing: Is the government getting serious about conflicts of interest?
2 June, 2021-
Dr Daniel Beizsley
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George Havenhand
In light of the depth of concern at the government’s handling of conflict of interest issues, the new procurement policy note represents a useful clarification of the existing rules and policy frameworks. Disappointingly, it only introduces minor changes that fall far short of what is needed to fix what is clearly a broken system.
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Could ‘Know Your Donor’ rules for political parties help stop the endless scandals about dodgy donors?
5 December, 2022-
Dr Daniel Beizsley
Tomorrow, the House of Lords will debate the National Security Bill and has an opportunity to make an important intervention on tackling dubious money in UK politics. Both the current...
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Is the NCA’s Financial Intelligence Unit’s first report in over two years worth the wait?
26 January, 2023-
Dr Daniel Beizsley
A lot has happened since the NCA Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) published its last annual report in November 2020 on suspicious activity reports on money laundering. Though Russia’s 2022 invasion...
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No new Government investment in the Economic Crime Plan threatens delivery
30 March, 2023-
Dr Susan Hawley
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Dr Daniel Beizsley
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James Bolton-Jones
The Economic Crime Plan is a really welcome set of commitments from the government but needs to be matched by much more ambitious public investment, including in training, if the...
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Integrity Deferred? An audit of government implementation of standards recommendations made by independent expert bodies
6 April, 2023-
Dr Daniel Beizsley
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Dr Susan Hawley
Five months ago, on the steps of Downing Street, new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak promised to lead a government with “integrity, professionalism and accountability at every level.” That pledge represented...
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Blind Trusts: integrity silver bullet or transparency blackhole?
2 May, 2023-
Dr Daniel Beizsley
The latest version of the list of ministers’ interests reveals a total of 10 ministers, including the Prime Minister, have in place (or are in the process of setting up)...
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Now we need the other fraud strategy
4 May, 2023-
Dr Susan Hawley
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Dr Daniel Beizsley
Yesterday’s long awaited fraud strategy contained some welcome commitments despite being launched with no new public funding. The strategy focuses however on consumer fraud which costs UK citizens £6.8 billion...
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Time for a ‘Know Your Donor’ policy
10 May, 2023-
George Havenhand
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Dr Daniel Beizsley
Donations to political parties are essential to the functioning of our political process under the current system, but after a series of scandals and warnings from independent review bodies and...
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The government missed a trick to fight fraud and corruption in its new Procurement Bill
20 June, 2023-
Dr Susan Hawley
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James Bolton-Jones
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Dr Daniel Beizsley
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...
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Integrity-lite: how the government’s standards reforms stack up (in pictures)
27 July, 2023-
Dr Susan Hawley
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Dr Daniel Beizsley
With just hours to go before Parliament went on recess, the government last week snuck out its long awaited (and very overdue) response to three separate independent reports on strengthening...
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Regulating the accountancy profession for money laundering – is business as usual working?
4 December, 2023-
Dr Daniel Beizsley
Over the summer the government consulted on whether major reform was needed to the UK’s regime for supervising money laundering. On the table were some admirably ambitious proposals, including having...
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Regulators failing to hold senior executives to account for economic crime, new analysis reveals
7 February, 2024-
Dr Susan Hawley
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Dr Daniel Beizsley
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...
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