Our analysis of financial crime and investigations developments over the past 12 months provides a revealing picture of an increasingly challenging regulatory and enforcement landscape facing businesses around the world. The...more
1/29/2025
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The UK government is already proposing further expansion to the basis on which companies can be fixed with criminal liability.
The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA), passed in October, significantly...more
12/6/2023
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The new Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (the Act) is the latest step in the UK Government’s attempts to address economic crime and improve transparency over corporate entities. Whilst most of the key...more
10/30/2023
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The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 was granted Royal Assent on 26 October 2023. It contains a new ‘failure to prevent fraud’ corporate criminal offence which will render large companies liable for fraud...more
10/26/2023
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