On 6 November 2024, the UK Government published the much-anticipated guidance on the new corporate offence of failure to prevent fraud (the “Guidance”). The failure to prevent fraud offence forms part of a huge shift in the...more
11/19/2024
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Corporate Crimes ,
Corporate Governance ,
Criminal Liability ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
Failure to Prevent ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Crimes ,
Fraud ,
New Guidance ,
Risk Assessment ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
UK ,
Whistleblowers ,
White Collar Crimes
Recent weeks have seen several notable developments in the UK criminal enforcement landscape...more
5/20/2024
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Compliance ,
Corporate Crimes ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Criminal Liability ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Due Diligence ,
Fraud ,
Law Enforcement ,
Money Laundering ,
National Crime Agency (NCA) ,
New Guidance ,
Popular ,
Risk Assessment ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
Tax Evasion ,
UK
“Stopping financial crime requires a collective effort...we will be more proactive in our supervision. Where we detect harm or UK-wide financial crime vulnerabilities, we will continue to share intelligence with our partners...more
The Director of the UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO), Nick Ephgrave QPM, delivered his maiden public speech on February, 13, 2024, closely followed by visits to key financial centres in the United States to meet with...more
2/28/2024
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Collaboration ,
Corporate Crimes ,
Corporate Transparency Act ,
Corruption ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Financial Crimes ,
Fraud ,
Law Enforcement ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
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