Anti-bribery and corruption agencies in the UK, France and Switzerland today announced a shared commitment to tackling international bribery and corruption, by way of a new taskforce intended to strengthen collaboration....more
3/21/2025
/ Anti-Bribery ,
Anti-Corruption ,
Bribery ,
Compliance ,
Corruption ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Enforcement Authority ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
France ,
International Trade ,
Penalties ,
Switzerland ,
UK ,
White Collar Crimes
Companies House has been granted new powers to crack down on fraud, but whether it has the resources to take advantage of these and properly clean up the register of companies is questionable.
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Combatting financial crime continues to be a key supervisory and enforcement priority for the FCA. The importance of this area was reiterated by the FCA’s February 2024 newsletter - Market Watch 77 - which sets out...more
The UK Government yesterday introduced a new corporate “failure to prevent fraud” offence into draft legislation, the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (“the Bill”).
This is a significant development in UK...more
4/13/2023
/ Companies Act ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Crimes ,
Corporate Transparency Act ,
Enforcement ,
Financial Crimes ,
Fraud ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
UK ,
White Collar Crimes