The SFO faced a challenging 2019, with some high-profile acquittals, dropped investigations and new cases which were widely perceived as relatively underwhelming. We look back at the last 12 months, and set out what might be...more
1/8/2020
/ Acquittals ,
Barclays ,
Civil Liability ,
Corporate Crimes ,
Corporate Executives ,
Corruption ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Evidentiary Standards ,
Fraud ,
National Crime Agency (NCA) ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
UK
The Law Commission has published its much anticipated report on reform of the UK's anti-money laundering and terrorism financing regime, and in particular of the system of suspicious activity reports ("SARs"). The proposed...more
6/20/2019
/ Amended Rules ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Commingling ,
Corporate Crimes ,
Criminal Liability ,
Financial Institutions ,
Money Laundering ,
National Crime Agency (NCA) ,
Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA) ,
Ring-Fencing ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) ,
Terrorist Financing Regulations ,
UK