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SFO expands its collaborative remit

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The Serious Fraud Office ("SFO") is in a robust, and collaborative, mood. Three months after jointly announcing the formation of a new International Anti-Corruption Prosecutorial Taskforce (the "Taskforce"), the UK's premier...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending May 24, 2025

Welcome to 10 For 10, the podcast that brings you the week’s Top 10 compliance stories in one podcast each week. Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you the compliance professional and the compliance stories you need to...more

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How the Serious Fraud Office's Ambitious Five-Year Strategy Will Impact Businesses

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The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) recently published its new five-year strategy for 2024-2029 (the Strategy), setting out its ambitious aspirations to become a “pre-eminent specialist, innovative and collaborative agency which...more

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Confronting and Mitigating Against Corruption

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Construction is a $1.7 trillion industry worldwide, contributing between 5 and 7 percent of GDP in most countries. However, it is also an industry that is highly vulnerable to corruption due to its inherent characteristics....more

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‘One eye across the Atlantic’ - The UK SFO Director’s Maiden Speech and Recent Visits to the United States Underscore the...

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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

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New SFO Director promises a bolder, more pragmatic approach to the fight against economic crime

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On 13 February 2024, Nick Ephgrave gave his first public speech as Director of the Serious Fraud Office, to a packed room of white collar lawyers and press at the Royal United Services Institute. The new Director was bold and...more

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New SFO Pre-Investigation Powers Come into Force

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On 15 January 2024, legislation came into force that enhances the Serious Fraud Office’s (SFO) compulsory information-gathering powers and streamlines the investigative process whilst imposing fresh obligations on companies...more

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Measures Against Russia (Only)? UK Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022

Rushed through the Parliament in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the new Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act (the “Act”) received Royal Assent on 15 March 2022....more

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FCA Announces Second-Largest Fine for Financial Crime Failings

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On 21 October 2021, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) announced that it had fined Credit Suisse (the “Bank”) £147,190,200 for “serious financial crime due diligence failings” in connection with loans that the Bank...more

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U.K. Court Strikes Down “Unexplained Wealth Orders” By Parsing Facts and Making Value Judgments About Meaning of Corporate...

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A Court Ruling that May Resonate Across the Globe - The High Court in London recently struck down three “Unexplained Wealth Orders” that U.K. law enforcement had hoped would foil an alleged money laundering scheme by...more

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The New UK Anti-Money Laundering Regulations: How Will The Art World Be Impacted?

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On 10 January 2020 the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (the “2019 Regulations”) came into force in the UK, implementing the EU’s fifth Money Laundering Directive (“MLD5”) and amending the...more

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UK “Outsourcing Corporate Financial Crime Enforcement to the US”, Claims Corruption Watch

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Corruption Watch UK has claimed that “a company committing economic crime in the US is far more likely to be hit with criminal, civil and regulatory penalties than one in the UK.” In a hard-hitting report published on 5 March...more

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Allen & Overy's weekly update on Key Regulatory Topics - 16 March 2018 - 22 March 2018

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BREXIT - ESMA publishes speech on supervisory convergence post Brexit - On 21 March, ESMA published a speech by Steven Maijoor, ESMA Chair, on supervisory convergence in the context of Brexit, transaction cost...more

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New Year, New Focus on Enforcement: The U.K. Strengthens Anti-Bribery and Corruption Enforcement

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U.K. regulators have started 2015 with a bang, promising increased cooperation among regulatory agencies, and tougher enforcement of financial crimes, with an emphasis on anti-bribery and corruption efforts....more

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