12/10/2025 7:28:12 PM Bribery Act 2010: 10 years in numbers By James Reid 10 years after it received royal assent, a recent freedom of information request has shed some light on the consequences of the Bribery...
12/10/2025 7:25:44 PM Practical anti-corruption advice published for investors By Helen Harvey On 21 May 2020, the International Corporate Governance Network published updated Guidance on Anti-Corruption Practices (the Guidance)....
12/10/2025 7:03:24 PM Conviction and collapse: a mixed week for the SFO By Lorna Emson James Reid On Wednesday the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) announced that it had secured a corporate conviction against GPT Special Project Management...
12/10/2025 6:55:20 PM A prosecutor’s dozen: the SFO announce 11th and 12th DPAs By Macfarlanes The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has entered into two new deferred prosecution agreement (DPAs), taking the total number entered into to 12...
12/10/2025 6:41:39 PM The Economic Crime Bill: reform is coming By Macfarlanes We recently commented on a fortnight of fast-paced developments in the economic crime space. As we observed, it appears that (despite...
12/10/2025 6:40:08 PM Economic Crime Bill to be fast-tracked this week: transparency reform, UWO changes and new sanctions legislation By Lorna Emson Francis Bond Prompted by the crisis in Ukraine, the UK Government has announced that it will bring forward the Economic Crime Bill. It has also...
12/10/2025 6:25:17 PM New Economic Crime Bill: another stab at the £100bn dirty money problem By Lorna Emson Helen Harvey Matthew Pimley On 22 September, the UK Government introduced the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (the Bill). The Bill, the second...
12/10/2025 6:10:31 PM Wolfsberg Group’s updated guidance on Anti-Bribery and Corruption Compliance Programmes By Helen Harvey Jennifer Shelley The Wolfsberg Group published its new guidance on Anti-Bribery and Corruption (ABC) Compliance Programmes on 17 April (the Guidance),...
12/10/2025 5:39:43 PM The International Anti-Corruption Prosecutorial Taskforce – capitalising on America’s stutter? By Dev Patel Brian Spiro Lorna Emson In a significant move to combat international bribery and corruption, UK’s SFO has announced the formation of an anti-bribery taskforce...
10/30/2020 12:00:00 AM Taking flight: The SFO secures its ninth DPA By Macfarlanes The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has agreed its ninth deferred prosecution agreement (DPA), which has now received approval in the Crown...
6/30/2020 12:00:00 AM More time needed: SFO granted another extension to seize London properties By James Reid Last Friday the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) was granted a further extension in its attempt to seize UK properties and cash worth...
1/28/2020 12:00:00 AM The Magnificent Seven? The SFO agrees in principle to a DPA with Airbus By Macfarlanes It is being reported that Airbus has agreed in principle to a deal with regulators in the UK, US and France to end long-running...