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At the end of January 2020, the UK courts convicted an individual of failing to comply with the terms of a “Section 2 Notice” issued...

The UK Gambling Commission has issued a record £13m fine against Caesars Entertainment (Caesars) for a series of money laundering and...

The UK’s top law-enforcement agencies have warned that companies could face increased cybercrime and fraud as a result of the Covid-19...

10 years after it received royal assent, a recent freedom of information request has shed some light on the consequences of the Bribery...

The surge in Covid-19 related financial crime necessitates an urgent international response, a leading banking association has said. We...

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC), the audit watchdog, has announced that it is dropping its investigation into several Tesco...

On Wednesday the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) announced that it had used its first listed asset order (LAO) to seize £500,000 of jewellery,...

On 9 October, the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) released its annual review for the financial year ending 2020,...

The Law Commission will begin a review of the UK’s corporate criminal liability legislation, after the Government instructed the body to...

The UK Government has published its third National Risk Assessment of money laundering and terrorist financing (NRA). This should be of...

On Monday the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) released its review of consumer investments data for 2020 (the Review). In the Review the...

On Wednesday the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) announced that it had secured a corporate conviction against GPT Special Project Management...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a Primary Market Technical Note to give further guidance for cannabis-related...

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has entered into two new deferred prosecution agreement (DPAs), taking the total number entered into to 12...

The US Department of Justice (DoJ) is preparing for an imminent crackdown on corporate crime, warning companies that they must get their...

The recent Upper Tribunal (UT) case of Dunsby v HMRC [2021] UKUT 0289 (TCC) has raised again the issues that parties face when appealing...