Fraud now accounts for 40% of all crime and, in May, the government published its national fraud strategy – the latest official document attempting to address this epidemic. The ambition is for fraud to be reduced by 10% by December 2024 on 2019 levels, by “tackling fraudsters head on, protecting the British people’s hard-earned cash […]
Our client, a young woman with no previous convictions, has today had proceedings discontinued against her for allegedly possessing a false identity document, without reasonable excuse. Our client, a dual national, was accused of being in possession of a false passport at Heathrow airport, where she was attempting to board a flight for a […]
Lev Khasis, the former First Deputy Chairman of PJSC Sberbank, was removed from the UK’s Russia sanctions list today, after a request for ministerial review was submitted by Peters & Peters to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. Mr Khasis had resigned his position at Sberbank before Russia invaded Ukraine. He was listed […]
The Attorney General, Victoria Prentis KC MP, has announced that former senior police officer Nick Ephgrave QPM will be the next director at the Serious Fraud Office (SFO). Ephgrave was assistant commissioner of the Metropolitan Police in charge of frontline policing between 2019 and 2022 and, before this, he was the Chief Constable for Surrey […]
Earlier this week, American actor Kevin Spacey first appeared for trial in London’s Southwark Crown Court over multiple allegations of sexual assault. The former artistic director of the Old Vic theatre is accused of sexually assaulting four men in England between 2001 and 2013. He has already pleaded not guilty to the charges. Anna Bradshaw […]
UK law enforcers are often envious of their US counterparts and the tools that the latter have at their disposal to investigate, regulate and deter financial crime and misconduct. However, there is one mechanism that UK regulators and legislators seem less than enthusiastic about adopting, namely whistleblower awards. In Business Reporter, Neil Swift makes the […]
Join us and Arbitration Lab for the opening lecture of the London Summer Arbitration School, which will be delivered online by Prof Matthew Happold from the University of Luxembourg. The lecture will examine: – how arbitral proceedings and domestic criminal processes can interact; – how parties to arbitrations have attempted to use domestic criminal […]
ISO 31030 was published in 2021 and is the world’s first truly global benchmark for travel risk management. Providing a framework of good practice, it is an important document for corporates, which would do well to understand the implications and complications arising from travel risk when sending their employees abroad for work. This infographic summarises […]
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined ED&F Man Capital Markets Ltd (MCM) over £17.2 million ‘for serious failings in its oversight of cum-ex trading’. The FCA said that these failings allowed the broker to collect fees for trading strategies designed to enable clients to reclaim tax illegitimately from the Danish authorities. According to the […]
Head of International Keith Oliver and Legal Researcher Caroline Timoney have recently been published in CDR: Essential Intelligence – Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery 2023. Their chapter, an overview of the latest in the regulatory landscape in England & Wales, provides expertise for practitioners and laypersons alike as it explores the current legal framework underpinning […]
