Peters & Peters has secured the deletion of all data relating to two Russian clients from INTERPOL’s systems. Our clients are the subject of politically motivated criminal proceedings in the Russian Federation, as a result of which the Russian authorities issued a diffusion for their arrest and extradition. Anticipating that the Russian authorities would take […]
In a case in the Queen’s Bench Division advanced by the Claimant against 11 different defendants, with a total value exceeding US$11 million, Peters & Peters secured the discontinuance of the claim against our client, the ninth defendant. The Claimant has obtained judgement against all other defendants. Peters & Peters however put forward a robust […]
On 5th March, the FCA published its first discussion paper of 2020, entitled ‘Transforming culture in financial services – driving purposeful cultures’ (‘DP20/1’). The FCA’s posturing in the area is important – the regulator has oversight over a large and diverse population of financial services firms, with its reach set to be extended further from […]
Following the Berlin conference on Libya, attention has been focused on how to enforce breaches of the UN’s sanctions. Partner Anna Bradshaw is quoted by CNSNews.com commenting on proposals to sanction violators of the UN’s arms embargo. Read more
In an analysis by The Wall Street Journal into how Brexit might result in more complexity for sanctions compliance, Partner Anna Bradshaw comments on the ‘Magnitsky sanctions’ expected to be introduced imminently in the UK. Read more
The 2015 Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) bribery scandal has all the hallmarks of a Shakespearian melodrama: money, deceit and the meteoric fall of the villain – former FIFA president Sepp Blatter (who has not been charged by US authorities and maintains his innocence of any wrongdoing). A decade on from the initial investigation, […]
A Financial Times Special Report on sanctions includes quotes by Partner Anna Bradshaw on the difficulties arising for companies as a result of the US withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on Iran and the European Union’s retaliatory blocking regulation. Read more
On Wednesday 24 June 2020 , Partner Anna Bradshaw will be participating in a panel discussion on ‘Spotlight on Russia: the proposed new regime for dealing with Russian entities’ (Webinar Five). Sanctions Regulation and Compliance is an eight part webinar programme for financial crime and sanctions professionals offered by City & Financial Global. Details on […]
The most recent Crime Survey of England and Wales estimated that there were 3.8 million incidents of fraud between March 2018 to March 2019, an increase of 17% from the previous year. Why, then, did prosecutions for white-collar crime fall to a five-year low, according to a recent study by Thomson Reuters? The answer is […]
The comfort of a pleasant daily walk and a Netflix binge for solace has become the new normal in the midst of the Covid pandemic. Whilst some of us have been distracted by settling into the new TV series (or seven) others have been left wanting. One quintessentially British aspect of normal life has been […]
