All Money laundering and financial crime articles – Page 13
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NewsSRA joins new taskforce to rid UK of 'dirty money' reputation
Home Office and Treasury say taskforce will scrutinise performance in dealing with economic crime. But lawyers remain sceptical.
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FeatureRisks to look out for in 2019
Challenges in GDPR, anti-money laundering, claims and insurance, and professional regulation lie in the year ahead.
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NewsCPS ‘bizarrely’ opted for conviction over deferred prosecution in bribery case
Skansen Interiors was first business convicted under ‘failure to prevent’ legislation.
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FeatureWell-known tools can be adapted to fight new forms of fraud
A combination of modified legal weapons and various innovative service methods made for a groundbreaking judgment in a banking fraud case earlier this year.
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OpinionMoney laundering and terror finance – are you asking the right questions?
It is time to refresh your firm-wide risk assessment
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NewsGovernment called on to extend ‘failure to prevent’
Sir Brian Leveson and Lisa Osofsky tell peers all-encompassing act would be in the public interest and help a ‘hamstrung’ SFO
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News'Enabler' prosecutions on the way, AML minister tells solicitors
Ben Wallace MP promises reform of suspicious activity reporting regime.
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NewsGovernment targets law firm 'facilitators' profiting from dirty money
Minister will set out plans for new multi-agency national economic crime centre.
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NewsENRC demands judicial review of SFO probe
Document claims fraud busting agency liable for series of faults.
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NewsHigh Court dismisses 'unexplained wealth' challenge
Court dismisses challenge to order but privacy ruling will remain in place for now.
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NewsSFO will not appeal ENRC privilege ruling
First major public decision of Lisa Osofsky in her role as director of fraudbusting agency.
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NewsSolicitors attack latest 'professional enablers' slur
National Crime Agency says it expects lawyers to file many more suspicious activity reports.
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OpinionPrivilege and ENRC: some highlights
A few paragraphs from a landmark Court of Appeal judgment may provoke debate.
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NewsNew SFO chief vows to 'reach out' to solicitors and calms independence fears
Lisa Osofsky offered a collegiate vision in her first speech as director of the Serious Fraud Office.
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OpinionAML regime is not fit for purpose
Laundered money has continued to pour into the UK in damagingly large quantities. Time for an utterly fresh approach.
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Firms on notice after record reports of links to dodgy investment schemes
Solicitors Regulation Authority says solicitors cannot afford to be complacent about the risks they face.
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NewsSARS regime overwhelmed by low-level 'noise'
Law Commission says ‘noise’ of low-level suspicious activity reports distracts attention from serious or urgent cases.
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NewsOpen justice under threat for economic crime, warns damning report
Open justice is under threat in economic crime due to the way court lists operate, the difficulty of obtaining court documents and the number of hearings now being conducted in private, an anti-corruption non-government organisation (NGO) warns today. A report by Corruption Watch says the lack of transparency in the ...
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News'State-of-the-art' City court to be built from scratch
New facility off Fleet Street will handle white-collar crime cases.