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In this post, we provide a round-up of key recent Russia sanctions developments in the UK and EU, including the findings from the Financial Conduct Authority's...

Corporate Crime Analysis: The Home Office recently published Jonathan Fisher KC's Independent Review of Disclosure Report, ‘Disclosure in the Digital Age'...

This article hopes to provide you with a valuable insight concerning the new Act; and to educate you about the potential pitfalls which could be faced by businesses just like you from April 08.

Fraud directly affects your bottom line profit. With a generous profit margin of 5%, you would need to generate an additional £1m to recover losses from a mere £50,000 fraud.

On 9 May 2018, the UK House of Lords appointed a Select Committee, chaired by Lord Saville of Newdigate, to scrutinise the implementation and enforcement of the UK Bribery Act 2010 ("the Act").

On 19 April 2018 the High Court handed down its judgment in the case R (on the application of AL) v Serious Fraud Office. The Claimant (AL) is a current defendant in criminal proceedings brought by the SFO.

The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (the "Bill"), which is set to introduce, among key reforms, a new failure to prevent fraud offence ("FTP Fraud"), is in the final stages of the Parliamentary process.

As the first anniversary of the Failure to Prevent Fraud offence approaches, organisations must shift from simply implementing compliance frameworks to demonstrating their effectiveness. With the implementation period over, can your fraud prevention procedures withstand regulatory scrutiny and support a reasonable procedures defence?

On 18 August 2025, the UK's Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) announced the updated version of the joint guidance in relation to the prosecution of corporate entities (the "Guidance").

On 1 March 2022, the UK government introduced the long-awaited Economic Crime to Parliament.

This month FSA has published its report considering how commercial insurance brokers tackle the risks of becoming involved in corrupt practices such as bribery.

Competitions can be a great form of below-the-line advertising. But if they are not run properly, or in accordance with the law, then they can badly backfire causing reputational damage and regulatory action as well as financial loss.

Tornado Cash developer Alexey Pertsev was sentenced to 64 months for money laundering. The Dutch court found TC's design inherently facilitated laundering, with Pertsev and co-founders neglecting to prevent its misuse. The ruling raises concerns about liability for DeFi developers.

Welcome to the September edition of Mishcon's Culture vs Corruption Diary. The object of this diary is to provide businesses and their advisors with a snapshot of what is happening in the world of corruption in the last month.

Further to our most recent post on 10 March discussing developments in the UK and EU sanctions landscape in response to the conflict in Ukraine, in this post we cover the UK and EU developments...

It is estimated that fraud costs UK companies over £72billion every year.

BCL Solicitors LLP are delighted to be named in the Global Investigations Review (GIR) top 100 investigations firms 2021 – a guide to the world's leading firms for corporate investigations.