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New guidelines from the Sentencing Council for England and Wales published 05 July and coming into force 01 October include longer sentences for those offenders ...

"Under Corruption" – Minimising your exposure to the risks of bribery and corruption within the construction industry

Fraud, whether it is pre-meditated or circumstantial, remains the biggest threat to all factors and invoice discounters

On 11 February 2011, the Home Office released their proposals for reform of the Vetting and Barring Scheme (the ‘VBS') and criminal record regime.

Not all tax fraud results in a criminal investigation and prosecution. HMRC have discretion to offer taxpayers whom they suspect have been involved in deliberate fraud an opportunity to make a full...

The UK is implementing a new mandatory reimbursement regime for authorized push payment (APP) fraud from 7 October 2024. Payment service providers (PSPs) must reimburse victims of APP fraud within 5 business days, covering payments made through the Faster Payment System. The regime applies to consumers, small businesses, and charities, with a reimbursement cap of £415,000 per incident. However, reimbursement may be denied if the victim was grossly negligent, except for vulnerable individuals. Th

The English courts are getting tough on individuals who claim to have no control over trust assets when the reality is very different.

Developments to the UK criminal liability regime for corporates are expected to hit the statute books in 2023, with the introduction of new "failure to prevent" offences.

Nicola Sharp of financial crime specialists Rahman Ravelli believes new US legislation should reduce the chance of similar offending.

I'm sure we have all come across impersonation scams, from text messages to phone calls purporting to be legitimate and well-known brands, usually offering a great dea...

Guatemala, Panama and Venezuela will be scrutinised after being considered potential corruption practitioners.

At last month's C5 International Anti-Corruption Conference, Lorynn Demetriades, Senior Managing Director at Ankura, and Dylan Moses, Partner at K&L Gates gave their perspectives...

The Global Investigations Review recently released their Practitioner's Guide to Global Investigations 2023.

The Global Investigations Review recently released their Practitioner's Guide to Global Investigations 2023. The guide presents an overview of the issues that arise in the life cycle of a corporate investigation.

Joshua Ray of financial crime specialists Rahman Ravelli considers their new approaches.

New identity verification measures for UK company directors and People with Significant Control ("PSC") for UK companies, bringing greater transparency and reliability to the companies register...

A UK woman is handing back a 16th-century painting to the Italian gallery it was stolen from more than half a century ago.

The existing laws on bribery and corruption are complicated and confusing as a result of their piecemeal development over more than 100 years.