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The European Union's anti-fraud office OLAF wants to see the recovery of more than €500 million of EU funds that were lost to fraud last year.

Money that the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has collected from deferred prosecution agreements would cover its running costs four times over.

The US Department of Justice is to distribute a further $92 million to FIFA and other football confederations to compensate them for corruption linked to the sport.

Companies need to take swift action to ensure adequate procedures to prevent and detect bribery. For many years the US has led the way in investigating corruption through the Foreign and Corrupt Practices Act.

The present crisis in the economy triggers financial problems for individuals across the board. All forms of investment fraud are rising fast whilst cryptocurrency is rapidly gaining...

The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) published its report on the UK’s implementation and application of the OECD convention on combating the bribery of foreign public officials on 30 March 2012.

The past decade has seen an increased use of virtual private networks, cryptocurrencies, whistleblowing, targeted marketing, trolling and online scams – all made possible by a perceived online anonymity.

It is a well established principle that a company has a separate legal personality from its members.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has been asked to explain why it took five years to prosecute NatWest for money laundering failings relating to £365 million that was paid into one client's

With fraud allegations engulfing Patisserie Valerie, Nicola Sharp of business crime solicitors Rahman Ravelli emphasises the importance of preventing fraud and investigating any suspicions of it.

On Tuesday 13 February 2024, the new Serious Fraud Office (SFO) Director Nick Ephgrave QPM, gave his first official speech at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)...

A landmark criminal case involving the first prosecution under section 4B of the Public Order Act 1986 for sex-based harassment, where strategic legal representation and the discovery of undiagnosed autism played crucial roles in securing a non-custodial sentence. The case demonstrates how thorough client assessment and expert psychiatric evaluation can significantly impact sentencing outcomes in high-profile prosecutions.

Are proposed changes to the criminal cartel offence a good thing? BIS published a consultation paper on 16 March 2011 containing its proposals for amending the criminal cartel offence introduced by the Enterprise Act 2003.

It was announced today that the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has reached a Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) with Airline Services Limited (ASL).

The UK Serious Fraud Office ("SFO") has recently obtained convictions against four individuals who received corrupt payments in return for the disclosure of confidential procurement information relating to the award of £66 million offshore oil and gas engineering contracts in Iran, Egypt, Russia, Singapore and Abu Dhabi.

The fight for justice for a loved one who dies or disappears under suspicious circumstances whilst abroad can be a rocky road.

The Supreme Court today held the Eighth Amendment's Excessive Fines Clause applies to the states. A wide variety of groups from the American Civil Liberties Union to the Chamber of Commerce of the United States supported the result.

A judgment of the Supreme Court on 23 January has confirmed why all clients are best served by phoning their lawyers first rather than their accountant whenever they suspect fraud or financial mismanagement in their business.