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A recent House of Commons debate on the Criminal Finances Bill included discussion about whether the Crown Dependencies should be forced to create public registries of beneficial ownership information.

We were delighted to support the Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC) at the recent Global Financial Innovation Network (GFIN) AGM. The event provided a practical discussion for regulators on tokenisation and its supervisory implications.

Election fever shouldn't lead businesses to lose sight of their responsibilities under the new Criminal Finances Act 2017.

On 27 April 2017 the latest UK government measure designed to combat offshore tax evasion received Royal Assent. It will shortly be a criminal offence for an institution to fail to prevent...

A renewed focus on corporate behaviour has been one of the hallmarks of the domestic agenda that has emerged in the early weeks and months of Theresa May's tenure as Prime Minister.

While the Panama Papers made headlines about the offshore world, the reality for Jersey was that the work that has been done to carve ourselves a role as a financial services centre...

New legislation designed to strengthen Jersey's capabilities to fight financial crime was introduced last week.

Organisations often have to undertake internal investigations. These can arise in many situations. They can, for example, be to investigate some suspected fraud or wrongdoing that has been uncovered

Baker & Partners invited members of Jersey's financial services industry to discover the implications of the newly passed Criminal Finances Act 2017 at a Breakfast Briefing Event - Prevention Better Than a Cure? with Advocate Simon Thomas on 11th May 2017.

So, who was watching the BBC drama, McMafia? Poor Alex Godman; drawn into the murky world of international crime and (spoiler alert) ending up facilitating money laundering by accepting a subscription ...

The Bribery Act 2010 (‘the Act’) came into force on 1 July 2011.

International financial centres have always been a target of negative media. "Offshore" has become a pejorative term. Concerns regarding the regulatory and legal systems of "offshore" jurisdictions...

It is hard to go a day without someone mentioning the new popular Netflix series 'The Stranger'. One of the mysteries which troubles the audience is the money that has gone missing from the local football club...

Senior Associate Nin Ritchie shares her thoughts on the recent news about the FinCEN leaks.

On 30 June 2021, the Government of Jersey debated, and passed, certain amendments to the Proceeds of Crime (Jersey) Law 1999 (the Law) to amend the current definition of criminal conduct.

The English High Court in The Serious Fraud Office & Anor v Litigation Capital Limited & Ors [2021] EWHC 1272 has held that it is not possible to have a constructive trust over Jersey immovable property.

It has involved collecting over 6 million documents in relation to over 1,000 companies located in complex structures onshore and offshore.

A leading academic has urged policy-makers to stop trying to combat corruption by introducing new rules and instead to spend more time determining the effectiveness of the rules already in place.