BCL's Serena O'Dea discusses the House of Commons' Treasury Select Committee report, entitled ‘Economic Crime – Anti-Money Laundering Supervision and Sanctions Implementation' ...

The UK Government has introduced significant changes to reporting obligations for "Relevant firms" via the Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No 2) Regulations 2024 ("Amending Regulations").

The initial shockwaves of the COVID-19 pandemic, declared in March, prompted authorities across Europe and in America to take urgent steps to protect consumers.

John Binns discusses the recent headlines that have focused on whether the UK Government's new sanctions regime is doing enough to tackle 'dirty' money from Russia.

BCL's Alex Swan and Richard Sallybanks‘ article ‘Another false dawn for UK criminal cartel enforcement?‘ has been published by Fraud Intelligence...

Greater incentives are now available for businesses which report wrongdoing in the US, write Anoushka Warlow and Suzanne Gallagher. But at what price for the individuals?

Are targeted sanctions a good tool to tackle international corruption? The UK would appear to think so, having introduced a new set of regulations under its post-Brexit sanctions framework.

Richard Sallybanks and Jonathan Flynn look at the considerations which can arise when entering into co-operation agreements under the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005.

In a speech at the Royal United Services Institute last week, the Director of the Serious Fraud Office, Lisa Osofsky, revealed a list of measures that would, in her view, help to improve the SFO's crime-fighting capabilities.

BCL partners Michael Drury and John Binns‘ Joint article titled ‘What is the future for the UK's Unexplained Wealth Orders?' has been published by FinCrime Report.

At the eleventh hour, the European Union and the United Kingdom have signed an agreement that, among other things, continues cooperation on financial crime.

The UK government has introduced significant changes to sanctions law and enforcement, including expanded measures targeting Russia, Iran, and global sanctions-evasion networks. Recent developments include new designations, licensing reforms, and enhanced compliance guidance affecting businesses operating in sanctioned jurisdictions.

In any cross-border investigation, invariably suspects will be located in different jurisdictions or subject to investigations by authorities from different jurisdictions, or both.

Such is the pace of the modern media cycle that the 2019 signing of the UKUS Bilateral Data Sharing Agreement by Home Secretary Priti Patel and the then US Attorney General William Barr seems a distant memory.

How does the UK feel about cannabis in 2023? There are a few answers to this question, depending on the perspective of those questioned.

BCL associate Daniel Jackson‘s article reviewing the sentencing guideline for offenders with mental disorders, developmental disorders or neurological impairments has been published...

Harry Travers, Greg Mailer and Umar Azmeh review HMRC's approach and argue that its failure to produce meaningful statistics should not mask the fact that it is criminally prosecuting low-hanging fruit.

Bishop Climate Wiseman of Kingdom Church recently appeared at Inner London Crown Court on fraud charges following a Trading Standards investigation by Southwark Council.

On 10 January 2025, INTERPOL issued its first ‘Silver Notice'. The Silver Notice is a new tool designed to assist with the identification and recovery of assets linked to criminal activity.

In its first review of the UK's security capabilities both at home and abroad since 2015, the Government in its ‘Integrated Review' (IR) sets out its policy agenda in respect of security, defence and foreign policy for the next four years to 2025.