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Jul 25, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Claire Lipworth |Liam Naidoo |Olga Tocewicz
On 27 June 2024, the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in World Uyghur Congress v National Crime Agency [2024] EWCA Civ 715.
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May 8, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Liam Naidoo |Olga Tocewicz |Reuben Vandercruyssen
The Strategy can be found here. It sets out a mission to “find complex financial crime, deliver justice for victims and protect the UK’s reputation as a safe place to do business”. The renewed focus on victims builds on the new Director Nick Ephgrave’s comments in his RUSI speech in February 2024, in which he said that he had a “visceral reaction” whenever he reads a victim statement in relation to the harm caused by financial crime.
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May 8, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Liam Naidoo |Olga Tocewicz |Reuben Vandercruyssen
On 18 April 2024, the SFO announced that it had launched its Strategy 2024-2029, setting out its direction, values, approach and goals over the next five years. A bold, victims-centred approachThe Strategy can be found here. It sets out a mission to “find complex financial crime, deliver justice for victims and protect the UK’s reputation as a safe place to do business”.
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Feb 22, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Liam Naidoo |Kevin O'Connor |Olga Tocewicz
[co-author: Sarah Tayara]The Environment Agency has launched a new Economic Crime Unit to enhance its fight against financial crimes in the waste management sector. This move aims to bolster the agency's capabilities in conducting financial investigations and tackling money laundering.
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Feb 22, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Liam Naidoo |Kevin O'Connor |Olga Tocewicz
The Environment Agency has launched a new Economic Crime Unit to enhance its fight against financial crimes in the waste management sector. This move aims to bolster the agency's capabilities in conducting financial investigations and tackling money laundering.
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Dec 6, 2023 | 
jdsupra.com | Claire Lipworth |Liam Naidoo |Olga Tocewicz
December 6, 2023 Claire Lipworth, Liam Naidoo, Olga Tocewicz Hogan Lovells + Follow x Following x Following - Unfollow Contact To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: It’s certainly true that the UK criminal authorities have been crying out for a shot in the arm in the form of legislative reform, but will changing the law really help the Serious Fraud Office ("SFO") achieve more corporate convictions? We look here at the reforms and what they mean for UK companies. This...
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Dec 6, 2023 | 
lexology.com | Olga Tocewicz |Liam Naidoo |Claire Lipworth
It’s certainly true that the UK criminal authorities have been crying out for a shot in the arm in the form of legislative reform, but will changing the law really help the Serious Fraud Office ("SFO") achieve more corporate convictions? We look here at the reforms and what they mean for UK companies. This is third in the series of our articles looking at the impact of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act.
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Nov 30, 2023 | 
jdsupra.com | Claire Lipworth |Liam Naidoo |Olga Tocewicz
It's fair to say that the UK has been a relatively benign environment for some time with respect to the enforcement of corporate crime. While there have been some very prominent settlements involving household names for bribery and fraud, the consensus is that criminal enforcement authorities have failed to crack down on serious fraud and corruption committed by corporates and their executives.
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Nov 29, 2023 | 
lexology.com | Olga Tocewicz |Liam Naidoo |Claire Lipworth
Companies operating in the UK – whether incorporated in the UK or simply carrying on a business in the UK are entering into a period of significant change in the way corporate crime is going to be investigated and prosecuted. It's fair to say that the UK has been a relatively benign environment for some time with respect to the enforcement of corporate crime.
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Oct 31, 2023 | 
lexology.com | Daniela Vella |Claire Lipworth |Olga Tocewicz |Liam Naidoo
On 26 October 2023, the UK Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (the “Act”) received Royal Assent, introducing into UK law the long-awaited corporate “failure to prevent fraud” offence. The Act has had an eventful journey through parliament, generating much debate between the House of Commons and House of Lords, particularly as to the size of organisation to be in scope of the new corporate offence.
