Orla Fox

2 months ago | lexology.com | Orla Fox |Jonathan Cotton |Ewan Brown

Welcome to Slaughter and May’s February edition of the Global Investigations Bulletin, a digest of key developments and recent news in global investigations and enforcement. In this edition we look at evolving themes in FCA enforcement and offer insights into what we expect in 2025. We also cover recent news and provide key horizon scanning updates.

Jul 25, 2024 | lexology.com | Jonathan Cotton |Ewan Brown |Ella Williams |Orla Fox

The Court of Appeal in R (World Uyghur Congress) v NCA has found that the NCA’s decision not to open a money laundering investigation into the trade of cotton in the UK from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China (XUAR), was unlawful. Implications for companiesImportantly, the judgment disagreed with a widely held interpretation of the money laundering offences in the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA).