Serious Fraud Office (SFO) Director Nick Ephgrave has consistently touted the benefits of offering financial rewards to whistleblowers. With the FCA also considering its position on financial incentivisation, and a supportive...more
8/8/2024
/ Cartels ,
CFTC ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
HMRC ,
IRS ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Retaliation ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
UK ,
UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) ,
Whistleblower Awards ,
Whistleblowers ,
White Collar Crimes
2023 has been a year of change at the SFO with a new Director, enhanced investigatory powers and new statutory regime that will make it easier to prosecute corporate criminal offenders. Dropped investigations and acquittals...more
On 9 December, to mark International Anti-Corruption Day, the OECD launched the snappily-named 2021 Recommendation for Further Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions (“the...more
12/21/2021
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Bribery ,
Corruption ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Enforcement ,
Foreign Official ,
Government Investigations ,
International Standards ,
OECD ,
Public Procurement Policies ,
Supply Chain ,
UK ,
White Collar Crimes
The year 2019 has been something of a mixed bag for the UK’s criminal and regulatory authorities. While the Serious Fraud Office (“SFO”) and Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) appear to have taken involuntary sabbaticals...more
12/23/2019
/ Alstom ,
Bribery ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corruption ,
Criminal Conspiracy ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Enforcement Statistics ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Forfeiture ,
Freezing Order ,
GlaxoSmithKline ,
Insider Trading ,
Rolls-Royce ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
Tesco ,
UK ,
UK Criminal Finances Act 2017 ,
Unexplained Wealth Orders (UWOs) ,
White Collar Crimes