“Stopping financial crime requires a collective effort...we will be more proactive in our supervision. Where we detect harm or UK-wide financial crime vulnerabilities, we will continue to share intelligence with our partners...more
The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) has updated its ‘enforcement and monetary penalties for breaches of financial sanctions’ guidance, which was last updated in June 2022. ...more
3/23/2023
/ Business Ownership ,
Change of Ownership ,
Compliance ,
Control Test ,
Due Diligence ,
Economic Sanctions ,
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Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Guidance Update ,
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) ,
Penalties ,
Strict Liability ,
UK
On 10 June 2022, the Law Commission published its long-awaited options paper on Corporate Criminal Liability (“the Paper”). The Paper discussed a “failure to prevent money laundering offence” (the “FTPML Offence”), but did...more
Ten years have passed since the introduction of the UK’s primary anti-corruption law, the Bribery Act 2010 (“the Act”). This article examines the extent to which the Act has lived up to its billing as the international “gold...more
5/25/2021
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Chief Compliance Officers ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Criminal Liability ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Cross-Border ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Enforcement ,
FOIA ,
Internal Controls ,
Jurisdiction ,
Law Enforcement ,
OECD ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
UK ,
UK Bribery Act
On 13 October 2020 Transparency International (TI) published its annual report on enforcement of foreign bribery (the Report). The Report analyses foreign bribery enforcement in 43 of the 44 signatories to the Organisation on...more