As the world watches in horror as the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues to unfold, the UK, as well as its allies and partners, has introduced a number of sanctions and trade restrictions in response. In this Quarterly...more
4/28/2022
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Central Bank of Russia ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
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Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
UK ,
Ukraine
The UK government has widened the scope of its Russia sanctions regulations in anticipation of a Russian invasion of Ukraine. The amendments to the existing Russia sanctions regulations significantly broaden the definition of...more
In the final Quarterly Review of 2021, we reflect on a year that has seen the UK acclimatise to life outside of the EU, whilst, like the rest of the world, contending with the difficulties brought on by the global coronavirus...more
12/15/2021
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Bribery ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Credit Suisse ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Crimes ,
Fraud ,
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) ,
Sanctions ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
UK ,
UK Brexit
On 14 October 2021, the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (“OFSI”) published its annual review for the financial year 2020-2021 (the “Annual Review”). Under the leadership of its new Director, Giles Thomson,...more
During the course of the last three months, there has been a significant focus on the activity of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO). The SFO has achieved its objectives in some instances; see, for example, our article below...more
In our Quarterly Review, we bring you important UK developments relating to business crime, investigations, and regulatory enforcement from the last three months.
With this month marking half a year since the UK left the EU,...more
6/28/2021
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Autonomy ,
Bribery ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Financial Crimes ,
Financial Services Act ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Ministry of Justice ,
Money Laundering ,
National Crime Agency (NCA) ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Sanctions ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
UK ,
UK Brexit
In our Quarterly Review, we bring you important UK developments relating to business crime, investigations, and regulatory enforcement from the last three months.
As the UK gets used to life outside the EU and implements...more
3/29/2021
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Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Corporate Crimes ,
Corruption ,
Criminal Justice Act ,
EU ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Foreign Corporations ,
HMRC ,
Human Rights ,
Money Laundering ,
NCAs ,
Popular ,
Sanctions ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
Travel Ban ,
UK ,
UK Brexit ,
Unexplained Wealth Orders (UWOs)
In our Quarterly Review, we bring you important UK developments relating to business crime, investigations and regulatory enforcement from the last three months.
We commented last month that the scale of the impact of the...more
9/24/2020
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Bribery ,
Corruption ,
DPA ,
Enforcement ,
Espionage ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Fraud ,
Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime ,
HMRC ,
Investigations ,
Money Laundering ,
National Economic Crime Center (NECC) ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Sanctions ,
Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 (SAMLA) ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
UK