On 6 November 2024, the UK Government published the much-anticipated guidance on the new corporate offence of failure to prevent fraud (the “Guidance”). The failure to prevent fraud offence forms part of a huge shift in the...more
INTRODUCTION - On 26 October 2023, the UK Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (the "Act") received royal assent and became law. The Act introduces a new strict liability corporate criminal offence of failure...more
Headlines - •The UK government has published its guidance on the new Failure to Prevent Fraud offence which will come into effect on 1 September 2025. •Similar to the UK Bribery Act, the provisions introduced by the Economic...more
Australia has a zero-tolerance approach to corruption, and this policy knows no border or nationality. Bribery or attempts to bribe foreign public officials are considered severe crimes, as mentioned in division 70 of the...more
An amendment to the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (the Bill) has brought in the offense of failure to prevent fraud (Offense). Under the new Offense, an organization will be liable where a specified fraud...more
On 11 April 2023, the UK Government announced the introduction of a new corporate “failure to prevent fraud” offence, which will be brought into legislation through the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (the...more
Introduction - As part of a global crackdown on tax evasion, the Criminal Finances Act 2017 (the Act) introduced a new offence. From 30 September 2017, an organisation commits a criminal offence if an employee or...more
As mentioned in our July 2017 edition of UK Tax Round Up, the UK has enacted a new corporate criminal offence of failing to prevent the facilitation of tax evasion. The law comes into effect on 30th September 2017, and...more