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Closer than ever - AI in analytics
Second-guessing where fraudsters might strike next has long been a hit and miss affair but armed with artificial intelligence, better can be expected of predictive analytics, finds Keith Nuthall, in Ottawa; Peter Taberner, who writes from Leicester, UK: and Brenda Dionisi, based in Milan.
Online Published Date:
14 January 2026
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February/March 2026 - 02 February 2026
HSBC pays €267.5m in France to end dividend tax case
Global bank HSBC has agreed to pay €267.5 million (US$331.6 million) to the French treasury to settle a long-running case of alleged dividend tax payment fraud, Pascal Prache, the lead prosecutor at the National Financial Prosecutor's Office (Parquet National Financier - PNF), has said.
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15 January 2026
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February/March 2026 - 02 February 2026
Privilege redefined: lessons from recent case law
A pair of judgments abolishing the 'shareholder rule' mean shareholders face greater difficulties in accessing documents that could be helpful to their case, while another decision has boosted certainty around litigation privilege for administrators - particularly where an administration has arisen out of financial mismanagement or fraud. Helen Biggin of Vedder Price highlights significant changes to English privilege rules affecting investigations, legal proceedings and settlement discussions.
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15 January 2026
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February/March 2026 - 02 February 2026
EU currents - ex foreign policy head questioned over academy tender
A former High Representative of the European Union (EU) for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy is facing possible fraud charges after his arrest in Belgium over alleged breaches of Belgian public procurement laws.
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15 January 2026
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February/March 2026 - 02 February 2026
Write thinking - AI for forensic linguistics
Is a machine able to identify an author more accurately than a human forensic linguist? Keith Nuthall and Andreia Nogueira test the evidence.
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20 January 2026
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February/March 2026 - 02 February 2026
Disquiet as UK SFO director steps down over two years early
The shock early retirement of Nick Ephgrave as director of the UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO), on 15 January, two years before his term of office was due to end in 2028 has raised concerns about the future of the often-criticised agency he leads.
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23 January 2026
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February/March 2026 - 02 February 2026
UK revamps fraud reporting & announces national police service
The City of London Police, the UK's lead force for fraud, has launched Report Fraud, a national service intended to modernise how individuals and businesses report fraud and cybercrime in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
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30 January 2026
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February/March 2026 - 02 February 2026
UK's defence ministry loses UK£millions to fraud, amidst listless controls
Britain's ministry of defence (MoD) has a woeful record in fighting fraud within its UK£60.2 billion (USD82.3 million) annual spending, notably the UK£40 billion (US$54.7 billion) procurement budget.
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03 February 2026
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February/March 2026 - 02 February 2026
Fraud levels stable overall but bank and credit card offences up - England & Wales survey
Bank and credit card account fraud rose 19% year-on-year in the UK in the 12 months to September 2025, while overall fraud levels remained stable, according to new Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) data.
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05 February 2026
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February/March 2026 - 02 February 2026
Turks & Caicos past premier convicted of bribery after trials over 10 years
The former Premier of the Turks & Caicos Islands and two co-defendants have been found guilty on a string of corruption charges, bringing a decade-long case to a close.
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11 February 2026
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February/March 2026 - 02 February 2026
Deepfake-enabled fraud is now "default business model", finds AI incident logger
Deepfake-enabled fraud using images generated by artificial intelligence (AI) is now a "default business model", according to the latest report from the AI Incident Database (AIID), a US-based information resource.
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12 February 2026
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February/March 2026 - 02 February 2026
Public sector corruption perceptions worsen in global trend - TI survey
World leaders are failing to act against corruption according to the findings of Transparency International's latest Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI). The annual CPI survey scores 182 countries around the world by perceived levels of public sector corruption on a scale from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean).
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19 February 2026
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February/March 2026 - 02 February 2026
Navigating bribery and corruption allegations in arbitration
Allegations of criminality during an international arbitration may be either real or tactical, so there are arguments both for lowering and raising the bar for proving such claims. Dr Vlad Meerovich of Peters & Peters discusses the challenges and a new best-practice guide for arbitral tribunals handling corruption allegations.
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24 February 2026
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February/March 2026 - 02 February 2026
US Treasury launches whistleblower website for financial crime tip-offs
The US Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has created a new dedicated whistleblower webpage for confidential tip-offs about fraud, money laundering, and sanctions violations.
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25 February 2026
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February/March 2026 - 02 February 2026
CaaS gains traction
As a proliferation of threat actors promote their illicit services on the dark web, government agencies and security experts are warning that cyber-attacks, extortion and other types of digital fraud are becoming easier to facilitate without..
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28 February 2026
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February/March 2026 - 02 February 2026