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Italian court acquits Eni and Shell in Nigerian corruption case
By Sara Lewis
Online Published Date:
25 March 2021
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June/July 2021 - 25 March 2021
Tatneft highlights hazards of short limitation periods
Leigh Crestohl is a partner at law firm Zaiwalla & Co (https://zaiwalla.co.uk ) where he advises across a broad range of commercial disputes.
Online Published Date:
26 March 2021
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June/July 2021 - 25 March 2021
Banks want new law to force big tech action against online fraud
By Sara Lewis
Online Published Date:
03 April 2021
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June/July 2021 - 25 March 2021
UK prosecutors unveil plans to combat rise in economic crime
BySara Lewis
Online Published Date:
09 April 2021
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June/July 2021 - 25 March 2021
Traction engines – big data analytics
Covid-19 has accelerated online fraud – as if it needed any boost – prompting further investment in number-crunching at scale to spot the ‘e for egregious’ in e-commerce. Sarah Gibbons reports.The surge in e-commerce in the past year driven by the..
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11 April 2021
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June/July 2021 - 25 March 2021
Evidence care – data collection, internal investigation
Employers who fear they are being fleeced by a corrupt insider, perhaps colluding with an external hacker, even as they seek to investigate must ensure they don’t fall foul of data and privacy protection laws and regulations: breaches can undermine..
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12 April 2021
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June/July 2021 - 25 March 2021
Future intent – CPS versus economic crime
Laura Dunseath (+44 (0)20 7919 0712, lauradunseath@eversheds-sutherland.com) is principal associate barrister and James Peacham (+44 (0)207 919 0709, JamesPeacham@eversheds-sutherland.com) an associate with Eversheds Sutherland.
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12 April 2021
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June/July 2021 - 25 March 2021
Europol warns EU on corruption in latest threat assessment
By Sara Lewis, in Brussels
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14 April 2021
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June/July 2021 - 25 March 2021
EU Commission adopts five-year strategy on organised crime
By Sara Lewis
Online Published Date:
22 April 2021
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June/July 2021 - 25 March 2021
SFO disclosure errors end trial of Serco directors
Disclosure mistakes by the UK Serious Fraud Office, revealed on 26 April [2020], three weeks into the trial of two past executives of security firm Serco, on charges that they sought to defraud the government over prisoner tagging equipment..
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26 April 2021
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June/July 2021 - 25 March 2021
The SFO, disclosure and collapse of its Serco prosecution
Aziz Rahman (+44 (0)203 911 9339, aziz.rahman@rahmanravelli.co.uk) is senior partner at Rahman Ravelli.
Online Published Date:
28 April 2021
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June/July 2021 - 25 March 2021
Airbus subsidiary pleads guilty to corruption over Saudi contracts, pays UK£28m
GPTSpecial Project Management Ltd, once part of the Airbus group, but now shutdown [1], has accepted it engaged in corruption over years in its dealings in SaudiArabia. [2] Under a confiscation order, made in Southwark Crown Court on28 April [2021],..
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29 April 2021
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June/July 2021 - 25 March 2021
UK contemplates new law to counter online scam promotions
BySara Lewis
Online Published Date:
01 May 2021
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June/July 2021 - 25 March 2021
‘All mouth and no trousers’? – the Integrated Review
Michael Drury (+44 (0)20 7430 2277, mdrury@bcl.com) is a partner and Caroline Mair (+44 (0)20 7430 2277, cmair@bcl.com) a senior associate at BCL Solicitors LLP.
Online Published Date:
04 May 2021
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June/July 2021 - 25 March 2021
UK strikes out: global anti-corruption sanctions
Dan Hudson (+44 (0)20 7466 2470, daniel.hudson@hsf.com) is a partner and Rebecca Critchley (+44 (0)20 7466 2318, rebecca.n.critchley@hsf.com) an associate at Herbert Smith Freehills.
Online Published Date:
05 May 2021
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June/July 2021 - 25 March 2021
Corruption statistics lack credibility, researchers find
By Sara Lewis
Online Published Date:
07 May 2021
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June/July 2021 - 25 March 2021
New variants – Covid-19, hacker booster
Not everyone’s hurting from lockdown – certainly not the cyber-criminals: Keith Nuthall reviews a richly creative and lucrative period for the authors of exploitative exploits.Opportunity knocksOne of the many downsides of the Covid-19 pandemic has..
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10 May 2021
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June/July 2021 - 25 March 2021
Same again
Timon Molloy, Editor (timon.molloy@informa.com)
Online Published Date:
11 May 2021
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June/July 2021 - 25 March 2021
Brazil’s mammoth corruption probe discredited after seven years
By Mauro Fernandes, in São Paolo
Online Published Date:
13 May 2021
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June/July 2021 - 25 March 2021
Underlying – man and/or machine in the search for truth
Is technology any closer to telling when someone is being ‘economical with la vérité’? Keith Nuthall and Laura Syrett want an honest answer.Lie detection is an emerging science, with innovations in train to help companies and law enforcement pick..
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15 May 2021
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June/July 2021 - 25 March 2021
Cryptocurrencies: risk and recovery
Christopher Pease (+1 284 852 4385, christopher.pease@harneys.com) is a partner at Harneys.
Online Published Date:
15 May 2021
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June/July 2021 - 25 March 2021
What does the Serco trial collapse mean for Deferred Prosecution Agreements?
Harry Travers (+44 (0)20 7430 2277, htravers@bcl.com) is a partner and Alex Swan (+44 (0)20 7430 2277, aswan@bcl.com) a senior associate at BCL Solicitors LLP, specialising in high-profile and complex business crime and regulatory matters. They have represented individuals in five of the nine SFO investigations connected to DPA proceedings.
Online Published Date:
15 May 2021
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June/July 2021 - 25 March 2021
Bribery Act 2010: ten years on
Alice Lepeuple (+44 (0)20 7872 1071, alice.lepeuple@wilmerhale.com), Josef Rybacki (+44 (0)20 7872 1517, josef.rybacki@wilmerhale.com) and Fred Saugman (44 (0)20 7872 1609, frederick.saugman@wilmerhale.com) are associates in WilmerHale’s UK White Collar Defence and Investigations team.
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19 May 2021
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June/July 2021 - 25 March 2021
New counter fraud standard provides assurance to SMEs
Esther Martin, Assistant Editor (esther.martin@informa.com)
Online Published Date:
20 May 2021
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June/July 2021 - 25 March 2021
How to catch a phish
Steph Charbonneau is senior director of Product Strategy atHelpSystems (www.helpsystems.com). AneGuide on‘Managing Cybersecurity Risk in the Supply Chain’ is available atwww.clearswift.com/resource/managing-cybersecurity-risk-supply-chain
Online Published Date:
20 May 2021
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June/July 2021 - 25 March 2021
Cum[-ex] and go
David Corker (+44 (0)20 7353 6000, dc@corkerbinning.com) and Claire Cross (+44 (0)20 7353 6000, cc@corkerbinning.com) are partners at Corker Binning.
Online Published Date:
20 May 2021
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June/July 2021 - 25 March 2021
Swiss Life conspired with US taxpayers to hide US$1.452 billion, says DOJ
By Sara Lewis
Online Published Date:
21 May 2021
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June/July 2021 - 25 March 2021
EU approves seven-year anti-fraud policy spending programme
ByKeith Nuthall
Online Published Date:
26 May 2021
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June/July 2021 - 25 March 2021