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UK fraud reporting centre in major upgrade to meet huge demand
By Sarah Gibbons
Online Published Date:
31 March 2022
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June/July 2022 - 31 March 2022
UK MPs accuse SFO head of serious and basic errors on Unaoil
By Sara Lewis
Online Published Date:
07 April 2022
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June/July 2022 - 31 March 2022
Malaysian banker guilty of bribery, money laundering over 1MDB embezzlement
By Sarah Gibbons
Online Published Date:
15 April 2022
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June/July 2022 - 31 March 2022
UK court convicts Coca-Cola Enterprises manager and contractors of bribery
By Sara Lewis
Online Published Date:
21 April 2022
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June/July 2022 - 31 March 2022
The Serious Fraud Office: what’s on the horizon?
Richard Sallybanks (www.bcl.com/our-people/richard-sallybanks/) is a partner and Anoushka Warlow (www.bcl.com/our-people/anoushka-warlow/) a senior associate at BCL Solicitors LLP.
Online Published Date:
29 April 2022
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June/July 2022 - 31 March 2022
Laura Kövesi calls for more EPPO independence
BySara Lewis, in Brussels
Online Published Date:
29 April 2022
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June/July 2022 - 31 March 2022
Justice delayed – mutual legal assistance
Niall Hearty (+44 (0)203 947 1539, niall.hearty@rahmanravelli.co.uk) is a partner at Rahman Ravelli.
Online Published Date:
03 May 2022
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June/July 2022 - 31 March 2022
Investigation costs jump as over 80% of businesses hit hard by financial crime – Kroll
By Sara Lewis
Online Published Date:
11 May 2022
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June/July 2022 - 31 March 2022
Pandemic-related fraud – are directors being held to account?
Tim Carter (+44 (0)1483 734248, tim.carter@stevens-bolton.com) is a partner and Lucy Trott (+44 (0)1483 401261, lucy.trott@stevens-bolton.com) a senior knowledge lawyer at Stevens & Bolton LLP.
Online Published Date:
11 May 2022
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June/July 2022 - 31 March 2022
Greenwashing – how to protect your environment
Roy Waligora (roy.waligora@kpmg.co.uk, https://home.kpmg/uk/en/home/contacts/w/roy-waligora.html) is Head of Investigations and Corporates Forensic, KPMG UK.
Online Published Date:
12 May 2022
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June/July 2022 - 31 March 2022
After the whistle blew…
Alja Poler De Zwart (+32 234 07360, apolerdezwart@mofo.com) is a partner in the Brussels office and Dan Alam (+44 (0)20 7920 4113, dalam@mofo.com) an associate in the London office of Morrison Foerster.
Online Published Date:
16 May 2022
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June/July 2022 - 31 March 2022
All is not (necessarily) lost: crypto-crime recovery
Adam Craggs (+44 (0)20 3060 6421, adam.craggs@rpc.co.uk) is partner and Alice Kemp (+44 (0)20 3060 6000, alice.kemp@rpc.co.uk) a senior associate and employed barrister at RPC. Michael Goodwin QC and Tom Davies are barristers at Red Lion Chambers (+44 (0)20 7520 6000, chambers@18rlc.co.uk).
Online Published Date:
17 May 2022
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June/July 2022 - 31 March 2022
Tackling the tech: the rise (and rise) of cybercrime
Peter FitzGerald (+44 (0)20 7822 7785, pfitzgerald@petersandpeters.com), Of Counsel and Amalia Neenan (+44 (0)20 7822 7844, aneenan@petersandpeters.com), Trainee Solicitor at Peters & Peters LLP.
Online Published Date:
17 May 2022
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June/July 2022 - 31 March 2022
UK to force banks to reimburse push payment fraud victims
BySara Lewis
Online Published Date:
19 May 2022
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June/July 2022 - 31 March 2022
Same but different – asset recovery litigation in Jersey
Charlie Sorensen (+44 (1534) 766254, charliesorensen@bakerandpartners.com) is a senior associate at Baker & Partners.
Online Published Date:
23 May 2022
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June/July 2022 - 31 March 2022
When the internal fraudster is ‘WFH’
Tracey Carpenter is insider threat manager at Cifas (www.cifas.org.uk), a not-for-profit fraud prevention membership organisation that manages the largest database of instances of fraudulent conduct in the UK.
Online Published Date:
23 May 2022
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June/July 2022 - 31 March 2022
Who ate all the PIEs? – audit reform for Public Interest Entities
Paul Brehony (+44 (0)20 3818 3500, paul.brehony@signaturelitigation.com)is a partner with Signature Litigation who has nearly 30 years’ experience incomplex multi-jurisdictional commercial and insolvency-related disputes.
Online Published Date:
23 May 2022
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June/July 2022 - 31 March 2022
Disclosure of documents in fraud claims – cross-jurisdictional approaches
Jon Malik (+44 20 7825 4809, jon.malik@simmons-simmons.com) and Ben Boddington (+44 20 7825 4654, benjamin.boddington@simmons-simmons.com)are London-based lawyers in Simmons & Simmons’ Disputes Resolution team. They frequently advise on both civil and criminal fraud proceedings. Contributions were also made byAudrey Byrne (+353 1 611 9125, audrey.byrne@mccannfitzgerald.com) and Edwina Kelly (edwina.kelly@mccannfitzgerald.com) from McCann FitzGerald (Ireland), Clara Poglia (+41 22 707 8000, clara.poglia@swlegal.ch) and Arnaud Hoffer (+41 22 707 8045, arnaud.hoffer@swlegal.ch) from Schellenberg Wittmer (Switzerland) and Glenn Hendrix (+1 404 873 8692, glenn.hendrix@agg.com) from Arnall Golden Gregory (United States).
Online Published Date:
23 May 2022
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June/July 2022 - 31 March 2022
Forensic accounting three-phase – financial crime, fintech and sustainability
The ebb of Covid support and flow into a cost of living crisis are casting up financial wreckage, which, if substantial, will demand explanation: where did the money go? Keith Nuthall finds the financial detectives set for the challenge with new..
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24 May 2022
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June/July 2022 - 31 March 2022
Glencore to pay almost US$1.2 billion to settle bribery and market manipulation charges
By Keith Nuthall
Online Published Date:
25 May 2022
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June/July 2022 - 31 March 2022
Cross-border currents - extension of Europol powers approved by MEPs
By Keith Nuthall
Online Published Date:
25 May 2022
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June/July 2022 - 31 March 2022
Digital gold rush – NFTs
The global non-fungible token (NFT) market took off in early 2021 and, as with any novel asset class where valuations fluctuate wildly, fraudsters were quick to jump on board. Rose Pengelly looks at the schemes run by these early adopters.Form and..
Online Published Date:
10 June 2022
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June/July 2022 - 31 March 2022