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BHANDARI v GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
[2026] Lloyd's Rep FC 34
Extradition – India – Money laundering – Tax evasion – European Convention on Human Rights, articles 3 and 6 – Prison conditions – Reverse burden of proof.
R (BATES) v HIGHBURY CORNER MAGISTRATES’ COURT
[2026] Lloyd's Rep FC 18
Costs – Judicial review – Criminal cause or matter – Senior Courts Act 1981, section 51 – Whether there is a test of “exceptionality” before inter partes costs should be awarded in judicial review proceedings in a criminal cause or matter.

Money Laundering Bulletin

The Right Stuff [Video]
From initial focus on money in illegal narcotics, the AML project has evolved and expanded over the last four decades to cover the proceeds of many more predicate crimes and a growing range of reporting sectors - but is it achieving anything worthwhile? In a wide-ranging discussion, Jim Richards, frontline AML veteran and close observer of the financial crime scene, talks to Paul Cochrane about priorities, resource allocation, jeopardy and impact across private and public sectors, why he likes rules, would ban crypto ATMs and puts a question mark over the risk-based approach.
Online Published Date:  17 Feb 2026
Appeared in issue:  332 - 01 Apr 2026
'Tranche 2' imminent - Australia
Only now - that is, from 1 July 2026 - are Australian non-financial businesses and professionals to be covered by anti-money laundering obligations. They should be well prepared, not least as AUSTRAC, the financial intelligence unit, has created tailored starter kits for how to comply. Keith Nuthall looks at the rollout plan.
Online Published Date:  17 Feb 2026
Appeared in issue:  332 - 01 Apr 2026

Lloyd’s Law Reports Citator

2025 Edition: now available

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Supreme court coverage in Lloyd's Law Reports: Financial Crime

Latest Supreme Court case reported in Lloyd's Law Reports: Financial Crime

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El-Khouri v Government of The United States of America [2025] UKSC 3; [2025] Lloyd's Rep FC 87

With a commentary written by Rachel Cook, of Counsel, Peters & Peters Solicitors LLP, this case clarifies and simplifies the test for conduct and determining jurisdiction with regards to extradition. However, the Supreme Court acknowledged the simplicity of applying the test in this case, and practitioners are left with potential difficulties arising in more complex scenarios with conduct occurring across multiple jurisdictions.

Financial Crime Search

Compliance Monitor

Nationwide fined £44m for weak personal customer controls
Failings in its financial crime defences significantly hindered Nationwide's ability to maintain understanding of and monitor all its current account customers properly. This created a particularly high risk where any customers were using their personal accounts for business activity, reports Denis O'Connor.
Online Published Date:  02 Feb 2026
Appeared in issue:  Vol 38 No 5 - 01 Feb 2026
SAR struck: trends in NCA suspicious activity reporting figures
While overall volumes of Suspicious Activity Reports remain unwieldily high, some sectors - including 'professional enablers' - are glaringly underrepresented. Ruth Paley examines the latest data.
Online Published Date:  02 Feb 2026
Appeared in issue:  Vol 38 No 5 - 01 Feb 2026
Stablecoins: no longer the new kid on the block
The rapid growth of stablecoins has attracted significant attention from policymakers and financial regulators worldwide, as reflected in the publication of a recent paper from the International Monetary Fund. Drawing on its findings and associated insights, Martin Dowdall and Daniel Hirschfield explore key features of the stablecoin landscape.
Online Published Date:  02 Feb 2026
Appeared in issue:  Vol 38 No 5 - 01 Feb 2026

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