On 26 April 2021, the UK’s first sanctions under the Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/488) (“the Regulations”) came into force. The Regulations are made under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering...more
5/21/2021
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Bribery ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Drug Trafficking ,
Foreign Policy ,
Human Rights ,
Latin America ,
Misappropriation ,
Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA) ,
Sanctions ,
South Africa ,
Sudan ,
Terrorist Acts ,
UK
In our Quarterly Review, we bring you important UK developments relating to business crime, investigations, and regulatory enforcement from the last three months.
As the UK gets used to life outside the EU and implements...more
3/29/2021
/ Asset Freeze ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Corporate Crimes ,
Corruption ,
Criminal Justice Act ,
EU ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Foreign Corporations ,
HMRC ,
Human Rights ,
Money Laundering ,
NCAs ,
Popular ,
Sanctions ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
Travel Ban ,
UK ,
UK Brexit ,
Unexplained Wealth Orders (UWOs)
A new report concludes that employees and organisations in the financial services industry do not see the crimes and human rights breaches described in the UK Modern Slavery Act 2015 as something they can prevent. The report...more