On 26 October 2023, the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (the “Act”) received Royal Assent.
Among other measures to further tackle economic crime1 it has introduced a failure to prevent fraud offence and...more
The Director-General of OLAF, Ville Itälä, has indicated in a recent interview that OLAF is seeking to coordinate more with authorities in EU Member States to increase the number of prosecutions brought for EU budget fraud....more
5/5/2020
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On 6 August 2019, the UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO), the prosecuting authority responsible for tackling serious or complex fraud and bribery in the UK, published updated guidance on corporate cooperation (the Guidance)....more