All Money laundering and financial crime articles – Page 16
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NewsHM Treasury consults on ‘fit and proper persons test’ for lawyers
Requirements of new EU money laundering directive must be transposed into UK law by June 2017.
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NewsSociety raps report branding solicitors ‘corruption enablers’
National Crime Agency says solicitors are 'crucial’ to money laundering.
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NewsNew law to introduce ‘failure to prevent’ offence
Draft criminal finance bill set to be introduced following attorney general speech.
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News focus: corruption and cooperation
The Serious Fraud Office believes deferred prosecution agreements could work ‘even in the most serious cases of financial misconduct’.
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NewsLaw chief calls for ‘culture of responsibility’ on business crime
Attorney general outlines government vision for extending offence of ‘failure to prevent’.
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NewsFirms line up for asset recovery ‘privatisation’
City of London Police has fielded strong interest from profession in inaugural fraud panel.
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OpinionProceeds of crime: outsourcing makes sense
The use of civil fraud solicitors to boost asset recovery rates is a welcome step forward.
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NewsCity police recruit law firms to recover criminal assets
Pilot scheme ‘privatises’ asset seizure in bid to combat cybercrime epidemic.
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NewsCity split on ‘woeful’ white-collar crime law
‘It is hard to see that the Proceeds of Crime Act will ever be fit for purpose.’
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OpinionMoney laundering developments
I don't want Brexit, but it might allow the UK to escape the failing EU anti-money laundering regime.
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News£6m payment in second deferred SFO prosecution
Unnamed US company has agreed to pay more than £6m for corruption and bribery offences
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News£6m payment agreed in second deferred prosecution
Company in Bribery Act case cannot be named due to ongoing related legal proceedings.
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FeatureLawyers and section 2 interviews
New guidance on the presence of lawyers at section 2 interviews is confrontational and likely to be counterproductive.
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NewsLeave anti-money laundering guidance to us – Law Society
Chancery Lane also warns that changing the consent regime could ‘criminalise vast swathes of ordinary business activity’.
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NewsCity police turn to private lawyers to help fight fraud
Law firms will be deployed to help recover assets through civil litigation.
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NewsQueen’s speech: SARs regime to be improved
Criminal Finances Bill will target entities that carry out money laundering rather than focusing on individual transactions.
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NewsSRA warns against money laundering ‘complacency’
Firms generally good at tacking money laundering but regulator is investigating evidence of malpractice.
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NewsNew ‘failure to prevent’ offences to fight corruption
Extension of law one of several measures announced as the UK’s anti-corruption summit gets under way.
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NewsPreventing corruption not top priority for UK companies – City firm
Study of chief compliance officers by Hogan Lovells suggests that sales pressures are the biggest challenge.