Crime

Articles

11 Nov 2024

The cracks in UK’s anti-money laundering defences

Niall Hearty examines growing concerns over the lack of oversight in London's anti-money laundering efforts

25 Oct 2024

Holding your whole life to ransom: the rise of sextortion

Athalie Matthews, Counsel in the Reputation Management Team at Farrer & Co, discusses the sensitivity and difficulties related to protecting the victims and prosecuting the perpetrators of sextortion

10 Oct 2024

The FCA annual report and reflections on enforcement

Emma Probyn, Partner, and Sharon Grennan, Knowledge Lawyer, from Freshfields’ financial institutions disputes practice, share their thoughts on the latest annual report from the Financial Conduct Authority

9 Oct 2024

Nick Ephgrave’s first year as SFO Director

Lloyd Firth, counsel, and Fred Saugman, senior associate, in WilmerHale’s UK white collar defence and investigations team, reflect on the first year of Nick Ephgrave’s tenure at the Serious Fraud Office

4 Oct 2024

Transparency International sheds light on public procurement during the pandemic

Following the publication of Transparency International UK’s report on corruption red flags in Covid-19 public procurement, Tamlyn Edmonds and Jack Walsh from Edmonds Marshall McMahon discuss the claims made in the report and whether the impending changes being brought in by the Procurement Act 2023 will address the problem in future

3 Oct 2024

Latest annual report shows significant uptick in the FCA’s interventions in regard to authorised firms

Pete Chapman and Tim Thomas from Richardson Lissack make sense of the regulator’s latest annual report and accounts

27 Sept 2024

Some unanticipated consequences of the new senior managers offence and what law firms should be doing about them

Steve Smith and Deborah Williams from the financial services disputes and investigations team at Eversheds Sutherland discuss the unanticipated consequences of the new senior managers offence introduced by the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act, with a particular focus on law firms

25 Sept 2024

The cyber and data security risks facing law firms: How firms can protect themselves and how to manage a security/data breach

Tom Pelham, Global Head of Cyber and Data, Arran Roberts, Partner, and Alexandra O'Hare, Senior Associate, at Kennedys, provide valuable insight into the cyber and data security risks facing law firms, which includes details of the targeted campaigns that are being directed at conveyancing firms