Crime

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4 Apr 2024

Improving the effectiveness of the Money Laundering Regulations

Niall Hearty considers the UK government’s consultation on reforms to the Money Laundering Regulations

4 Apr 2024

Artificial intelligence hallucinations: present and future impact of generated misinformation

Following the issuance by the Bar Council of new guidance for barristers on generative artificial intelligence large language model systems, Mark Tsagas and Catherine Hobby discuss hallucinations and their potential impact

21 Mar 2024

The National Crime Agency’s art world alert

Dr Angelika Hellweger outlines the main points in the National Crime Agency’s amber alert relating to the art storage sector, the factors that made it necessary and the challenges it presents

21 Mar 2024

Insolvencies on the rise and the responsibilities of directors

Stephen Wade discusses some of the drivers of insolvencies and reminds directors of their responsibilities

14 Mar 2024

Securing evidence from overseas: competition investigations and new law for the digital age

Peter Binning and Edward Hodgson look at a range of recent cases limiting the extraterritorial application of criminal (and civil) powers in enforcement cases against corporates, and consider how parliament is creating laws to overcome these problems, particularly in the field of big tech

13 Mar 2024

The looming scandal involving cum-cum transactions

In the second instalment in a two-part series, Stewart Hey, Hugh Gunson and Rachel Warren discuss cum-cum transactions and the signs that enforcement activity might be on the horizon

8 Mar 2024

What comes after the Metropolitan Police?

After a succession of failings and damning revelations, Tim Kiely presents his views on why we need to begin discussing what comes after the Met

21 Feb 2024

The winding down of the Financial Reporting Council cannot be allowed to halt progress

Paul Brehony discusses the current state of play concerning the legislation on audit and corporate governance reforms