This portal provides busy practitioners with short commentaries on significant developments in the field of bribery and corruption, fraud, money laundering and proceeds of crime. The commentaries are franked by their topicality and practical insight, with an emphasis on implications not always visible at first glance.
- Financial crime and the global financial crisis — ten years onSpeed read: Jonathan Fisher QC discusses the inconsistencies around the criminalisation of financial conduct and...Continue Reading
- High Court dismisses application to discharge first Unexplained Wealth Order in the United KingdomSpeed read: Anita Clifford considers the first test of the UWO provisions in the United...Continue Reading
- Anita Clifford quoted on Unexplained Wealth OrdersSpeed read: On 3 October 2018, the High Court handed down judgment in the first...Continue Reading
- Virtual currency regulation in the United KingdomSpead read: This piece looks at the attitude of the regulatory bodies in the UK...Continue Reading
- Suspicion, terrorist funding and money launderingSpeed read: On 11 July 2018, the Supreme Court handed down R v AB and...Continue Reading
- Money laundering and financial exclusionSpeed read: Jonathan Fisher QC discusses the House of Commons inquiry into the anti-money laundering...Continue Reading
- Closing the gap — forfeiture of cash, high value assets and bank accountsSpeed read: Anita Clifford examines the changes to the Part 5 civil recovery regime under...Continue Reading
- Money laundering — learning from the mistakes of othersSpeed read: In a second article focusing on money laundering in the real estate sector,...Continue Reading
- Australia’s role in the fight against international bribery and corruptionSpeed read: Anita Clifford examines Australia’s anti-bribery law reform proposals in the context of obligations...Continue Reading
- Property professionals & unusual money laundering casesSpeed read: Jonathan Fisher QC discusses the circumstances of six unusual money laundering cases arising...Continue Reading
- Looking ahead to 5MLDSpeed read: What is in store following the recent adoption of the Fifth Anti-Money Laundering...Continue Reading
- Legal privilege, reporting suspicions, and retainer lettersSpeed read: In this piece, Jonathan Fisher QC discusses the engagement between legal professional privilege and...Continue Reading
- UWOs and the steady expansion of extra-territorial jurisdiction over financial crimeSpeed read: Vanessa Reid examines the ever-expanding jurisdiction of UK criminal courts over extra-territorial conduct,...Continue Reading
- Probing dirty money — Treasury Committee announces AML and Economic Crime InquirySpeed read: Anita Clifford puts in to context the Anti Money Laundering and sanctions inquiry announced...Continue Reading
- Confiscation and money laundering — a system in need of repairSpeed read: Jonathan Fisher QC comments on the deficiencies of the existing confiscation and money...Continue Reading
- UWOs — extra-territoriality and implications for the regulated sectorSpeed read: Anita Clifford discusses UWOs, concentrating on their ability to capture people and property...Continue Reading
- The Pugachev potential — could UK criminal courts apply ‘true effect of the trust’ reasoning to expose sham trust arrangements?Speed read: An examination of the decision of the Hon. Mr Justice Birss in JSC...Continue Reading
- Financial inclusion, exclusion and risk managementSpeed read: Vanessa Reid discusses a recent Financial Action Task Force statement on financial inclusion and...Continue Reading
- Australian anti-bribery law reform — implications for UK businessSpeed read: Anita Clifford distils Australia’s proposed new anti-bribery architecture, drawing out the differences with...Continue Reading
- The obligation to conduct investigations diligently and expeditiously — a safeguard?Speed read: Natasha Reurts discusses the extension to the moratorium period and questions whether a...Continue Reading
