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Tactics Used By Fraudsters In Romance Fraud

Financial fraud is an appalling crime at any level and has been assisted by the anonymity of cryptocurrency, in that once your cryptocurrency is in the hands of the fraudsters...

United Kingdom Criminal

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Giambrone & Partners

Understanding The Youth Justice System: Protecting Your Child's Rights (15 August 2025)

Facing youth criminal proceedings can be an incredibly distressing experience for both a young person and their family.

United Kingdom Criminal

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Duncan Lewis & Co Solicitors

The Fraud Files Podcast Series

Brought to you by our Corporate Crime and Investigations team, The Fraud Files: Decoding the Economic Crime Act breaks down everything listeners need to know about the Economic Crime and Corporate...

United Kingdom Criminal

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

PEP Talk Revisited: Revised UK Guidance On Treatment Of PEPs

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued finalised guidance on the treatment of politically exposed persons (PEPs) for anti-money laundering purposes.

United Kingdom Criminal

AO

A&O Shearman

Section 28: The Increasing Use Of Pre-Recorded Evidence In Criminal Trials

United Kingdom Criminal

CK

Carson Kaye

New Sentencing Guidelines For Blackmail, Kidnap, False Imprisonment, Aggravated Vehicle Taking, And Driving Disqualifications

United Kingdom Criminal

CK

Carson Kaye

Failure To Prevent Fraud: What The New Legislation Means For Your Organisation

United Kingdom Criminal

CK

Carson Kaye

'Scattered Spider' And The Rise In Global Cybercrime

United Kingdom Criminal

CK

Carson Kaye

High Court Permits Documents Obtained Via Norwich Pharmacal Order To Be Used Against Disclosing Bank In Related APP Fraud Claim

United Kingdom Criminal

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Case Comment On Arcadia v Bosworth, Hurley & Kelbrick [2025] EWHC 91 (Comm)

United Kingdom Criminal

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CANDEY

Protecting Yourself From Job Scams

United Kingdom Criminal

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IR Global

How To Demonstrate The Effectiveness Of Your Internal Controls For Fraud Prevention

United Kingdom Criminal

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Forensic Risk Alliance

Rising Risks Of Fraud And Financial Misstatement: Key Changes For Boards And Legal Teams

United Kingdom Criminal

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Forensic Risk Alliance

Corporate Failure To Prevent Fraud

United Kingdom Criminal

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Spencer West

Policy In Practice: Labour And Financial Services – Post-Mansion House Speech Reflections (Podcast)

United Kingdom Finance

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Macfarlanes LLP

Travers Smith's Alternative Insights: The Impact Of UK Tax Policy

United Kingdom Tax

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Travers Smith LLP

HR Briefing - July 2025

United Kingdom Employment

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Macfarlanes LLP

Corporate Finance Soundbite: Mergerspresso - Episode 15: Moving On Up… (Podcast)

United Kingdom Finance

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Addleshaw Goddard

EFRAG Launches Consultation On Simplified European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) Under The CSRD

United Kingdom Commercial

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Proskauer Rose LLP

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Tactics Used By Fraudsters In Romance Fraud

Financial fraud is an appalling crime at any level and has been assisted by the anonymity of cryptocurrency, in that once your cryptocurrency is in the hands of the fraudsters...

United Kingdom Criminal

GP

Giambrone & Partners

Hawala Banking: A Legal Perspective On Risks And Compliance In The UK

Hawala banking is an informal value transfer system that has existed for centuries, originating in South Asia and the Middle East. While widely used for legitimate purposes...

United Kingdom Finance

SW

Spencer West

The Fraud Files Podcast Series

Brought to you by our Corporate Crime and Investigations team, The Fraud Files: Decoding the Economic Crime Act breaks down everything listeners need to know about the Economic Crime and Corporate...

United Kingdom Criminal

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

PEP Talk Revisited: Revised UK Guidance On Treatment Of PEPs

United Kingdom Criminal

AO

A&O Shearman

Size Matters: Why Boutique Firms Do It Better

United Kingdom Litigation

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CANDEY

Failure To Prevent Fraud: What The New Legislation Means For Your Organisation

United Kingdom Criminal

CK

Carson Kaye

'Scattered Spider' And The Rise In Global Cybercrime

United Kingdom Criminal

CK

Carson Kaye

High Court Permits Documents Obtained Via Norwich Pharmacal Order To Be Used Against Disclosing Bank In Related APP Fraud Claim

United Kingdom Criminal

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Case Comment On Arcadia v Bosworth, Hurley & Kelbrick [2025] EWHC 91 (Comm)

United Kingdom Criminal

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CANDEY

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Corporate Crime

The Fraud Files Podcast Series

Brought to you by our Corporate Crime and Investigations team, The Fraud Files: Decoding the Economic Crime Act breaks down everything listeners need to know about the Economic Crime and Corporate...

United Kingdom Criminal

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Leveson Report: A Blueprint For A More Efficient And Equitable Criminal Justice System

The criminal justice system in England and Wales is under immense strain. With Crown Court backlogs exceeding 75,000 cases as at the end of 2024 – double the volume seen in 2019...

United Kingdom Criminal

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Shifting The Dial – New SFO Guidance On Corporate Cooperation

In April [2025] the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) published its "External Guidance on Corporate Cooperation and Enforcement in relation to Corporate Criminal Offending" (the Guidance).

European Union Criminal

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BCL Solicitors LLP

Extension Of Corporate Criminal Liability In The United Kingdom

United Kingdom Criminal

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Bracewell

UK Serious Fraud Office Issues New Self-Reporting And Corporate Cooperation Guidance

United Kingdom Criminal

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WilmerHale

Disclosure In The Digital Age: Independent Review Of Disclosure And Fraud Offences

United Kingdom Criminal

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BCL Solicitors LLP

Failure To Prevent Fraud: What Is The Risk To Overseas Companies?

United Kingdom Criminal

PP

Peters & Peters

Enhancing Corporate Fraud Prevention: Guidance On The Failure To Prevent Fraud Offence

United Kingdom Criminal

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Ankura Consulting Group LLC

UK Government Publishes Guidance On New Failure To Prevent Fraud Offence

United Kingdom Criminal

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WilmerHale

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Terrorism & National Security

Counter-Terrorist Financing: The Role of the Solicitor

It might be tempting to imagine that solicitors have many more pressing concerns than the problem of counter-terrorist financing.

United Kingdom Government

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Peters & Peters

Counter-Terrorist Financing: The Role of the MLRO

Counter-terrorist financing would appear to be the poor cousin of anti-money laundering. It is not uncommon for the two to be lumped together as if they were virtually identical.

United Kingdom Government

PP

Peters & Peters

Impact of President Obama’s April 13, 2010 Executive Order on Somalia and Piracy on US and non-US Insurance Companies

On April 13, 2010, President Barack Obama issued an Executive Order "Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Conflict in Somalia" (the "Executive Order") stating that:

United Kingdom Insurance

CC

Clyde & Co

Impact of President Obama’s April 13, 2010 Executive Order on Somalian Piracy - The UK Insurance Perspective

United Kingdom Insurance

CC

Clyde & Co

Paying Ransoms - Could The US Make This More Difficult?

United Kingdom Transport

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Ince & Co

Compass 2010 Global Aerospace & Defense Sector Outlook

United Kingdom Government

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Deloitte

Fingerprint Checks To Be Introduced On Entry To The UK

United Kingdom Employment

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Speechly Bircham LLP

Defence Procurement: The Emergence Of A Single Market

United Kingdom Government

FB

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Down To The Wire

United Kingdom Government

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Russell Jones & Walker

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Crime

The Strasbourg Court Opines On Russian Actions In Ukraine

Three weeks ago, in an outcome with which even its sternest critics are unlikely to disagree, the European Court of Human Rights ("the Strasbourg Court" / "the Court") handed down a landmark ruling in Netherlands and Ukraine v. Russia.

United Kingdom Government

BS

BCL Solicitors LLP

Hawala Banking: A Legal Perspective On Risks And Compliance In The UK

Hawala banking is an informal value transfer system that has existed for centuries, originating in South Asia and the Middle East. While widely used for legitimate purposes...

United Kingdom Finance

SW

Spencer West

Understanding The Youth Justice System: Protecting Your Child's Rights (15 August 2025)

Facing youth criminal proceedings can be an incredibly distressing experience for both a young person and their family.

United Kingdom Criminal

DL

Duncan Lewis & Co Solicitors

Section 28: The Increasing Use Of Pre-Recorded Evidence In Criminal Trials

United Kingdom Criminal

CK

Carson Kaye

New Sentencing Guidelines For Blackmail, Kidnap, False Imprisonment, Aggravated Vehicle Taking, And Driving Disqualifications

United Kingdom Criminal

CK

Carson Kaye

Juries On Trial – An Appraisal Of The Independent Review Of The Criminal Courts

United Kingdom Litigation

CK

Carson Kaye

Failure To Prevent Fraud: What The New Legislation Means For Your Organisation

United Kingdom Criminal

CK

Carson Kaye

'Scattered Spider' And The Rise In Global Cybercrime

United Kingdom Criminal

CK

Carson Kaye

Analysis: National Audit On Group-based Child Sexual Exploitation And Abuse (June 2025)

United Kingdom Government

BJ

Browne Jacobson

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Latest Videos

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A Major Shift In US International Anti-bribery Enforcement: Nick Vamos On Times Radio (Video)

PP

Peters & Peters

Will You Be Deported For A Criminal Offence In The UK?｜Criminal Sentences And UK Deportation (Video)

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Latitude Law

5 Top Tips To Protect Your Business From Business Crime (Video)

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Gunnercooke

John Binns Discusses Confiscation Law (Video)

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BCL Solicitors LLP

Deliberate & Potentially Fraudulent Fires (Video)

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BLM

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