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See how 136 of the world’s biggest #ArmsIndustry companies score on their commitment to anti-corruption and transparency. #DCI2020
New from our @TI_Defence team.
Full results -> ti-defence.org/dci/
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... maybe that also sounds like quite a dry topic!
Anyway, the judgment is available here: supremecourt.uk/cases/docs/u…
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... but the judgment written by Lord Lloyd-Jones contains a fascinating and succinct analysis of the circumstances in which a purposive reading of legislation is (or is not) capable of rebutting the presumption against the extra-territorial application of UK legislation...
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On Friday, the UK Supreme Court held that the SFO cannot enforce document production notices (so-called "section 2 notices") against foreign companies and their documents held overseas. This may sound like a quite a dry topic ...
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The Egmont Group’s IEWG is proud to announce the publication of the joint Egmont Group - @FATFNews Trade-Based Money Laundering (TBML) report.
For more information about this report: ow.ly/OrgA50CGNa5
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1|Today RUSI launches a new paper that identifies how governments can use "beneficial ownership information" more effectively to tackle financial crime. Read ‘For Whose Benefit? Reframing Beneficial Ownership Disclosure around User’s Needs’ here: rusi.org/publication/occasio…
The White Collar Crime Centre retweeted
From today, all Crown Courts in England & Wales now have the technology for vulnerable victims and witnesses to pre-record their cross-examination.
The widespread roll-out began last year with our commitment to deliver by the end of 2020.
Read more 👉 gov.uk/government/news/new-c…
New courtroom protections in some Crown Courts will allow more vulnerable #victims & #witnesses to pre-record evidence so they won't need to attend trial.
This will help reduce the stress of giving evidence to a full courtroom at a trial.
gov.uk/government/news/vulne…
@HMCTSgovuk
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What are the dangers of virtual assets? The FATF’s senior analyst Tom Neylan joined financial intelligence and law enforcement experts at the #OECDBlockchain policy forum to analyse how criminals exploit cryptocurrencies. See more here: bit.ly/2HcHrs2 #FollowTheMoney
The White Collar Crime Centre retweeted
SARs Annual Report 2020 published on NCA website. UKFIU saw 573,083 SARs (up 20%) and 62,408 defence requests (up 81%). £172m denied to suspected criminals as a result of DAMLs - up 31% on previous year
nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/n…
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We’re delighted to announce that the Law Commission has begun work to investigate the laws governing corporate criminal liability and provide options to reform them.
Find out more here: bit.ly/34QbS04
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The UKFIU's SAR Glossary Codes and Reporting Routes booklet has been revised, providing further guidance on the use of the XXGVTXX 'requiring a defence under POCA' code
nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/w…
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UK FCA filed 148 SARs in 2019 & 192 in 2018, [FOI request], though not clear if and how many of these related to suspected ML through it versus through supervised firms. FCA doesn’t keep record of SARs by type of firm or figures on sums involved. ow.ly/wc2C50C5TzG
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At 10am (GMT) on Thursday 29 October we will be speaking to @FaullJonathan of @BrunswickGroup (and formerly of @EU_Commission) about financial services after Brexit 💷💶 committees.parliament.uk/eve…
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Delighted to see the White Collar Crime Centre (@WCCC_BLL) continue to make great contributions to the development of law and policy. Genuinely exciting to see our paper on a proposed corporate confiscation scheme quoted in the Law Commission Consultation Paper on Confiscation.
You can read (or reread) the Law Commission’s Consultation Paper here: s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/l… and our original paper here: brightlinelaw.co.uk/wp-conte…
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Measures introduced by the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act can give struggling businesses the space to focus efforts on continuing to operate.
Visit our website for more information on how the Act could help your company » orlo.uk/hldDf
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UK: NCA scores success with £10m unexplained wealth order, the first secured solely on individual's involvement in serious organised crime bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54442979
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Westpac agrees to pay AUSTRAC A$1.3 billion fine for "contravening the AML/CFT Act on over 23 million occasions" ow.ly/Gdnm50BzN5S
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We have launched our consultation on the post-conviction confiscation regime. Our proposals could recover an extra £8 million per year from convicted criminals, by more fairly and efficiently determining their criminal proceeds and more effectively enforcing confiscation orders.
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FCA Dropped Half of Its Criminal Money Laundering Cases in 2020: FT riskscreen.com/kyc360/news/f… #FCA #UK #AML #moneylaundering #compliance #KYC #supervision #regulators #investigations #antimoneylaundering
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U.S. judge dismisses lawsuit against Danske Bank over money laundering scandal reut.rs/3guGsPw
