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Corporate Crime weekly highlights—10 August 2023

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Published on: 10 August 2023

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This week's edition of Corporate Crime weekly highlights includes analysis of the use of artificial intelligence in criminal justice, how gender diverse boards may reduce corporate fraud risk and of the seizure of a £34m property portfolio by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO). Also included is news of a £1.2m fine for Network Rail for health and safety offences, confirmation by HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) that the Common Platform has now been rolled out to all criminal courts in England and Wales and the announcement that fines under the right to work and right to rent civil penalty schemes are to be more than tripled for employers and landlords from the start of 2024. All this, and more, in this week's Corporate Crime weekly highlights.

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