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Corporate Crime weekly highlights—11 July 2024

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Published on: 11 July 2024

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This week's edition of Corporate Crime weekly highlights includes analysis of the appointment of Keir Starmer as the next Prime Minister, of what the new Labour government means for white collar crime enforcement in the UK and of the EU’s new directive which criminalises sanctions violations. Also included is news of the launch of a consultation by the Law Commission on the law on contempt of court, of the global action coordinated by the National Crime Agency against illegal software used by cybercriminals to carry out attacks on IT systems and of updates made to a number of sanctions guidances to incorporate recent director disqualification legislation. All this, and more, in this week’s Corporate Crime highlights.

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