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Corporate Crime weekly highlights—13 July 2023

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Published on: 13 July 2023

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This week's edition of Corporate Crime weekly highlights includes analysis of the challenges the new Serious Fraud Office (SFO) director will face, of HM Treasury's consultation on its proposed reforms to anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorism financing (CTF) requirements and the impact of the Supreme Court’s judgment in Maguire on Article 2 inquests. Also included is news of new sentencing guidelines on perverting the course of justice and witness intimidation offences, Defra’s plans to scrap the cap on civil penalties for environmental polluters and OFSI’s updated approach to processing incomplete licensing applications. All this, and more, in this week’s Corporate Crime highlights.

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