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Corporate Crime weekly highlights—17 August 2017

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Published on: 17 August 2017

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Table of contents

Corporate liability
Corporate responsibilty to prevent modern slavery
Data protection offences
Organisations face heavy fines for cyber security failures under new plans
UK businesses must prepare for tougher data protection laws
Fraud, forgery, tax and theft offences
116 out of 229 bank fraud cases closed in 2016
Health and safety and corporate manslaughter offences
Application for judicial review dismissed due to little prospect of oral evidence
Tata Steel fined almost £1m after release of toxic substances

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Article summary

This week’s edition of Corporate Crime highlights includes analysis of corporate responsibilities to prevent modern slavery and the recent blocking of a private prosecution of Tony Blair and others for the Iraq invasion. Newly announced enforcement action by the FCA and FRC are brought to your attention, alongside updated content and key dates for your diary.

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