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Corporate Crime weekly highlights—2 June 2022

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Published on: 01 June 2022

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This week's edition of Corporate Crime weekly highlights includes analysis of the complex compliance challenges resulting from sanctions against Russia, and a High Court decision that the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) does not necessitate a modified approach to extradition proceedings concerning Article 8 of the ECHR. Also included is news from the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) of the conviction of two company directors for fraudulent green investment schemes in Brazil and the imprisonment of a former director for failure to pay a confiscation order. All this, and more, in this week’s Corporate Crime highlights.

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