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Corporate Crime weekly highlights—21 April 2022

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Published on: 21 April 2022

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This week's edition of Corporate Crime weekly highlights includes analysis of the new Serious Economic, Organised Crime and International Directorate (SEOCID), further analysis of the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 and the National Security and Investment Act 2021 as well as assessment of the Financial Conduct Authority’s enforcement caseload for money laundering regulation breaches. Also included is news of the sentencing of three organisations and three individuals for bribery and corruption as well as coverage of the fast-moving developments on sanctions measures in response to the conflict in Ukraine. All this, and more, in this week’s Corporate Crime highlights.

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