Corporate Crime weekly highlights—26 January 2023

Published on: 26 January 2023

Published by a LexisNexis Corporate Crime expert

Brexit
Lords version of Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill published
Criminal liability
Government confirms introduction of failure to prevent fraud offence
Investigating criminal conduct
Home Office announces independent review of Investigatory Powers Act 2016
Criminal procedure and evidence
Record case numbers waiting years in criminal court queue
HMCTS publishes updated operational summary for week commencing 23 January 2023
Proceeds of crime

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Article summary

This week's edition of Corporate Crime weekly highlights includes confirmation by the Government that it will introduce a failure to prevent offence in the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill, as the Bill progresses through Parliament with additional government amendments. We also have analysis of issues involved in deciding the future of frozen Russian assets and recent Court of Appeal judgments on local authority prosecution powers. Also included is the latest monthly round up of prosecution news from the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), and the publication by the National Crime Agency (NCA) of its 2022 Suspicious Activity Report (SAR). All this, and more, in this week’s Corporate Crime highlights.