Corporate Crime weekly highlights—8 August 2019

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This week’s edition of Corporate Crime highlights includes analysis of the UK government’s Economic Crime Plan, which considers the government’s priorities for the next three years for fighting economic crime, a Privy Council decision relating to the privilege against self-incrimination and a High Court decision concerning an arbitration award covering the period that the claimant was designated as a sanctioned entity under the EU sanctions regime. News that the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has published its corporate co-operation guidance is provided together with analysis of the dismissal of a claim against a bank in relation to US sanctions, a Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) report into the costs, benefits and overall effectiveness of the People of Significant Control (PSC) register and a Treasury Committee report on the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) regulatory perimeter. The sanctioning of KPMG with a £5m fine by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), a £1m fine in a health and safety prosecution, and updated statutory guidance for frontline...