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UK guidance on 'failure to prevent fraud' offence due in early summer, government says

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Published on: 10 May 2024
Published by an MLex correspondent

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MLex: Guidance for companies on the UK's new offence of failure to prevent fraud should be issued in summer 2024, the country's home affairs ministry has said.

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