This week's edition of Corporate Crime weekly highlights includes analysis of the DOJ’s new guidelines for FCPA investigations and enforcement actions, of the recent Supreme Court ruling on how much consideration should be given to early release provisions in extradition cases, of the resilience of public sector digital infrastructure and the broader implications of cybercrime following the Legal Aid Agency data breach, and of lessons to be learnt following the recent conviction of an art dealer for failing to comply with reporting obligations under the Terrorism Act 2000. Also included is news of the new Investigatory Powers Act codes of practice coming into force, of the ban on bonus payments to senior executives at six water companies, and of the first crypto specialist appointed by the Insolvency Service to assist with digital asset recovery in criminal cases. All this, and more, in this week’s Corporate Crime highlights.

This week's edition of Corporate Crime weekly highlights includes analysis of updated OFSI guidance on financial sanctions enforcement and monetary penalties, of the implications of the lifting of UK sanctions on a British accountant designated over alleged Russian sanctions breaches, and of the key developments and emerging enforcement priorities for 2026. Also included is news of the Home Office’s 2026–2029 Fraud Strategy aiming to disrupt offending, strengthen prevention and improve victim response, the US DoJ’s first department-wide corporate enforcement policy for criminal matters incentivising voluntary self-disclosure and cooperation, the FCDO’s publication of a cross-government sanctions enforcement framework clarifying civil and criminal consequences of breach, and analysis of the government's Courts and Tribunals Bill proposing several key reforms to jury trials published by IfG. All this, and more, in this week’s Corporate Crime highlights.

This week's edition of Corporate Crime weekly highlights includes analysis of an EU court ruling which considered whether a notary breaches EU sanctions on Russia when authenticating the sale of a property owned by a Russian firm. Also included is news of the government’s update on the implementation of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024, of Defra’s policy statement on the Water (Special Measures) Bill which sets out how the provisions in the Bill are intended to be applied, of the first individual charged by the FCA for running illegal crypto ATMs and of an update to the UK’s Russia sanctions relating to the provision of legal advisory services. All this, and more, in this week’s Corporate Crime highlights.

This week's edition of Corporate Crime weekly highlights includes analysis and initial response to the introduction of the much anticipated corporate failure to prevent fraud offence into the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (ECCT Bill). Also included is analysis of the Economic Crime Plan 2 (ECP2) and of a High Court rulings concerning the balancing of justice against the right to privacy as well as news of the conviction of four individuals involved in a fake, London-based company following an 8 week trial brought by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the latest health and safety and trading standards enforcement action. All this, and more, in this week’s Corporate Crime highlights.

This week's edition of Corporate Crime weekly highlights includes analysis of the Court of Appeal's reversal of an abuse of process stay following a complainant's use of AI to prepare for cross-examination, of the growing importance of UK trade sanctions and their compliance implications, and of the sanctions risks for companies highlighted by the acquittal in R v Hauser & Wirth Gallery Ltd. Also included is news of amendments to sentencing guidelines concerning the presumption of suspension, sentencing limits and confiscation, of proposed updates to the EA's enforcement and sanctions policy covering new water and waste powers, and of new and updated DHSC guidance on sales, promotion and enforcement restrictions for tobacco, vaping and nicotine products. All this, and more, in this week's Corporate Crime highlights.

This week's edition of Corporate Crime weekly highlights includes analysis of the recent key developments in relation to the regulation of food safety, of what the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 will mean for companies and of the update on the UK’s investigation into Monzo regarding its money laundering controls. Also included is news of new guidance from the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation on its policy on licensing personal staff payments, of Openreach Limited being fined £1.34m after an engineer died while trying to repair a telephone line, and of the Law Society’s key asks of the next government in terms of protecting the rule of law and access to justice. All this, and more, in this week’s Corporate Crime highlights.

This week's edition of Corporate Crime weekly highlights includes analysis of a judgment determining how contract rules apply to DPAs, of an EU court ruling that EU sanctions imposed against a Russian billionaire should remain in place, and of the steps that foreign companies should be taking to prepare for the imminent corporate criminal offence of failure to prevent fraud. Also included is news of the commencement of new protection from unfair trading rules under the DMCCA 2024, of the government’s plans for a new reward scheme to encourage informants to come forward to HMRC about tax fraud, and of sentences for individuals after the CPS secures convictions in a £266m money laundering case. All this, and more, in this week’s Corporate Crime highlights.

This week's edition of Corporate Crime weekly highlights includes analysis of sanctions imposed on Russia by the UK, EU and US on Russia's two largest oil companies and the expansion of sanctions targeting the Russian energy sector, of a record number of modern slavery cases reported in the UK serving as a wake-up call to employers, and of the Supreme Court case of Daly v HM Advocate, Keir v HM Advocate which held that the Scottish courts’ approach to admitting evidence in sexual offence trials is liable to infringe defendants’ right to a fair trial under Article 6 ECHR and should be modified. Also included is news of the fourth amendment to the Criminal Practice Directions 2023 in force from 18 November 2025, of the Sentencing Council’s annual consultation on a series of miscellaneous amendments to sentencing guidelines, of the SFO charging six former Glencore employees with conspiracy to make corrupt payments, and of the introduction of the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill to Parliament, which aims to strengthen the UK’s cyber defences against cybercriminals and state-backed actors. All this, and more, in this week’s Corporate Crime highlights.

This week's edition of Corporate Crime weekly highlights includes analysis of the consultation launched on the reform of the civil enforcement process for financial sanctions in the UK, of an accounting firm facing trial in September 2027 in first UK failure to prevent tax evasion case, and of the CMA’s draft guidance on price transparency forming part of the revised consumer protection regime introduced by the DMCCA 2024. Also included is news of the FCA’s updated Enforcement Information Guide providing an overview of the FCA’s enforcement powers and typical process for enforcement cases, of new supplementary guidance on enforcing the FSO, and of proposed regulatory reforms for cosmetic procedures where practitioners in breach will face enforcement action and financial penalties from the CQC. All this, and more, in this week’s Corporate Crime highlights.

This week's edition of Corporate Crime weekly highlights includes analysis of the key developments for sanctions lawyers from 2023 and predicting what 2024 might hold and of the establishment of the Environment Agency’s new Economic Crime Unit. Also included is news of the introduction of the Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill to automatically quash the wrongful convictions relating to the Horizon Scandal, of the Master of the Rolls’ speech concerning the impact of AI for lawyers and judges, of a recent Care Quality Commission prosecution and of three arrests made by the Serious Fraud Office as part of an ongoing fraud investigation involving luxury care homes. All this, and more, in this week’s Corporate Crime highlights.

This week's edition of Corporate Crime weekly highlights includes analysis of the SFO’s 2026–27 Business Plan and its signal of a bolder, technology-led agency with closer international enforcement links, and of the CMA’s five-point plan indicating a shift in enforcement priorities. Also included is news of the King’s Speech 2026 criminal justice announcements with a focus on court reform, policing, national security and public accountability measures, of the MoJ consultation on legal aid fee changes for inquests ahead of Hillsborough Law, and of changes to UK sanctions regulations aligning financial sanctions reporting thresholds with forthcoming money laundering reforms. All this, and more, in this week’s Corporate Crime highlights.

This week's edition of Corporate Crime weekly highlights includes analysis of what lessons companies can learn following the release of the UK government’s guidance on the new failure to prevent fraud offence, of the FCA’s announcement that it has improved its process for disclosing evidence to individuals and companies under investigation and of the costs incurred by the SFO during its long running battle with ENRC. Also included is news of the new Crown Court Rules which will take effect on 2 December 2024, of Metro Bank receiving a multimillion-pound fine for insufficient money-laundering controls and of the new consultation launched by the Home Office proposing measures to hold senior executives of online platforms personally liable for failing to remove content related to illegal knives. All this, and more, in this week’s Corporate Crime highlights.