This week's edition of Corporate Crime weekly highlights includes analysis of the significance of the charging of former Glencore employees, of the top Corporate Crime cases of 2024 so far and what companies need to know about the US DOJ's whistleblower pilot. Also included is news of additional Belarus sanctions, amended General Licences, a consultation on the Care Quality Commission rule changes as well as the latest health and safety and environmental 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 improvements to price transparency and product information for consumers and of plans to raise UK Supreme Court appeal fees by 40%. Also included is news of the launch of a new national campaign against fraud, of DEFRA’s plans to ban water bosses from getting bonuses if a company has committed serious criminal breaches and of the first speech given by Serious Fraud Office (SFO) Director, Nick Ephgrave. All this, and more, in this week’s Corporate Crime highlights.

This week's edition of Corporate Crime weekly highlights includes analysis of the FCA’s enforcement trends in 2025 and what they signal for 2026, and of the regulatory changes expected under the UK and EU crypto regimes in 2026. Also included is news of the High Court confirming that the SFO can proceed with enforcing a suspected breach of its DPA against Guralp Systems Ltd, of the SFO launching a fraud and bribery investigation into the former management of Home REIT, of new Environment Agency guidance requiring water companies to publish mandatory pollution incident reduction plans, and of cyberflashing becoming a priority offence under the Online Safety Act 2023 with new compliance obligations for online platforms. All this, and more, in this week’s Corporate Crime highlights.

This week's edition of Corporate Crime weekly highlights includes analysis of the Supreme Court decision on the double criminality rule in the Extradition Act 2003, of the circumstances surrounding the halting of the new Imposition of community and custodial sentences guideline, of divergent approaches to Russia sanctions enforcement emerging from the UK, US and EU, and of the key questions arising from the Libor conviction cases currently awaiting judgment in the Supreme Court. Also included is news of the largest sanctions package being implemented against Russian shadow fleet tankers, of HMCTS’s strategy for remote participation in court proceedings, of the EA securing two confiscation orders in relation to illegal waste offences, and of a pub chain being fined for food safety breaches following a child's severe allergic reaction. All this, and more, in this week’s Corporate Crime highlights.

This week's edition of Corporate Crime weekly highlights includes analysis of the High Court’s order for disclosure in the ENRC costs dispute with an SFO investigator, of the CMA’s enforcement action against businesses for fake and misleading online reviews and of a tribunal decision upholding the FCA’s ban on a financial adviser for prolonged regulatory non-compliance. Also included is news of HMCTS’s exploration of AI to improve access to court transcripts, of OTSI’s expanded licensing role for sanctioned goods exports, of OFSI's strategy for 2026–29 which aims to speed up its enforcement progress in new investigations, and of proposals to introduce criminal liability for senior tech executives who fail to remove non-consensual intimate images from their platforms. 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 provisions of the Tobacco and Vapes Bill and the potential challenges that implementation of the Bill may bring, of the first major challenge to the UK Russian sanctions regime in the UK’s highest court and of the criminal risks facing UK supermarkets amid an investigation alleging that production of certain imported products have been linked to forced labour. Also included is news of the government’s legislative proposals to tackle cybercrime, of a new MoU between OFSI and OFAC enhancing collaboration and enforcement of financial sanctions and of UK Athletics facing charges of corporate manslaughter after the death of a Paralympic athlete. All this, and more, in this week’s Corporate Crime highlights.

This week's edition of Corporate Crime weekly highlights includes analysis of the government’s proposed duties, powers and accountability framework for reforming AML/CTF supervision, of heightened sanctions compliance expectations for crypto-asset businesses and of the Supreme Court’s ruling that the right protected by PCSCA 2022, s 78 does not extend to permission to access private premises or use private roads. Also included is news of government plans for AI-assisted disclosure review and wider reforms to strengthen fraud detection, corporate accountability and prosecution, of the Sentencing Council’s consultation on its proposed strategic objectives for 2027–2030 and of HMRC reporting significant sanctions and tax fraud enforcement outcomes. All this, and more, in this week’s Corporate Crime highlights.

This week's edition of Corporate Crime weekly highlights includes analysis of the collapse of the Serious Fraud Office's (SFO) prosecution of three former executives at security company G4S, the reduction of magistrates’ powers to impose custodial sentences from a year to six months for either way offences and an administrator’s fight to avoid criminal liability in a Supreme Court test case. Also included is news of updated guidance on submitting better quality SARS and of the key announcements from the Spring Budget 2023 impacting corporate crime lawyers. All this, and more, in this week’s Corporate Crime highlights.

This week's edition of Corporate Crime weekly highlights includes analysis of the HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate’s report on the Serious Fraud Office and its disclosure obligations, of how organisations should begin to prepare for regulatory reform and mitigating the risks of non-financial misconduct and of the government’s forthcoming guidance on the 'failure to prevent fraud' offence. Also included is news of the sentencing of the former chief of staff to the Madagascan President for bribery offences, of the Law Society’s recommendations to the Treasury Select Committee’s inquiry on Russian Financial Sanctions and of the publication of the Law Commission’s Annual Report 2023–2024. All this, and more, in this week’s Corporate Crime highlights.

This week's edition of Corporate Crime weekly highlights includes analysis of the impact of the failure to prevent fraud offence on greenwashing claims and how companies now face the risk of criminal prosecution if they fail to prevent misleading claims, of how attritional disputes over disclosure shaped the SFO’s approach at a time when it was under intense scrutiny over its handling of evidence, and of the potential implications of the draft money laundering regulations for the UK financial sector and for financial services firms operating under the current regime. Also included is news of the consolidation of UK sanctions designations into a single list from January 2026, of a public consultation to shape new regulations on the sale and composition of tobacco, vape and nicotine products as part of the Tobacco and Vapes Bill, of proposed amendments to the EA’s enforcement and sanctions policy following a public consultation, and of enforcement action by the HSE, EA, NRW and the Insolvency Service. All this, and more, in this week’s Corporate Crime highlights.

This week's edition of Corporate Crime weekly highlights includes analysis of the first UK convictions and sentences for breaches of Russian sanctions and of the recently enacted Water (Special Measures) Act 2025 and how it significantly strengthens regulation of the water industry in England and Wales. Also included is news of a UK insurance company charged with failure to prevent bribery in a prosecution brought by the SFO, of the publication of OFSI’s threat assessment report on financial sanctions in the property sector, of corporate manslaughter charges brought against the parent company of a holiday park and of the UK's first INTERPOL Silver Notice issued to trace and recover a fraudster's global assets. All this, and more, in this week’s Corporate Crime highlights.

This week's edition of Corporate Crime weekly highlights includes analysis of how the proposals to create a court without juries will not solve the backlog of criminal cases, of the continued underuse of crypto wallet freezing and forfeiture orders by the SFO, and of calls by IOSCO and ESMA urging online platforms to take stronger action against the promotion of unauthorised financial services and financial fraud. Also included is news of the publication of the review of the UK’s whistleblowing framework, updates to OFSI’s guidance for HM Treasury’s new debt exception, and annual reports published by the SFO, Insolvency Service, FCA and the UK Supreme Court. All this, and more, in this week’s Corporate Crime highlights.