This week's edition of Corporate Crime weekly highlights includes analysis of the Home Office statutory guidance on Martyn’s Law and how businesses should prepare for new protective security obligations. Also included is news of the OFSI’s penalty on Deutsche Bank London Branch for Russia sanctions breaches, of the DBT issuing general trade licences for Russian oil products and liquefied natural gas transportation, of reforms to strengthen waste carrier, broker and dealer regulation and tackle illegal waste activity, and of HMCTS reporting record Crown Court sitting days alongside progress on criminal court modernisation. All this, and more, in this week’s Corporate Crime highlights.

This week's edition of Corporate Crime weekly highlights includes analysis of the recently released statutory guidance on the failure to prevent fraud offence and the procedures that companies are expected to implement in order to comply, of the UK and EU approaches to sanctions enforcement which shows that the UK is making progress when it comes to effective sanctions enforcement and of the ASA’s use of AI to monitor adverts to proactively pursue so-called ‘greenwashing’ claims. Also included is news of upcoming changes to sanctions legislation, including the expansion of reporting obligations to cover additional sectors, of the public call for evidence to support the work of the independent sentencing review and of a company being fined £1.28m after an employee was crushed to death by a lorry. All this, and more, in this week’s Corporate Crime highlights.

This week's edition of Corporate Crime weekly highlights includes analysis of the Serious Fraud Office’s (SFO) 2023–2024 annual report, of the wider impact of the National Crime Agency’s (NCA) forfeiture of sanctioned funds and of what the Court of Appeal’s ruling in R (World Uyghur Congress) v National Crime Agency means for the investigation of money laundering offences under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA 2002). Also included is news of a £15m fine for Pwc for failing to report suspected fraudulent activity and new sanctions FAQs published by the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI). All this, and more, in this week’s Corporate Crime highlights.

This week's edition of Corporate Crime weekly highlights includes analysis of the Criminal Justice Bill, of how the expansion of corporate criminal liability will impact the work of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and of why the failure to prevent fraud offence may not make that much difference. Also included is news that two Petrofac senior executives have been charged with bribery, that two successful prosecutions have been brought by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for insider trading and fraud, that a company convicted of corporate manslaughter and that a water company has been fined over £2m for discharged raw sewage. All this, and more, in this week’s Corporate Crime highlights.

This week's edition of Corporate Crime weekly highlights includes analysis of the limitations of the UK’s current whistleblowing framework and the case for further reform, of the evolving litigation and regulatory landscape shaping ESG and sustainability compliance in 2026, and of the forthcoming financial regulatory reforms that firms should be preparing for. Also included is news of the government announcing a water sector overhaul establishing a new single regulator with enhanced enforcement powers, of the new offence prohibiting the creation of non-consensual intimate deepfakes under the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 coming into force on 6 February 2026, and of the SFO securing guilty pleas in a £70m Ethical Forestry pension fraud case. All this, and more, in this week’s Corporate Crime highlights.

This week's edition of Corporate Crime weekly highlights includes analysis of the cross-government review into sanctions implementation and enforcement, of a call for the crack down on big tech companies for their role in hindering financial fraud enforcement, and of the significant shift in white collar crime enforcement in the US. Also included is news of the EA’s record number criminal investigations into water companies in England as part of a crackdown on sewage dumping, of the National Food Crime Unit’s new investigative powers effective from 1 May 2025, and of a new Work-Related Deaths Protocol being announced to improve how agencies investigate work-related deaths in Scotland. All this, and more, in this week’s Corporate Crime highlights.

This week's edition of Corporate Crime weekly highlights includes analysis of the CMA’s first £4.2m fine for consumer law breaches and its implications for enhanced enforcement of pricing transparency obligations. Also included is news of the SFO’s 2026–27 Business Plan signalling increased investment in intelligence and technology, the OTSI’s guidance for businesses on sanctions end-use controls applicable to certain trade sanctions regimes, the Council of the EU adopting a new directive on EU-wide criminal law framework to combat corruption, and guidance on Martyn's Law assisting in-scope organisations with complying with counter-terrorism preparedness requirements. All this, and more, in this week’s Corporate Crime highlights.

This week's edition of Corporate Crime weekly highlights includes analysis of compliance trends in the landscape of corporate ethics to be expected in 2025, of the OTSI‘s guidance published on ‘no-Russia' clauses and countering Russian sanctions evasion and of the SFO securing its first UWO linked to a £100m fraud case. Also included is news of amendments to the Criminal Procedure Rules due to come into force in February and April, of the MoJ’s newly launched consultation on the role of computer evidence in the criminal justice system, of Defra’s recently published guidance to assist businesses in preparing for the ban on the sale and supply of single-use vapes and of the EA Chief Regulator’s call for reforms to the UK's environmental regulation framework following the release of their 2023/24 report on environmental enforcement statistics. 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 Crown Court case on when luxury goods are ‘made available’ and how ‘ordinary residence’ is determined under the Russia sanctions regime, of the implications of uneven international bribery enforcement, and of concerns that the Cyber Resilience and Security Bill fails to adequately address AI-related threats. Also included is news of the High Court refusing permission for judicial review of a summons charging Southern Water's CEO with conspiracy to defraud, of the Judiciary’s response to recommendations on judicial training, deployment, case listing and remote access arising from the Independent Review of the Criminal Courts, of increased fixed penalties for fly-tipping and littering from 1 September 2026, and of Southern Water receiving fines totalling £7.1 million for 13 sewage discharge and environmental permitting offences. All this, and more, in this week’s Corporate Crime highlights.

This week's edition of Corporate Crime weekly highlights includes analysis of the general election announcement, of a recent case which considered delays in confiscation proceedings, of the NCA’s first conviction of a foreign official and of the FCA’s plans to publicise details of companies under investigation. Also included is news of OFSI’s updates to sanctions guidances and reporting requirements, of the NCA and UKFIU’s newly published guidance on submitting Suspicious Activity Reports and of the significant fines imposed by the FCA and PRA against Citigroup Global Markets Limited for failures in its trading systems and controls. All this, and more, in this week’s Corporate Crime highlights.

This week's edition of Corporate Crime weekly highlights includes analysis of how private prosecutors face cost-control discipline following the ruling in R v BDI and others, of the UN’s snapback of Iran sanctions and the heightened compliance challenges they pose for international companies, of the FCA becoming the sole regulator of AML/CTF, and of the FCA’s planned tokenisation regime and how it could expose investors to financial criminals in crypto-markets. Also included is news of a consultation extending investigatory powers under POCA 2002 to three public sector organisations, of another consultation seeking views on expanding the EA’s powers to issue faster civil penalties of up to £500,000 against water companies in England that breach environmental rules, of company directors jailed for more than 70 years after they were caught planning a multi-million-pound VAT fraud, and of three companies fined more than £1m for health and safety offences. All this, and more, in this week’s Corporate Crime highlights.

This week's edition of Corporate Crime weekly highlights includes analysis of the landmark Supreme Court ruling quashing LIBOR and EURIBOR manipulation convictions and of a case considering the serious implications of the provision of false information in the context of closed proceedings. Also included is news of the Criminal Procedure Rules 2025 which come into force in October 2025, of the SFO securing the first cryptocurrency freezing order utilising new powers introduced in 2024, of the FCDO introducing the first sanctions regime targeting people smuggling and irregular migration, and of the Product Regulation and Metrology Bill receiving Royal Assent introducing new regulatory powers aimed at improving product safety standards across online marketplaces. All this, and more, in this week’s Corporate Crime highlights.