This week's edition of Corporate Crime weekly highlights includes analysis of the Supreme Court judgment in R v Layden confirming the Crown Court’s jurisdiction to re-try a defendant despite procedural non-compliance, of how the halt in global bribery investigations by the US could lead to the expedition of cases in the UK and Europe, and of the government’s plans to expand the UK’s fraud strategy with a focus on scammers. Also included is news of eight new and updated draft codes of practice under the Investigatory Powers Act, of the Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Bill introduced by the government to prevent new Sentencing Council guidelines from taking effect, and of new sanctions Regulations coming into force on 18 April 2025. All this, and more, in this week’s Corporate Crime highlights.

This week's edition of Corporate Crime weekly highlights includes analysis of why the UK sanctions review recommendations lack substance, how the FCA's new enforcement regime threatens firms and individuals and of the conviction of a sanctioned director for failing to respond to a request for information by OFSI. Also included is news of new sanctions guidance for non-UK companies helping foreign businesses implement risk management procedures, of a Red Alert published on Russian oil sanctions evasion, of the annual workplace fatality statistics published by the HSE, and of the SFO’s focus on strengthening cross-border enforcement. 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 enforcement trends in health and safety, of the 2024 Food Crime Strategic Assessment published by the FSA and FSS outlining the threat from food crime in the UK and of the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill which has been introduced into Parliament with the aim to better protect the public from terrorism. Also included is news of new court procedures relating to assimilated law no longer coming into force as originally intended, of guidance published by Companies House outlining how it will exercise its enforcement powers to issue new financial penalties to businesses and of the first financial penalty imposed by OFSI for breaches of Russia-related sanctions. All this, and more, in this week’s Corporate Crime highlights.

This week's edition of Corporate Crime weekly highlights includes analysis of a Court of Appeal judgment clarifying that tipping-off liability may arise from disclosure of a specific non-public investigative strand even where the wider investigation is publicly known. Also included is news of revised commencement dates and expanded offence exclusions under the Sentencing Act 2026, OFSI’s imposition of a £4.7 million penalty on Citibank London for 970 sanctions breaches and the government's proposal to double OFSI's maximum penalty, the NCA's recovery of £3.84 million following an investigation into suspected money laundering and sanctions evasion, compliance risks highlighted by the A7 network's use of shell companies, false invoices and other methods to circumvent controls, and proposals to strengthen waste crime enforcement through higher fixed penalties, wider asset confiscation powers and faster enforcement of confiscation orders. All this, and more, in this week’s Corporate Crime highlights.

This week's edition of Corporate Crime weekly highlights includes analysis of OFSI’s 2026–29 strategy and its shift towards more assertive, intelligence-led sanctions enforcement, and of changes in the US Department of Justice’s corporate enforcement policy and its implications for voluntary self-disclosure incentives. Also included is news of the Crime and Policing Bill, Victims and Courts Bill and the Tobacco and Vapes Bill receiving Royal Assent, of newly published guidance on OTSI’s assessment of applications for trade sanctions licences, of the FCA’s international crackdown on unlawful financial promotions by finfluencers, and of a £3.8 million fine for a chemical company after two employees suffered serious chemical burns. All this, and more, in this week’s Corporate Crime highlights.

This week's edition of Corporate Crime weekly highlights includes analysis of what the recently signed MoU between OFSI and OFAC will mean for financial sanctions enforcement, of the draft CMA consumer protection enforcement guidance which includes updates introduced by the DMCCA 2024, of why preventing non-financial misconduct should be a priority for businesses and of the SRA’s announcement that it aims to launch the first prosecutions this summer in connection with the Post Office Horizon scandal. Also included is coverage of extensive new guidance published for Coroners on the bench, of new sanctions imposed on Belarus by the FCDO to address ongoing political repression there, and of a company being fined £2m for health and safety breaches. All this, and more, in this week’s Corporate Crime highlights.

This week's edition of Corporate Crime weekly highlights includes analysis of Fisher KC’s proposals to modernise fraud law and enforcement in response to digital and AI-enabled offending, of the SFO’s concerns over deteriorating bribery compliance at Güralp Systems, of proposed reforms to the transparency in supply chains regime under MSA 2015, s 54, and of the Supreme Court’s broad interpretation of the ‘circumstances of the kind’ test under DVCVA 2004. Also included is news of the Home Office’s consultation on unauthorised fraud, of the Court of Appeal Criminal Division’s report highlighting increased case complexity and pressure from unduly lenient sentence references and litigants in person, of EU Member States adopting the 21st Russia sanctions package covering banking, crypto-assets and legal protections, and enforcement action from the EA, HSE, FCA and 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 impact the calling of the UK general election has on government Bills, of the Labour party’s plans to pay whistleblowers for identifying sanctions breaches and of the sentencing of a woman who laundered bitcoin linked to an alleged £5 billion fraud. Also included is news of the various Bills which received Royal Assent in the ‘wash up’ prior to the prorogation of Parliament, that the Attorney General’s updated Guidelines on Disclosure have now come into effect and of the latest prosecution news from the Serious Fraud Office. All this, and more, in this week’s Corporate Crime highlights.

This week's edition of Corporate Crime weekly highlights includes analysis of a decision overturning the Murphy principle, which held that prosecutions and appeals in criminal cases should be and will, save for exceptional cases, be subject to the criminal costs regime, of joint US-UK sanctions against Cambodia’s Prince Group and its chair Chen Zhi and whether it signals a broader revival of coordinated sanctions enforcement between the two countries, and of the US DOJ‘s new FCPA guidelines focusing enforcement on cases affecting US competitiveness, infrastructure, corrupt intent, or transnational crime. Also included is news of the Renters' Rights Bill receiving Royal Assent, of a consultation response published on environmental permitting exemptions reform suggesting new powers to create, amend and remove exempt facilities that do not require environmental permits, of FSA publishing updated Food Law Codes of Practice introducing a more flexible, risk-based approach to food regulation, and of enforcement action by the HSE, CQC, SEPA and the FCA. All this, and more, in this week’s Corporate Crime highlights.

This week's edition of Corporate Crime weekly highlights includes analysis of the radical proposals for the criminal courts contained in Part I of Leveson’s Independent Review of the Criminal Courts, of the discontinuance of FCA proceedings against Tom Hayes and revocation of Carlo Palombo’s prohibition order and of the UK Supreme Court upholding Russian sanctions in a landmark proportionality ruling. Also included is news of an upcoming CrimPR amendment requiring media notification when proposing discretionary reporting restrictions, that the SFO has charged six defendants in a £75m pension fraud investigation, of new coroners guidance on Article 2 ECHR procedural obligations and of a company fined £1m for health and safety breaches. 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 new sanctions office, OTSI, will affect the UK trade landscape, of the increase in white-collar criminal lawyers taking on investigations into non-financial misconduct inside the world's biggest companies and of the growth of Companies House enforcement powers following the updating of their enforcement policy guidance for the first time in nearly ten years. Also included is news of the key criminal justice announcements from the Autumn Budget 2024, of the launch of a new insurance fraud charter by the Home Office and of the latest prosecution news from the SFO. All this, and more, in this week’s Corporate Crime highlights.

This week's edition of Corporate Crime weekly highlights includes analysis of the effectiveness of the British jury system, of how the digitalisation of the global financial industry and acceleration of the use of new technologies has led to the proliferation of various new types of financial crime and of government plans to nullify non-disclosure agreements that prevent victims from reporting potential crimes. Also included is news of updates to the Criminal Procedure Rules 2020 which have come into force, of two successful Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) prosecutions and of an increase in the hourly recovery rate for the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) under the Fee for Intervention regime. All this, and more, in this week’s Corporate Crime highlights.