This week's edition of Risk & Compliance weekly highlights includes the latest Risk & Compliance forecast, key announcements from the Budget 2025 impacting criminal justice and enforcement frameworks, UKFIU’s new SAR portal guidance introducing registration and authentication requirements, the NCA’s continued crackdown on Russian-linked money laundering networks, refreshed SFO guidance on corporate compliance programmes and the commencement of key provisions of the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025.

This week's edition of Risk & Compliance weekly highlights includes: the ICO’s consultations on complaint handling and recognised legitimate interests under DUAA 2025 the UK government’s sanctions against financial institutions and crypto exchanges in Kyrgyzstan; HMRC’s first corporate tax evasion prosecution; and analysis of the new failure to prevent fraud offence.

This week's edition of Risk & Compliance weekly highlights includes: an update on the ‘old EU SCCs’, the latest sanctions news, details of the NCA’s guidance on the new SAR portal, an analysis of new EU anti-money laundering legislation, and coverage of the SRA’s consultation on proposed changes for CILEX members.

This week's edition of Risk and Compliance weekly highlights includes analysis of the Crime and Policing Act 2026 forthcoming expansion of corporate criminal liability, new UK sanctions targeting Russia-linked crypto exchanges and the A7 network, and an update to OFSI General Licence INT/2024/4761108.

This week's edition of Risk & Compliance weekly highlights includes: the new Risk & Compliance forecast, the latest sanctions news, the launch of a bribery investigation into defence firm Thales by the SFO and INTERPOL’s successful global operation against financial cybercrime.

This week's edition of Risk and Compliance weekly highlights includes: news of discussions between EU and China concerning data; an analysis of the increase in money laundering cases heard at crown courts and coverage of an IEA paper on the possibility of replacing the Serious Fraud Office.

This week's edition of Risk & Compliance weekly highlights includes: the most recent sanctions updates, details of the new EU Anti-Money Laundering Authority, an update to the non-cooperative tax jurisdiction list and an analysis of the impact of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 for data protection lawyers.

This week's edition of Risk & Compliance weekly highlights includes the EDPB’s publication of revised FAQs and procedural rules on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, the FCDO’s confirmation that the UK Sanctions List will become the sole authoritative source for all sanctions designations as the OFSI Consolidated List closes, OFSI’s £160,000 monetary penalty issued against Bank of Scotland for breaches of the Russia (Sanctions) Regulations, and the laying of the draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026.

This week's edition of Risk & Compliance weekly highlights includes: updated guidance on reporting suspected trade sanctions breaches by the DBT and OTSI, new restrictions on ransomware that may redirect cybercriminal activities to the private sphere, updated recommendations for managing external delays in legal processes, and emerging prospects for the UK to impact how corporate misdeeds are regulated.

This week's edition of Risk & Compliance weekly highlights includes the latest OFSI legal services general licence and updated sanctions FAQs, alongside new OTSI guidance on services sanctions relating to Russia and specified ships. We also cover the FCA's consultation on proposed changes to its Financial Crime Guide and analysis of the SFO's updated corporate cooperation guidance, including changes to the self-reporting process for businesses. In addition, we highlight our latest updated Practice Notes and Precedents.

This week's edition of Risk and Compliance weekly highlights includes: publication of new guidance on anonymisation and pseudonymisation techniques by the ICO, the latest sanctions news, publication of the SARs Annual Report and publication of additional and updated Employment Rights Bill factsheets by the Government.

This week's edition of Risk & Compliance weekly highlights includes: an analysis of the DUAA 2025 and its implications for UK data protection, OFSI’s updated general licences and new confidential reporting guidance, a Red Alert on Russian oil sanctions evasion, US sanctions targeting cybercrime infrastructure, and the SFO’s expanded international anti-corruption efforts.