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Private prosecutions – A route to justice for the charity sector
Sophie Tang
22 March 2017
CMA campaign to crack down on cartels – but at what price?
The CMA has upped its fight against criminal and civil cartels by launching an advertising campaign to promote its rewards of up to £100,000 for those who report them. The examples the CMA gives in support of this campaign. However, the campaign is also aimed at uncovering criminal cartels, where individuals can be prosecuted and imprisoned.
17 March 2017
OPBAS: A supervisor of supervisors?
The Government has announced its plans to launch a new anti-money laundering watchdog, the Office for Professional Body Anti-Money Laundering Supervision (OPBAS) that will sit within the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and be fully operational by the start of 2018.
15 March 2017
The cyber threat to UK businesses – NCSC/NCA publish 2016/17 annual report
The first joint annual threat assessment of NCA and NCSC is pushed today. The NCSC, part of GCHQ and formed by an amalgamation of various cyber-security related bodies, is the governmental advisory agency on cyber crime issues and is supported by the law enforcement powers of the NCA. It is intended that they will jointly deliver many aspects of the 2016-2021 National Cyber Security Strategy.
14 March 2017
‘A very important time…in the security landscape of Europe’: director of Europol speaks to the Home Affairs Committee about the organisation’s future
As part of a series of evidence sessions considering the repercussions for security and policing within Europe after Brexit, Rob Wainwright, director of the European Police Office (‘Europol’) has addressed the Home Affairs Committee on behalf of Europol, in an attempt to define the nature of the relationship between the Europol and the UK after it leaves the EU. While emphasising the organisation’s “genuine willingness to make this work”, his testimony offered little comfort to those who fear the break down in collaborative cross-border efforts to fight crime.
14 March 2017
Is a conditional caution the way forward for dealing with and rehabilitating those accused of viewing indecent images of children?
In a recent interview with the Times, Simon Bailey, the National Police Chiefs’ Council lead on child protection, highlighted the increasing numbers of cases of alleged child sexual abuse being reported to the police, including cases of indecent images of children (“IIOC”) being viewed online. In a frank admission he stressed that the police are finding themselves overwhelmed by this work and have reached “saturation point”.
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