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Private prosecutions – A route to justice for the charity sector
Sophie Tang
14 March 2016
National Crime Agency reports on UK response to money laundering
The National Crime Agency (‘NCA’) has now published its annual review of Suspicious Activity Reports (‘SARs’).
Under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (‘POCA’), a person is required to submit a SAR where they have knowledge or suspicion that someone is engaged in money laundering. When submitting the SAR, the reporter will sometimes request the consent of the NCA to undertake an activity which the reporter suspects may constitute money laundering.
9 March 2016
Evidence Across Borders: The increasing use of mutual legal assistance in transnational investigations
The Serious Fraud Office (“SFO”) is becoming an increasingly important resource for foreign jurisdictions when fighting large-scale international crime, recent disclosure reveals.
7 March 2016
Global Criminality and Mutual Legal Assistance
On 15 January 2016 the UK, Northern Ireland and China Mutual Legal Assistance (“MLA”) Treaty into criminal matters came into force, shortly after the UK, Northern Ireland and Kazakhstan MLA Treaty into criminal matters was presented to parliament. In light of the increasing move to embrace more countries into our MLA directory, we look at what mutual legal assistance is, how it works and its power to compel witness evidence.
3 March 2016
"Relentless in pursuit of tax evasion and avoidance”: HMRC sets out plan to 2020
In its departmental plan for 2015-2020 published last month, HMRC set out it’s role “to help the honest majority to get their tax right and make it hard for the dishonest minority to cheat the system”. One of the headline objectives for this period is: “maximise revenues due and bear down on avoidance and evasion” as such behaviour damages the ability of the tax system to raise revenue fairly and impose additional costs on all honest taxpayers.
25 February 2016
Market abuse risks: Financial Conduct Authority hands down £1.2 million fine
On 23 February the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) took action against W H Ireland Limited (WHI) handing down a £1.2million fine and confirming that the company was restricted for a period of 72 days from taking on new clients in its corporate broking division. The FCA found that during a period from 1 January and 19 June 2013, WHI failed to ensure it had the proper systems and controls in place to prevent market abuse being detected or occurring.
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