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Private prosecutions – A route to justice for the charity sector
Sophie Tang
20 January 2016
MPs question HMRC’s response to tax evasion, the hidden economy and criminal attacks
With the issue of tax evasion a political priority and firmly in the media spotlight, the Public Accounts Committee kick-started 2016 with an evidence session with top HMRC officials as part of its inquiry into: Tackling tax fraud: how HMRC responds to tax evasion, the hidden economy and criminal attacks.
20 January 2016
Global Business Risks: Davos debates Cybercrime
With the glittering line up of heads of state, global business leaders and the odd celebrity or two meeting this week in Davos, for the World Economic Forum, one of the key themes under discussion is Cyber Security – identified as a major global business risk.
11 January 2016
Corporate corruption: Smith & Ouzman ordered to pay £2.2m
The SFO’s four-year bribery investigation into the printing company Smith & Ouzman has concluded with the company being ordered to pay a financial penalty of £2.2 million. The company, and two of its directors, were convicted under the Prevention of Corruption Act 1906 in December 2014 but complex confiscation issues meant that sentencing of the company did not take place until last week. The two directors were sentenced in February 2015.
7 January 2016
New call by the SFO’s Director for US style powers to punish companies in the future
The Ministry of Justice announced last year that it would not proceed with the proposed extension of the corporate criminal offence of failure to prevent bribery to other economic crime. However the issue of how to prosecute big companies more effectively has not gone away.
5 January 2016
Financial crime: compliance challenges for 2016 and beyond
Notwithstanding George Osborne’s indication that he wants to work with financial institutions, we anticipate that compliance and anti-money laundering concerns will grow ever more important for the financial services industry in 2016. In the last year we have seen the FCA publicly committing to pursuing more cases against individuals and the announcement of the Senior Managers Regime which will come into force in March 2016 with the aim of making it easier to hold senior management to account (see our earlier blog). Financial crime and compliance looks set to remain firmly on the agenda.
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