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Deepfakes to Deletion Orders: Tackling technology enabled sexual offending in the Crime and Policing Act 2026
Sophie Tang
13 October 2023
Government announces independent review of disclosure and fraud offences
The government has announced the establishment of an Independent Review of Disclosure and Fraud Offences (the Review), to be chaired by barrister Jonathan Fisher KC. This is another step towards fulfilling the plans set out earlier in 2023, when the Fraud Strategy was published.
12 October 2023
Health and Safety / Corporate Manslaughter Quarterly Update – Q3 2023
This quarterly update provides a summary of a selection of news stories relating to health and safety investigations and prosecutions, as well as key corporate manslaughter cases, from the period July – September 2023.
12 October 2023
Environmental Law Quarterly Update - Q3 2023
This quarterly environmental law update provides a summary of news stories in the period July 2023 – September 2023.
9 October 2023
Extradition to the UK blocked
A European court recently blocked the extradition of an alleged drug dealer due to concerns over the protection of his human rights in the requesting state. Perhaps not an unusual decision at first glance. But what makes this case stand out is that the requesting state was the United Kingdom.
2 October 2023
Enforcement of Indian anti-money laundering attachment/confiscation orders in the United Kingdom
In the last decade, the Government of India has pursued dedicated legislative action towards achieving the objectives of its primary Anti-Money Laundering (“AML”) statute i.e. Prevention of Money Laundering Act 2002 (“PMLA”). Not only has India enacted critical statutory amendments to widen the scope of the proceeds of crime under the PMLA to include foreign assets, but has also supplemented the PMLA with the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act, 2018 (“FEOA”), which is aimed at confiscation of properties without trial/conviction where the “fugitive economic offender” fails to submit to the Indian jurisdiction. The FEOA applies to matters concerning values of more than INR 1 Billion (≈GBP 10 Million) or more. The investigation and enforcement authority under PMLA, i.e. the Directorate of Enforcement (“ED”) in India is making consistent and concentrated efforts to trace, attach/seize and confiscate foreign assets of persons alleged and/or suspected to have indulged in the money laundering.
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