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Deepfakes to Deletion Orders: Tackling technology enabled sexual offending in the Crime and Policing Act 2026
Sophie Tang
31 May 2023
The role of Eurojust, and the UK, in tackling international crime
The latest annual report produced by Eurojust, the EU’s cross-border crime-fighting agency, reveals a key post-Brexit role for the UK authorities, the prevalence of cross-border fraud, and the impact of the war in Ukraine. Sophie Wood and Phil Taylor examine the report and its implications.
31 May 2023
Company investigations: Common traps and how to avoid them
Company investigations are often fraught with issues and there is much to consider. Those in charge are commonly afforded very little time before having to proceed. It therefore pays to be aware of some of the potential pitfalls at the outset.
16 May 2023
Taking action against fraud
Criminal litigation partner Ed Smyth looks at the government’s proposals to overhaul and renew the UK’s fraud reporting and response system.
For many individuals, losing hard-earned savings through fraud can be a life-changing event. It would be unrealistic to believe that fraud can ever be wiped out, but it is imperative that incidences are kept as low as possible to reduce the impact on the general public as well as industry and the public sector.
11 May 2023
The everyday reality in the “fraud capital of the world”
On 3 May 2023, the same day that the UK government’s long-awaited Fraud Strategy was published, the Home Office released a significant piece of research looking at incidents of fraud and corruption experienced by UK businesses between 2017 and 2020. A week later, on 11 May, UK Finance published its latest annual report focusing on payment industry fraud and its CEO labelled UK as “the fraud capital of the world”.
3 May 2023
Health and Safety / Corporate Manslaughter Update – Q1 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, published in the period January 2023 – March 2023.
- Controlling and coercive behaviour
- Corporate crime
- Corporate manslaughter and health and safety
- Crime and justice
- Cyber crime
- Extradition and international crime
- Financial crime and financial regulatory enforcement
- Fraud
- Internal investigations
- Legal Updates
- Online Safety Regulation
- Police investigations
- Proceeds of Crime
- The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act
- Unexplained Wealth Orders
- Youth crime and justice