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The rise of the cryptoassets in financial remedies
Connie Atkinson
9 April 2019
FCA’s Guidance on Cryptoassets – welcome clarity
“Cryptoassets have attracted significant and growing attention from consumers, markets, governments and regulators globally”, stated the FCA earlier this year in launching its consultation on its Guidance on Cryptoassests. Jill Lorimer has previously commented on the Cryptoassests guidance.
The aim of the Guidance is to “provide regulatory clarity for market participants carrying on activities in this space” and it appears to do just that.
9 April 2019
Negotiating a new extradition process post-Brexit: lessons to be learned from the European Arrest Warrant experience
In April 2016, the international criminal justice NGO Fair Trials, launched their EU-wide ‘Beyond Surrender’ project which set out to examine the effect the use of the European Arrest Warrant (‘EAW’) has on the life of those who are extradited and their families. The focus was on the human stories surrounding those who have been the subject of an EAW and the real impact it has had on their lives.
4 April 2019
Tackling fraud: more must be done
At the start of 2019, the Economic Crime Strategy Board was launched with the Chancellor stating at the time that:
“The UK is leading the world in the fight against illicit finance, preventing fraudsters from stealing billions from the public each year. We know more can be done...”.
4 April 2019
HMRC turns to companies to police tax evasion
New provisions introduced in September 2017 (under the Criminal Finances Act 2017(ss45-46) to allow the prosecution of a company or partnership for failing to prevent its employees and other “associated persons” from facilitating tax evasion in the UK and abroad, were heralded as a game-changer in terms of reducing tax fraud and closing the tax gap (see our related blog - Will the new corporate offence of failure to prevent tax evasion and enhanced international tax transparency change the landscape for tax investigations?).
1 April 2019
Sex Dolls: New Guidance but No Clarity
Last week the CPS published guidance on prosecuting cases of childlike sex dolls.
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