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Private prosecutions – A route to justice for the charity sector
Sophie Tang
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.
29 March 2019
Tongue splitting, ear removal and branding - the limits of consent as a defence to extreme body modification (Part II)
A registered tattooist and body piercer who also provided body modification pleaded guilty in February 2019 to three counts of causing grievous bodily harm with intent. This resulted in a 40-month prison sentence for “Dr Evil”.
25 March 2019
SRA to undertake AML audits as enforcers keep focus on “professional enablers”
Recent political statements as to the role professionals can play in money laundering by “providing a veil of legitimacy to organised criminals” has led to a focus on “lawyers, accountants and estate agents [who] are too often woven into their web.”
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