Region: Europe

FCA announces next enforcement leaders

The UK’s financial regulator also revealed plans to streamline its legal function and shift the responsibility for international matters away from the enforcement division.

23 March 2023

Swedish gambling companies fined £7.1 million in UK over AML failures

23 March 2023

Estonia identifies 1,500 cases of sanctions evasion

23 March 2023

All change at UK enforcement agencies as CPS leader announces departure

The former director of the SFO told GIR that the UK’s prosecution agencies require new leaders who have a clear mission and the courage to take on difficult cases.

22 March 2023

German prosecutors raid Mercedes-Benz in corruption probe

The Stuttgart public prosecutor’s office has searched the premises of German car manufacturer Mercedes-Benz as part of a bribery investigation.

22 March 2023

Latest French guide on internal investigations sparks concern among lawyers

French lawyers are up in arms about recent guidance on conflicts of interest and attorney-client privilege in internal investigations, with one lawyer calling the view on privileged materials “a shocking breach of the rule of law in a western democracy”.

21 March 2023

OFSI sets due diligence bar in latest enforcement guidance

The UK’s civil sanctions enforcement agency has detailed, for the first time, the due diligence steps that companies can take to reduce potential fines for breaching sanctions.

20 March 2023

SFO secures forfeiture of Operation Car Wash-linked funds

A London court has granted the Serious Fraud Office its largest-ever account forfeiture order for funds allegedly stemming from a Brazilian corruption scandal.

17 March 2023

OECD urges Denmark to take action on foreign bribery

16 March 2023

Swedbank fined $80 million for IT controls failures

16 March 2023

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