Region: United Kingdom

24 March 2023

The DOJ said in March 2022 that it would credit JLT up to 100% of its $29 million US disgorgement, payable in connection with an Ecuadorean corruption case, if the company resolved similar facts with the SFO within a year.

24 March 2023

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

23 March 2023

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

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

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

UK businessman Mike Lynch has asked a London court for permission to appeal against a decision to extradite him to the US where he faces fraud charges over the sale of a software company he co-founded.

15 March 2023

A London court has dismissed a Belarusian company’s challenge against its UK sanctions designation for allegedly aiding Alexander Lukashenko’s autocratic regime.

15 March 2023

The UK’s anti-fraud agency has told a London court that it received intelligence from various sources besides ENRC’s former solicitor before deciding to investigate the Kazakh miner.

14 March 2023