Posts Tagged ‘Serious Fraud Office’

  • M&A deal exposes bribery. No action taken against company while vendor pays heavy price and receives lengthy jail term. - Tuesday, July 9, 2019 2:33 - 0 Comments
  • Dawn raids, searches & media enquiries our top 5 tips and what they have in common with fires. - Wednesday, May 22, 2019 8:00 - 0 Comments
  • I have received a Section 2 Notice from the Serious Fraud Office, what should I do? Do you have any tips? - Wednesday, May 8, 2019 1:57 - 0 Comments
  • UK approach to white collar investigations can and must encompass plea bargains & immunity - Tuesday, April 30, 2019 3:24 - 0 Comments
  • Our top 5: Predictions for 2019 - Saturday, January 5, 2019 0:27 - 0 Comments
  • New Director of Serious Fraud Office Lays Out Approach - Wednesday, September 5, 2018 7:52 - 0 Comments
  • Opinion: New Serious Fraud Office Director Appointment reflects Americanisation of UK Corporate Crime Enforcement and represents opportunity for further harmonisation - Wednesday, June 6, 2018 2:10 - 0 Comments
  • 60% increase in SFO core funding is a huge vote of government confidence - Thursday, April 19, 2018 23:32 - 0 Comments
  • BE QUICK: 16 November: Tickets going fast…Roll up, Roll up – hear David Green QC’s Swan Song and Hui Chen in London at our annual reg conference - Monday, October 23, 2017 8:08 - 0 Comments
  • Opinion: As debate shifts from future of SFO to future of Theresa May we say: At last, fund the SFO properly. - Sunday, June 11, 2017 1:15 - 0 Comments
  • Opinion: As Rolls resolution confirms DPA’s on the menu without Self Report we argue (again) for bigger discounts for companies who Self Report. - Wednesday, January 18, 2017 5:30 - 0 Comments
  • EXCLUSIVE: U turn on DPA’s. SFO Director points to concerns over lack of incentives for DPA’s while Sir Brian Leveson says DPA companies entitled to bigger discounts. - Monday, June 27, 2016 9:06 - 0 Comments
  • BREXIT. No change to present enforcement but proposals for new laws could be in tatters - Saturday, June 25, 2016 3:06 - 0 Comments
  • BREAKING: Biggest corporate criminal law shake up announced as part of UK Anti Corruption Summit - Thursday, May 12, 2016 10:00 - 0 Comments
  • Civil Settlement for Scottish Company which self-reported violations of Section 1 & Section 7 of the Bribery Act highlights difference of approach North of the Border - Sunday, April 17, 2016 3:22 - 0 Comments
  • The chronology of an SFO investigation – by Alun Milford GC of the SFO - Wednesday, March 30, 2016 5:19 - 0 Comments
  • BREAKING: SFO Director contract extension marks vote of confidence in agency turnaround - Tuesday, February 9, 2016 5:16 - 0 Comments
  • Standard Bank failure to prevent bribery. The Aston Martin Bribery Act case. Or a hot rod? - Sunday, December 6, 2015 11:42 - 0 Comments
  • Hat trick for the SFO: First Section 7 Bribery Act Admission outside of a DPA* by Sweett Group PLC - Thursday, December 3, 2015 5:13 - 0 Comments
  • Only 50 days until Christmas – Make all your wishes come true: SFO update…How to get a DPA - Wednesday, November 4, 2015 6:28 - 0 Comments
  • OPINION: SFO Speech in full from the Cambridge Symposium – David Green lays out (again) why the SFO should remain. You can work out the rest… - Monday, September 7, 2015 10:29 - 0 Comments
  • Opinion: As UK DPA Mania & rumour mill sets in. Pundits fundamentally misunderstand the SFO & UK regime - Sunday, July 26, 2015 11:55 - 0 Comments
  • My company has entered into contracts with FIFA. Should I be doing anything? - Monday, June 1, 2015 8:11 - 1 Comment
  • First DPA invitation letters issued by SFO. The race is on for the first DPA. - Monday, May 25, 2015 0:01 - 1 Comment
  • Guilty. With a little help from it’s friends…SFO gets by with a little help from its friends. - Tuesday, May 12, 2015 1:12 - 0 Comments
  • Bribery an aggravator as Directors sentenced to a total of 28 years in prison - Monday, December 8, 2014 14:11 - 0 Comments
  • Christmas Comes Early: SFO Scores 1st Bribery Act Convictions - Sunday, December 7, 2014 4:54 - 2 Comments
  • Pinsent Masons Regulatory Conference – David Green confirms Anti-Bribery central plank underpinning Independent SFO - Sunday, October 26, 2014 23:09 - 0 Comments
  • 5 top tips on how to handle the SFO from Alun Milford…GC of the SFO - Wednesday, October 22, 2014 1:54 - 0 Comments
  • BREAKING: OPINION: SFO faces disastrous new closure threat from Theresa May at the Home Office - Sunday, October 5, 2014 23:45 - 0 Comments
  • SFO GC. Alun Milford. Read my lips. This is what we want. - Wednesday, September 3, 2014 3:03 - 0 Comments
  • BREAKING: David Green Reports SFO Progress at Cambridge Symposium - Wednesday, September 3, 2014 0:32 - 0 Comments
  • REVIEW: The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in a new era by Mike Koehler – BUY IT - Friday, August 22, 2014 3:44 - 0 Comments
  • REVIEW: Transparency International – Small bribes, big problem: guidance for companies - Monday, August 18, 2014 22:23 - 0 Comments
  • OPINION: SFO’s Ben Morgan comments on Self Reporting post Innospec 4. We say: not *quite* so fast. - Sunday, August 17, 2014 23:46 - 0 Comments
  • Another SFO success. Bruce Hall sentenced and subject to aggressive use of UK money laundering laws by SFO. - Wednesday, July 23, 2014 13:16 - 0 Comments
  • OPINION: Light at the end of the tunnel & a review of the last 12 months from David Green QC - Sunday, July 6, 2014 2:44 - 0 Comments
  • Jeff Knox, DOJ Fraud Section Chief on the UK US Special Relationship, Prosecution of Individuals & Self Reporting - Tuesday, June 24, 2014 7:20 - 0 Comments
  • BREAKING: 1st UK Anti-corruption plan imminent & corporate crime laws under review - Tuesday, June 24, 2014 6:09 - 0 Comments
  • BREAKING: Good news for the SFO in Innospec – Jury Convicts former CEO and Sales Director - Thursday, June 19, 2014 0:23 - 0 Comments
  • BREAKING: UK govt. wholesale review of anti-bribery and white collar crime enforcement - Thursday, June 12, 2014 0:22 - 0 Comments
  • Opinion: SFO say Self Report as early as possible. We say (just like they do). Not so fast… - Thursday, May 1, 2014 9:40 - 0 Comments
  • SFO School Report. B-. Could do better. - Wednesday, April 30, 2014 4:32 - 0 Comments
  • “I cannot help you on ethics” says David Green. We don’t believe him. - Sunday, March 9, 2014 4:47 - 0 Comments
  • Good news: SFO goes cap in hand again for money. - Sunday, March 2, 2014 8:09 - 0 Comments
  • Cooperation. Cooperation. Cooperation. The name of the game if you want a DPA from next week. - Wednesday, February 19, 2014 6:31 - 0 Comments
  • BREAKING: SFO opens criminal investigation into Rolls Royce. Opinion: The stakes are high. - Monday, December 23, 2013 7:23 - 0 Comments
  • Key question for SFO after Dahdaleh collapse - Sunday, December 15, 2013 23:17 - 0 Comments
  • Get the cash. Get the cash. Get the cash. Blockbuster funding & the wrinkle which means it’s not the complete answer. - Monday, November 4, 2013 1:54 - 0 Comments
  • That’s your problem: SFO Director on compliance complacency in UK PLC - Wednesday, October 30, 2013 10:23 - 0 Comments
  • Construction Industry Public Enemy No.1 for SFO in Sector Sweep announcement - Monday, October 28, 2013 5:02 - 0 Comments
  • Corporate prosecutions under the Bribery Act. Racing certainty or outsider? Watch this space. - Sunday, October 27, 2013 5:57 - 0 Comments
  • YES, YES, YES, YEEES, YEEEEES, YEEEEESSSSS. But. SFO Director repeats benefits of Self Reporting. Again. - Sunday, October 27, 2013 4:58 - 0 Comments
  • SFO to target UK PLC in corporate crackdown – it’s still all about the money - Saturday, October 26, 2013 6:27 - 0 Comments
  • Opinion: All hat & no cows? Not quite. HALF of SFO resources now devoted to corruption cases. - Thursday, October 17, 2013 15:31 - 0 Comments
  • Opinion: SFO confirm 8 Bribery Act ‘Projects’ – enforcement rhetoric will convert into action. - Tuesday, September 3, 2013 15:17 - 0 Comments
  • New Joint Head of Bribery & Corruption Appointed at the SFO - Tuesday, August 20, 2013 0:28 - 0 Comments
  • BREAKING: Serious Fraud Office lays its first Bribery Act charges. - Thursday, August 15, 2013 0:20 - 0 Comments
  • The Bribery Act two years on. All hat & no cows? As SFO & City Of London Police confirm over 30 investigations – the stats tell a different story. - Sunday, July 7, 2013 8:42 - 0 Comments
  • SFO & the Bribery Act: Sector sweeps, facilitation payments & London listed companies - Wednesday, May 22, 2013 23:41 - 0 Comments
  • SFO Case Round Up: 15 cases in development incl. pre/post Bribery Act matters - Thursday, May 2, 2013 0:15 - 0 Comments
  • Image Sensing Systems reports probe into possible violations of the UK Bribery Act to DOJ & SEC following Polish investigation - Friday, March 29, 2013 4:32 - 0 Comments
  • 11,141: The number of Suspicious Activity Reports to the UK authorities involving corruption in 2012 - Tuesday, March 26, 2013 6:54 - 0 Comments
  • (Contrarian) Opinion: Corporate crime in the UK. A shift in public perception? - Friday, March 22, 2013 1:32 - 0 Comments
  • Opinion: Don’t buy snake oil. Why a lack of Bribery Act prosecutions should not signal complacency. - Saturday, March 2, 2013 10:07 - 0 Comments
  • UK Self Reporting 101 & why it still makes sense in the right case. - Tuesday, February 19, 2013 2:36 - 0 Comments
  • Self Reporting to SFO almost doubles in a year - Monday, January 14, 2013 2:22 - 2 Comments
  • *IT’S BEHIND YOU!* Our review of 2012 & 2013 – Unlucky for some - Sunday, January 13, 2013 4:52 - 1 Comment
  • The devil in the detail & the dangers of not self reporting - Monday, December 10, 2012 23:25 - 0 Comments
  • It’s all about the money: SFO Director on why the SFO will NEVER turn down investigation because SFO doesn’t have enough money - Thursday, November 29, 2012 0:01 - 0 Comments
  • David Green lays out the core purpose of the SFO to House of Commons Justice Committee - Wednesday, November 28, 2012 1:29 - 0 Comments
  • SFO Director on SFO bribery work, a reality check & a note to impatient critics - Monday, November 26, 2012 22:50 - 0 Comments
  • Report identifies 8 things the SFO should do better – offers (some) praise too - Monday, November 26, 2012 1:40 - 0 Comments
  • Our 5 cents. Gold: DOJ/SEC Silver: SFO Bronze: CPS? & who you gonna call? - Tuesday, November 20, 2012 16:56 - 0 Comments
  • Gambling is a risky business: David Green QC – SFO should “never” refuse to investigate for lack of funds - Wednesday, November 14, 2012 7:23 - 0 Comments
  • It’s all about the money. A picture of a new SFO funding model begins to emerge as new Director sharpens the knives… - Wednesday, October 17, 2012 5:49 - 1 Comment
  • Your questions answered: David Lawler, Partner Forensic Risk Alliance answers the question: Can my lawyer or accountant turn me in to the SFO? - Sunday, October 14, 2012 11:25 - 1 Comment
  • MADNESS: 1/4 of Board Directors surveyed say they’d bribe to win business. - Wednesday, October 10, 2012 14:16 - 0 Comments
  • BREAKING: Harsher, tougher, blunter: SFO publishes position on corporate hospitality, facilitation payments & self reporting - Tuesday, October 9, 2012 3:55 - 1 Comment
  • OPINION: Confusion must not fill the vacuum following removal of SFO guidance - Monday, October 1, 2012 13:27 - 0 Comments
  • SFO guidance on corporate hospitality and facilitation payments about to change? May be. - Sunday, September 23, 2012 15:34 - 1 Comment
  • SFO Director David Green CB QC: on SFO guidance – there won’t be any more from us. That’s not our job. - Sunday, September 9, 2012 12:56 - 0 Comments
  • 30th International Symposium on Economic Crime: University of Cambridge: SFO Director speech - Wednesday, September 5, 2012 13:23 - 1 Comment
  • 30th International Symposium on Economic Crime: University of Cambridge: Attorney General speech - Tuesday, September 4, 2012 11:41 - 0 Comments
  • SFO Director David Green CB QC: on ongoing Bribery Act investigations – sage words for any investigation. - Monday, September 3, 2012 2:53 - 2 Comments
  • SFO Director David Green CB QC: on corporate hospitality - Sunday, September 2, 2012 10:22 - 2 Comments
  • Opinion: SFO budget is just not enough. Lessons learned from Asil Nadir guilty verdict & his two parrots. - Sunday, August 26, 2012 4:56 - 1 Comment
  • A new sheriff is coming to town & LIBOR Fixing Report criticism of the FSA could be a game changer for UK enforcement. - Sunday, August 19, 2012 13:00 - 0 Comments
  • Order order: UK DPA’s – We disagree with Bill Waite too. - Thursday, August 2, 2012 15:34 - 0 Comments
  • With the greatest respect. We disagree with Mike. - Wednesday, August 1, 2012 15:17 - 3 Comments
  • Opinion: post-script to a disaster: Penny wise pound foolish – A damning indictment on public funding of fraud investigation & prosecution - Tuesday, July 31, 2012 15:17 - 1 Comment
  • Spot the difference – 8 Ingredients for a Civil Recovery Order - Tuesday, July 24, 2012 0:01 - 1 Comment
  • July newsletter: 30% lose out through bribery, SFO targets finance & beefs up, enforcement action in retail & publishing & dawn raid seminar… - Sunday, July 15, 2012 4:56 - 1 Comment
  • Nightmare on Elm Street over? SFO raids CPS, HMRC and Attorney General’s Office for new blood - Thursday, July 12, 2012 3:28 - 1 Comment
  • Serious Fraud Office at C5: Self reports, investigations, the manifesto & tantalisingly will Dodd Frank whistle blowing come to the UK - Sunday, July 1, 2012 12:37 - 1 Comment
  • Join us at our Dawn Raid seminar on September 24 2012 - Thursday, June 21, 2012 1:20 - 0 Comments
  • June Newsletter: No SFO raids in a year, guilty verdicts, DPA’s, tough talk from new SFO Director & more… - Monday, June 18, 2012 14:41 - 0 Comments
  • SFO Director unveils SFO shake up & intention to put ‘Serious’ & ‘Fraud’ back into the SFO - Thursday, June 14, 2012 17:04 - 1 Comment
  • SFO Confidential phones ring off the hook as whistle-blowing industry gains momentum…but no investigations yet - Monday, June 11, 2012 0:41 - 1 Comment
  • Collapse in Serious Fraud Office raids highlights need for action - Sunday, May 27, 2012 21:58 - 0 Comments
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