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Transparency International UK and Spotlight on Corruption have written to Director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), Lisa Osofsky, to urge the SFO to evaluate issues arising from the use of Deferred Prosecution Agreements in the UK to ensure greater consistency and fairness in how the regime applies and to ensure that the regime does indeed provide real deterrence to corporate criminality.
Following an investigation, the CMA has found that 4 pharmaceutical companies broke competition law in relation to the supply of an antidepressant.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/over-3m-in-fines-and-1m-for-nhs-in-cma-pharma-probe
The CMA has been monitoring reports of changes to sales and pricing practices during the coronavirus outbreak.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cma-statement-on-sales-and-pricing-practices-during-coronavirus-outbreak
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has developed a lucrative model of targeting large companies in bribery and corruption cases, striking a Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) to suspend criminal charges and extracting a sizeable financial penalty.
Airbus has agreed a settlement with French, British and US authorities for €3.6bn (£3bn) following investigations into allegations of bribery and corruption.
https://www.cityam.com/airbus-offers-to-settle-bribery-allegations/
LONDON (Reuters) - The UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) said on Thursday it had referred an individual to the police amid allegations made by mining company ENRC that an “SFO insider” had leaked confidential information about investigations to a journalist.
https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-enrc-sfo/uks-fraud-office-refers-employee-to-police-amid-leak-allegations-idUKKBN20E2ND
An ex-professional Pakistani cricketer and two others have today been jailed for bribing cricketers to fix elements of international matches.
https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/international-cricket-match-fixers-and-ex-player-jailed
The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is to produce regular 'state of competition' reports in a global first for competition regulators.
Businesses active in UK markets can expect the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to "take on a more active role in global cases" impacting competition and consumer protection from 2021, the agency's chief executive has said.
https://www.pinsentmasons.com/out-law/news/brexit-cma-global-cases
The Airbus DPA shows sky's the limit for deferred prosecution of bribery and corruption charges
https://www.thelawyer.com/airbus-dpa-shows-skys-the-limit-for-deferred-prosecution-of-bribery-and-corruption-charges/
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