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Over £200,000 in compensation obtained by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) investigation into a company called Amec Foster Wheeler Energy will be transferred to Nigeria after a UK-Nigeria Memorandum of Understanding was signed today, the SFO said this afternoon.
https://www.cityam.com/uk-strikes-compensation-deal-with-nigeria-following-years-long-global-fraud-probe/
LONDON (Reuters) -A former senior judge will lead a "forensic and robust" review into failings at the UK Serious Fraud Office during a high-profile bribery case, Britain's Attorney General said on Wednesday, piling pressure on SFO director Lisa Osofsky.
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/former-judge-probe-uk-fraud-104320721.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&tsrc=twtr
Smith & Nephew, the global medical technology company, is again in the spotlight following allegations that its distributors breached anti-corruption laws in India. This article considers why suppliers and principals need to ensure that their distributors and agents comply with the UK’s Bribery Act as well as being aware of similar legislation in other countries, such as the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).
https://www.foxwilliams.com/2022/01/31/bribery-and-corruption-how-distributors-and-agents-can-land-their-suppliers-and-principals-in-hot-water/
The UK's Annual Sanctions Report for 2021 details, for the first time, the full extent of its new autonomous sanctions since exiting the European Union.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/first-uk-annual-sanctions-report-shows-how-uk-independent-sanctions-underpin-global-britains-role-on-the-world-stage
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has published data on compliance with the OECD's Anti-Bribery Convention
https://www.oecd.org/daf/anti-bribery/OECD-Anti-Bribery-Convention-Enforcement-Data-2021.pdf
A United Nations (UN) Global Report on corruption in sport has called for greater international cooperation to help “strengthen detection and reporting of illegal betting on sport”.
The UK government has published the Year 3 update of its progress on the UK Anti-corruption Strategy 2017-2022
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1041398/2021.12.15_Year_3_Update_to_the_Anti-Corruption_Strategy.pdf
The Court of Appeal has quashed the conviction of a man accused of bribery after it was revealed that the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) had refused to disclose evidence that would have supported his defence.
https://www.pinsentmasons.com/out-law/news/court-of-appeal-sfos-refusal-disclose-evidence-serious-failure
This guidance provides practical and legal guidance to prosecutors dealing with cases of modern slavery, human trafficking and smuggling. This guidance also deals (below) with the application of the statutory defence set out in section 45 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and its interplay with other non-punishment principles.
https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/modern-slavery-human-trafficking-and-smuggling
A case for forensic data analytics
https://www.fraud-magazine.com/article.aspx?id=4295016234&mkt_tok=NDEwLUhZTC01NzkAAAGBFiHEh6EJYrxZo51YgYsod7Ys0XrC9c951faztVIEQGhG23rtODzR1afwsfv-VvpdZmb70G82O7zLNH-fUT8Zah8A7Oeok2EezuHKsz3n76Go#.YalbliZVDeM.twitter#.YalbliZVDeM.twitter
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