2014 Publications

The UK has a strong track record of tackling corruption, with the level of corruption in the UK far lower than the majority of other countries around the world. But more can be done to improve, yet further, our standing at home and strengthen our reputation for dealing with corruption and bribery offences overseas.

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 The annual assessment of policing in England and Wales from a series of inspections together provide the public, their elected representatives, the police and others with information and analysis drawn from them. This annual assessment also contains conclusions as to the overall state of the police and how well police forces in England and Wales are performing.

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In its 2013/14 inspection programme, approved by the Home Secretary under section 54 of the Police Act 1996, HMIC committed to carry out an inspection into the way the 43 police forces in England and Wales record crime data.

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While this report addresses specific structures, such as an internal audit function or a formal fraud risk management program, it does not intend to suggest that “one size fits all.” Optimal measures and approaches will vary, given different situations. It is important that each organization consider the concepts presented and tailor them to its particular characteristics.

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The short guide aims to help risk professionals understand and identify business behaviours that could put firms at risk of breaking competition law by straying into anti-competitive practices. The potential repercussions of breaking the law are significant and include heavy fines, prison sentences, director disqualifications and reputational damage.

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Latest estimates show £3.4bn of benefit was overpaid due to claimant error, fraud or official error in 2013/14. This is 2.1% of benefit expenditure. The rate has been between 2.0% and 2.2% since 2005/06 with no statistically significant changes.

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The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) need to do more to help victims of crime navigate the criminal justice system, access the information and support they need, protect vulnerable victims and witnesses in court, and to guarantee their rights in law. This document sets out a commitment from MoJ to achieving this.

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UK companies and organisations have reported a drop in fraud over the last two years, yet the impact of white-collar crime on actual victims is understood to be greater than ever. Those are the findings of PwC ’s ‘Global Economic Crime Survey’ for this year, whose researchers also discovered an interesting phenomenon occurring at the upper echelons of British organisations: fraud and bribery risks feature more highly than ever on boardroom agendas, but, according to the researchers, senior executives tend to report less fraud than middle management. 

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The call for evidence has been an important process in which this Department has engaged with people from across the country, to understand their views and experiences of whistleblowing.

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The ACFE’s 2014 Report to the Nations on Occupational Fraud and Abuse examines 1,483 cases of occupational fraud that occurred in more than 100 countries.

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