FCA’s latest findings warns that despite £37B in frozen assets and stronger sanctions frameworks, firms remain vulnerable to sanctions breaches due to persistent gaps in DD, screening & compliance controls

The FCA also highlighted ongoing challenges in detecting and preventing trade sanctions breaches, noting that firms often employ a wider range of controls for trade sanctions than for financial sanctions. Most reported breaches continue to relate to Russia, although...

GRECO’s Protection of Whistleblowers paper stresses that robust legal safeguards and secure reporting channels are key to exposing corruption and breaking culture of silence in public institutions

The paper highlights that whistleblowers are essential to detecting corruption and misconduct, and reviews how GRECO’s Fifth Evaluation Round has pressed countries to strengthen legal protections, confidential reporting channels and safeguards against retaliation in...

TI’s  2025 report ‘Where is Civic Space in UNCAC Reviews? warns that UNCAC’s review often ignore civic space, failing to evaluate whether civil society can effectively engage in anti-corruption efforts

The report shows that 43% of 115 countries reviewed received no recommendations on Article 13, relating to civil society’s role in anti-corruption, and that most recommendations given are vague restatements of the Convention rather than tailored, actionable guidance....