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NCA has coordinated global action against illicit software: Cobalt Strike which has been used by cybercriminals for over a decade to infiltrate victims’ IT systems and conduct attacks

July 3, 2024

Unlicensed versions of Cobalt Strike, a penetration testing tool used to check for vulnerabilities in a company’s network and help improve cyber security, were targeted during a week of action last week (w/c 24 June).

The Charity Commission confirms it has disqualified two individuals in The Captain Tom Foundation inquiry due to misconduct and mismanagement

June 30, 2024

Disqualification orders were made by the Commission for Hannah Ingram-Moore and Colin Ingram-Moore for a period of 10 and 8 years respectively. In this instance, the legal test for disqualification was met because there has been misconduct and/or mismanagement, the individuals are not fit to be a trustee or hold senior management functions and disqualification is in the public interest.

Spotlight on Corruption publishes the NCA’s response to its letter highlighting problems with the UK’s political finance enforcement regime

June 20, 2024

The letter suggests that the weaknesses in criminal enforcement of electoral finance laws may result, at least from the NCA’s perspective, from problems with those laws. The NCA said its decision to investigate depends on whether it can prove a crime has been committed as defined by the law. The NCA highlighted that the law, “…does not prohibit funds originating from overseas to be used in donations as long as the donating entity is eligible to donate in the UK.”…

NCA charges businessman of bribing a foreign official into multi-million pound scheme to benefit PV Energy Ltd, the company he is a director of.

June 4, 2024

It is alleged that between January 2015 and July 2017, Virdee bribed Asot Michael, a Member of Parliament and Government Minister of Tourism, Economic Development Investment and Energy for Antigua and Barbuda, to benefit PV Energy Ltd, the company he is a director of,” the NCA said in a statement…

Spotlight on Corruption considers the implications of what it consider a ‘landmark appeal’ against the NCA

May 24, 2024

Spotlight on Corruption is intervening to support GLAN and WUC because this appeal also has very serious and wide-ranging implications for the UK’s regime for confiscating the proceeds of crime, whether from slave labour, corruption, or indeed environmental crime. If the decision handed down last year were to stand, it could severely undermine UK law enforcement’s ability to investigate and forfeit the proceeds of crime…

Labour outlines several measures that a Labour government would implement to curb corruption and kleptocracy both in the UK and globally

May 20, 2024

Labour’s proposed measures include broadening the registration requirements for UK trusts to prevent their exploitation for illicit purposes and enhancing transparency around trust ownership of UK property. Additionally, the party aims to strengthen the UK’s sanctions regime to target individuals and entities complicit in money laundering activities, with a particular focus on professionals such as lawyers and accountants…

SFO secures conviction of investment manager for £100 million no-win-no-fee fraud

May 9, 2024

DavidKennedy and his business partner Timothy Schools managed the Cayman Island registered company Axiom Legal Finance Fund for over two years. They promised investors a secure return, by offering loans to UK law firms that were pursuing no-win-no-fee cases and where there was purportedly a high chance of success.

UK Govt adds three entries to the UK sanctions list under the Global Anti-Corruption regime

May 7, 2024

The Regulations provide for the imposition of financial sanctions, namely the freezing of funds and economic resources persons who are or have been involved in serious corruption…

SFO publishes its Strategy for 2024-2029, emphasising on a renewed commitment to combating serious fraud, bribery, and corruption

April 26, 2024

The Strategy outlines plans for building the capability of the workforce, incorporating technological developments in to the business model and responding to the increased sophistication of criminal networks in this arena, as well as providing better accountability with respect to outcomes…

UK Govt outlines UK commitment to combatting corruption and recovering assets in statement to the EEC

April 24, 2024

Speech delivered by Justin Addison during UK Delegation to the OSCE.

TI-UK publishes report on ‘Stopping corruption, promoting integrity – UK’s refreshed strategy to 2030’

April 22, 2024

Approach considers the diverse impacts of corruption on factors such as gender, race, socioeconomic status and others, ensuring our solutions are tailored to the specific challenges faced by different groups.

The APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax has launched an ambitious new UK Economic Crime Manifesto