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SFO Business Plan 2022
This Business Plan outlines the key activities that the SFO will undertake in 2022-23 to deliver on our Mission and Strategic Objectives. The mission is to fight complex financial crime; to deliver justice to victims; and to protect the UK’s reputation as a safe place to do business…
SFO outlines strategic plan 2022-25
This Strategy for 2022-2025 sets out the SFO’s approach and goals for the next three years. We will modernise, build our skills and
capabilities, implement improvements in how we do things and seek to influence our operating environment, including the legislative…
TI-UK publishes annual plan for 2022/23
This Annual Plan is the second under 2021-2030 Strategy, ‘Stopping Corruption – Promoting Integrity’. TI will deepen its programme of work across the public sector, political sphere and private sectors of the UK and continue to lead influential global programming…
SFO investigates Arena Television Limited
The SFO is conducting a criminal investigation into the business practices of individuals associated with Arena Television Limited and its linked entities. Three sites were searched by the SFO with support from the NCA…
SFO reclaims £100,000 from Unaoil executive
Following a successful investigation and conviction of four individuals for corruption at Unaoil, the SFO has recovered criminal gains of almost £100,000 from a former senior executive. The SFO secured a court order to recover the funds, which will be paid into the public purse.
SFO on Unaoil bribery probe
The attorney general has launched an independent review after judges severely criticised Britain’s main anti-corruption agency and overturned the conviction of a businessman because of its misconduct…
UK Govt taskforce to tackle scams during pandemic
Ofcom research finds 45m people received at least one fraudulent message in last 3 months. The relaunch of the government’s Joint Fraud Taskforce is accompanied by new charters committing the sectors used by criminals to actions to protect people’s money…
NCA issue advisory on payment diversion fraud
Payment Diversion Fraud (PDF) is a key example calculated crime. PDF, also known as Business Email Compromise (BEC) or Mandate Fraud, involves criminals impersonating others, creating or amending invoices and diverting payments to bank accounts under their own control…
SFO secures third set of Petrofac bribery convictions
The SFO has secured the conviction of Petrofac Limited for seven separate counts of failure to prevent bribery between 2011 and 2017. Petrofac admitted that senior executives of the Petrofac Group paid GBP 32 million (USD 44 million) in bribes to corrupt the awarding…
SFO secures two DPAs with companies
SFO secures two DPAs with companies for Bribery Act offences. The two DPAs share a common Statement of Facts. The criminal conduct saw bribes paid in relation…