Research conducted by ID verification provider, Credas, reveals that a significant number of businesses in the legal sector are in danger of breaching anti-money laundering legislation. Those in the legal sector are among the highest at risk of exposure to money laundering and financial crime. Purchasing property and/or setting up a company provides criminals with […]
Charges brought by the Serious Fraud Office against Barclays were recently dismissed. Below Dominic Carman, noted legal commentator, discusses the implications for the SFO. More bad news for the UK’s Serious Fraud Office – this time in relation to its five-year investigation into Barclays Bank and its refinancing during the global financial crisis. This protracted […]
The number of fines handed out for money laundering and terrorist financing rule breaches has fallen 20% in the last year as tougher enforcement delivers a wake-up call, anti-money laundering and Big Data specialist Fortytwo Data reveals. It follows record enforcement in 2015/16 when 1,170 professionals - including lawyers, accountants and those in the gambling […]
Criminal law is no longer a matter of finding the person that stole your car; as our lives are being enriched with technology and the advantages of globalisation, the complexity of criminal law is rising. We have gotten back in touch with Dennis Miralis, who has previously spoken about the issues of regulating cryptocurrencies […]
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) has filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against Russia, the Trump campaign and Wikileaks over an alleged 12 offences, including conspiracy, fraud and violations of the Wiretap Act. The suit comes in response to an alleged cyberattack on the DNC by Russia. Trump is also accused of both being aware of and […]
Firms will increasingly need to employ enhanced due diligence measures to comply with new rules targeting money laundering and terrorist financing, says LexisNexis® Risk Solutions LexisNexis Risk Solutions, the global information solution provider, has reminded UK firms that a fifth revision of the EU’s Anti-Money Laundering Directive (AMLD) will be presented to the European Parliament […]
The pace of change in the digital world, characterised by innovation and entrepreneurial spirit, has not always matched the often slow and cumbersome process of the legal world, steeped as it is in centuries of tradition. But change has been ongoing. An overview of technology In the white collar crime and regulatory arena […]
What is the difference between a positive incentive and bribe? Dennis Miralis of Nyman Gibson Miralis Criminal Defence Lawyers tells us. “New and emerging technologies have been disrupting the way criminal activity is being conducted worldwide which in turn is impacting on developments in the investigation and prosecution of crime and therefore the way in […]
Last Wednesday, the SEC charges Elizabeth Holmes with fraud. Holmes is the CEO of Theranos, a medical company that misrepresented its technology while raising money from investors.
With Brexit on the horizon and plenty of legal change to be implemented, Lawyer monthly hears from Nick Vamos, Partner at Peters & Peters, on the implications for criminal law cooperation across Europe. The Brexit deal in which the UK Government is most confident in having both its cake and eating it is criminal justice […]
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