OPINION | Time for UK to draft better whistleblowing legislation?
It is clear that current whistleblowing rules are not fit for purpose in the UK, argues Tony McClements, and that legislation needs beefing up.
It is clear that current whistleblowing rules are not fit for purpose in the UK, argues Tony McClements, and that legislation needs beefing up.
British police and the UK government are woefully failing to prioritise fraud as a crime, leading to greater need for third parties to step in with efforts such as private prosecutions, suggests Shaun Reardon-John.
Tony McClements, managing director of investigations at MKS, welcomes the review of the confiscation regime announced by the Law Commission in the UK.
The UK should follow the USA’s approach to incentivising whistleblowing says Tony McClements, head of investigations at MKS.
The head of our investigations unit, Tony McClements, believes that a merger between the Serious Fraud Office (UK) and the National Crime Agency (NCA) would not only secure the SFO’s remit for the future, but provide its team with the additional resources and expertise that it currently lacks.
As our investigations team expands, Managing Director of Investigations, Tony McClements, reflects on the importance of investing in the next generation of fraud fighters.
New legislation in the Queen’s Speech aimed at tackling economic crime will only be as good as its enforcement, and more importantly its resourcing.
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The credibility of the SFO as an organisation is called into question now: such is the damage it has inflicted upon itself, it may be that the organisation itself – and not just its head – is also under threat.
Paying lip service to the endemic problem of fraud should not be acceptable in the UK, says Senior Investigator Tony McClements.