Will the U.K.’s new Economic Crime Act really help crack down on illicit wealth? That’s the question posed by Martin Kenney in an exclusive opinion piece for the Toronto Star, who points out that loopholes in the UK’s new Economic Crime Act will restrict the its effectiveness and fall short of what transparency campaigners have long been demanding.
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Shaun Reardon-John presents an exclusive Martin Kenney & Co article looking at the future of the BVI, published in the brand new 2022 FraudNet Annual Global Report.
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.
It’s good to see the Financial Conduct Authority flex its muscles at last, but taking five years to bring a case is just too long, argues Tony McClements.
The ICIJ’s latest ‘blockbusting’ exposé – the Pandora Papers – is many things, but blockbusting it is not, argues Martin Kenney.
The G7’s move to “standardise” corporate tax rates across the globe is short-sighted and may well have long term, detrimental (and unintended) side effects.
The crimes linked to the COVID-19 pandemic are particularly insidious. The EU is preparing to battle this fraud and corruption by setting up a new European Public Prosecutor’s Office.
We are sitting on an immense COVID-fraud timebomb, which governments will struggle to resolve, warns Martin Kenney.
