BLOG: We must nurture the next generation of fraud investigators
As our investigations team expands, Managing Director of Investigations, Tony McClements, reflects on the importance of investing in the next generation of fraud fighters.
Queen’s Speech introduces new Economic Crime Bill in UK
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.
OPINION: Martin Kenney on new economic crime law & seizing oligarch wealth
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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FRAUDNET 2022 REPORT: Offshore – Decline or Thrive?
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.
Jeopardy at the UK’s Serious Fraud Office?
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.
Until fraud is made a UK policing priority nothing will change
Paying lip service to the endemic problem of fraud should not be acceptable in the UK, says Senior Investigator Tony McClements.
The FCA bares its teeth, but too slowly
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.
ICIJ’s Pandora Papers: First Impressions
The ICIJ’s latest ‘blockbusting’ exposé – the Pandora Papers – is many things, but blockbusting it is not, argues Martin Kenney.
TORONTO STAR: Proposed G7 tax rules are short-sighted and ill-conceived
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.