OPINION | The evolution of the SFO continues as the policing links continue to grow
Tony McClements suggests we should take comfort from the changes afoot at Britain’s premier anti-fraud agency, the SFO.
OPINION | No more ‘flogging dead horses’ at the SFO
Will the new head of the Serious Fraud Office make headway against the problems that have beset the organisation?
OPINION | Reality dawns for new head of UK Serious Fraud Office
Will new SFO head Nick Ephgrave be able to reverse the organisation’s fortunes and damaged reputation? Martin Kenney and Tony McClements analyse the challenges facing the new head of the Serious Fraud Organisation in the UK.
OPINION | When does justice take too long?
The contrast between the Serious Fraud Office’s cases and the prosecution of “Crypto King” Sam Bankman-Fried highlights the stark differences between the UK and the US when it comes to prosecutorial expediency.
COMMENT | New SFO Director
Martin Kenney and Tony McClements reflect on the appointment of a new Director to the Serious Fraud Office in London.
BLOG | The SFO is an investigating agency. Put an investigator in charge.
The UK’s Serious Fraud Office needs a current or former senior law enforcement officer installed as its head, says Tony McClements.
OPINION | The future of the SFO
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.
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.
American head of the SFO pulls the plug on hopeless cases
Should we praise Lisa Osofsky’s decision to pull no-hoper cases from the Serious Fraud Office’s case files … or not?
Can the SFO really use ‘participating informants’ to prosecute bribery?
Can the Serious Fraud Office really use ‘participating informants’ to prosecute bribery? 💰💰💰