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.
OPINION | Government and police are failing fraud victims
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.
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 Serious Fraud Office can be its own worst enemy
The problem with the Serious Fraud Office is that it has constantly tried to over-hype itself and then under-delivered, argues our Senior Investigator, Tony McClements.
In the UK, fraud runs rampant and victims are scorned
The fraud epidemic in the UK is now a national security threat, warns a venerable think tank.
UK relaxes wrongful trading rules, and that’s a good thing
Only a relatively small number of companies are set up as vehicles for fraud, so the UK’s relaxing of its wrongful trading rules – while companies struggle with cashflow during the Covid-19 pandemic – is to be welcomed.
UK approach to policing fraud is appalling
When one police force in the UK filed away 96% of fraud complaints without looking at them, you know there’s a problem.
UK disbands police fraud squads. Guess what happens next?
UK police forces continue to suffer under the severely adverse consequences of the British government’s fiscal “austerity” measures.
UK’s targeting of Russian oligarchs as a national security threat is a sham
Russia and its oligarchs are not alone in their kleptomaniac, money-laundering endeavours.