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UK Parliament debates direct recovery from bank accounts in benefit fraud cases
A Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) bill currently before the UK Parliament aims to enable claw-back of funds even in "low value cases" where prosecutions are not pursued, MPs have been told.
Online Published Date:
06 March 2025
Appeared in issue:
April/Maqy 2025 - 01 April 2025
Has Trump given corporates a bribery 'free pass'?
The US President's Executive Order to pause and review anti-corruption enforcement activity has left many wondering if the upshot will be a more permissive business climate. Not necessarily, says Thomas Cattee of Gherson Solicitors.
Online Published Date:
07 March 2025
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April/Maqy 2025 - 01 April 2025
Gear change - Generative AI
Whether or not fraud is increasing in volume, value, sophistication, assuredly there is the opportunity to uncover more, faster than ever before with the advent of new artificial intelligence models. Keith Nuthall catches up with the latest advances.
Online Published Date:
08 March 2025
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April/Maqy 2025 - 01 April 2025
US "crypto capital" - the fraud risks
What does the Trump administration's drive for American leadership in digital assets mean for the counter-fraud agenda, given crypto's vulnerability to scams and the movement of criminal funds? James Evison and Miranda Joseph of Stevens & Bolton weigh in.
Online Published Date:
10 March 2025
Appeared in issue:
April/Maqy 2025 - 01 April 2025
EPPO investigations up 38% as potential harm hits €24.8 billion
The European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) saw a 38% rise in active cases at the end of 2024 compared to 2023, with the number expected to increase both as detection and reporting of European Union (EU) fraud continues to improve and its Polish and Swedish offices, which became operational in 2024, get up to speed, according to the agency's latest annual report.
Online Published Date:
13 March 2025
Appeared in issue:
April/Maqy 2025 - 01 April 2025
In the trenches of ransom war
From its emergence in 2019, Conti became the world's most profitable ransomware outfit, with up to 100 members at a time and receipts in the hundreds of millions of US dollars. Max Smeets talked about his research on the group along with other trends in ransomware at a RUSI event in February.
Online Published Date:
19 March 2025
Appeared in issue:
April/Maqy 2025 - 01 April 2025
EU currents - Europol warns on AI threat
The latest EU Serious and Organised Crime Threat Assessment 2025, from EU police agency Europol, has warned that organised crime is strengthening its ability to conduct sophisticated fraud through artificial intelligence.
Online Published Date:
19 March 2025
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April/Maqy 2025 - 01 April 2025
US fraud losses jump to US$12.5bn - FTC
Consumer losses to fraud in the US jumped 25% to a total US$12.5 billion in 2024 compared to US$10.4 billion in 2023, new Federal Trade Commission (FTC) figures reveal.
Online Published Date:
20 March 2025
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June/July 2025 - 01 June 2025
Disclosure review sees role for AI but not handing over 'keys to the warehouse'
Incomplete disclosure to the defence of unused material that could assist it or undermine the prosecution's case should be addressed through changes in legislation, practice - including use of advanced technology - and training, says Jonathan Fisher KC in his UK government-commissioned review.
Online Published Date:
22 March 2025
Appeared in issue:
June/July 2025 - 01 June 2025
Creative insights - effective interviewing
Straightforward, honest - not manipulative or evasive: it's how the investigator would prefer a suspect to be so why wouldn't they model the same behaviour when conducting an interview. Don Rabon and Mark Anderson share with Keith Nuthall their decades of experience in eliciting truths from those with something to hide.
Online Published Date:
23 March 2025
Appeared in issue:
June/July 2025 - 01 June 2025
Building controls
The construction industry is a complex interplay of supply chains and contractors, working with cost estimates and to timeframes that may stretch across many years. So much unavoidable uncertainty makes mitigation of fraud risk, present throughout, all the more urgent to defend against both physical and financial damage, even collapse. Paul Cochrane dons his hard hat to explore the hazards and protections.
Online Published Date:
27 March 2025
Appeared in issue:
June/July 2025 - 01 June 2025
France, Switzerland and UK launch anti-bribery taskforce
Prosecutors from France, Switzerland and the UK, on 20 March, launched a new International Anti-Corruption Prosecutorial Taskforce.
Online Published Date:
27 March 2025
Appeared in issue:
June/July 2025 - 01 June 2025