Financial Crime in the UK (England and Wales): Overview | Practical Law

Financial Crime in the UK (England and Wales): Overview | Practical Law

A Q&A guide to financial crime in the UK (England and Wales).

Financial Crime in the UK (England and Wales): Overview

Practical Law Country Q&A 8-520-4390 (Approx. 38 pages)

Financial Crime in the UK (England and Wales): Overview

by Alison Geary, David Rundle, Lloyd Firth, Anna Gaudoin, Fred Saugman, Alice Lepeuple and Josef Rybacki, WilmerHale
Law stated as at 01 Dec 2021England
A Q&A guide to financial crime in the UK (England and Wales).
The Q&A gives a high-level overview of matters relating to corporate fraud, bribery and corruption, insider dealing and market abuse, money laundering, terrorist financing and breaches of financial/trade sanctions, financial record keeping, due diligence, establishing corporate liability, cartels, immunity and leniency, cross-border co-operation, whistleblowing, and managing exposure to corruption and corporate crime. The Q&A provides details of the specific offences, regulatory authorities and their investigation and enforcement powers, safeguards, civil suits, reaching settlement with the authorities, and reforms, trends and developments