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December

2023

» FATF’s revised recommendations on global asset recovery

November

2023

» Embezzlement Explained

October

2023

» Rahman Ravelli is named in The Times Best Law Firms 2024
» Modern-day banking’s need to respond to the financial crime threat is detailed by Niall Hearty
» Niall Hearty calls the FCA’s banning of former Barclays CEO a “big scalp’’
» The Three Stages of Money Laundering

September

2023

» Europol’s First Financial and Economic Crime Threat Assessment
» The Criminal Procedure Rules Explained
» Qatar, Bribery, FIFA and the World Cup
» Civil Recovery and Stolen Crypto

August

2023

» Niall Hearty outlines the money laundering dangers that estate agents face
» The Treasury Rejects Calls to Regulate Crypto as Gambling
» Niall Hearty considers the spate of directors being struck off for pandemic support scheme abuse

July

2023

» Niall Hearty outlines why Leicester City FC was fined £880,000 by the CMA
» Niall Hearty Assesses Developments in Cum-Ex Investigations
» The UK Government’s Fraud Target
» The G7 Announce a New Anti-Corruption Task Force for Ukraine
» Australia’s Proposed New Bribery Law
» Niall Hearty considers the latest attempt to tackle illegal cartels

June

2023

» The EBA's Assessment of Money Laundering & Terrorist Financing Risks
» Niall Hearty Assesses the Legal Issues facing the Gambling Sector
» The US Department of Justice Corporate Crime Database

May

2023

» The Register of Overseas Entities
» Money Laundering in the Gambling Sector
» Cryptocurrency and Money Laundering
» Estonia Charges 6 People Over Danske Bank Money Laundering Scandal

April

2023

» Niall Hearty explains the money laundering risks that estate agents are facing
» The PSFA's Updated Counter Fraud Profession Strategy
» Public Sector Fraud – A Way Forward?
» The SFO: An Assessment by The Institute of Economic Affairs
» Niall Hearty outlines the importance of effective fraud prevention

March

2023

» The Property Sector’s Need to Prevent Money Laundering
» The SFO’s Largest Account Forfeiture Order
» The FCA’s Warning to Payments Firms
» 1MDB Financial Scandal - Banker Jailed For 10 Years For His Part
» US Attorneys Office: Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy Explained

February

2023

» Issues affecting the Financial Conduct Authority are outlined by Niall Hearty
» Niall Hearty assesses the money laundering risks facing the gambling industry
» Niall Hearty examines the UK’s coronavirus payment fraud problem
» Suspicious Activity Reports

December

2022

» Niall Hearty assesses the scale of coronavirus Bounce Back Loan Scheme fraud

November

2022

» Reforming Confiscation
» Money Laundering: Two Major Betting Cos Investigated in Australia
» Covid Fraud: A costly and long-lasting side-effect of the pandemic
» The FCA’s consultation on regulating Big Tech

October

2022

» China Money Laundering Probe: Gangs & Virtual Currencies
» UK Estate Agents Facing Notable Rise in AML Fines - Overview

September

2022

» Failing to Prevent Money Laundering & Problem Gambling: Ladbrokes Case
» Bankruptcy trustees’ claims over frozen assets

August

2022

» SFO Investigation: Investment Manager Convicted of £100M Fraud
» Niall Hearty assesses the ongoing damage caused by fraud involving the government’s coronavirus schemes

July

2022

» The FCA’s Fining of The TJM Partnership
» EU Introduces New Body to Coordinate Anti-Money Laundering Efforts
» Failing Money Laundering Obligations: Ghana Int'l Bank Must Pay £5M+
» Latest Developments in Patisserie Valerie Saga: An Expert Analysis

June

2022

» Niall Hearty considers the need to reform corporate criminal liability
» OLAF's Battle Against EU Fraud: An Outline by Rahman Ravelli
» Preparing for a Dawn Raid: The Importance of the Right Response
» Niall Hearty gives his assessment of the Economic Crime Transparency and Enforcement Act
» Global Register of Assets: Combating Financial Wrongdoing
» EU Seeks United Front on Sanctions: Niall Hearty Explains
» Niall Hearty comments on Treasury proposals to reduce the risks associated with outsourcing contracts

May

2022

» Goldman Sachs Agrees $79.5m Settlement with 1MDB Shareholders
» Breaking Up A European Money Laundering Network: Success Story
» Failed Action Brought By Bank Unicredit Over Disappearance Of Oil
» SFO Boiler Room Fraud Investigation Helps Hundreds Regain Lost Money
» Economic Crime: Treasury Committee Recommendations - Govt. Response
» Rahman Ravelli makes Niall Hearty a partner as part of its expansion plans
» Niall Hearty assesses the challenges involved in ensuring mutual legal assistance between states

April

2022

» Fraud: Two World Football Figures To Go On Trial for Fraud
» The FCA’s Three-Year Strategy
» Niall Hearty assesses the Public Sector Fraud Authority’s chances of being a success
» Serious Economic, Organised Crime and International Directorate (SEOCID)
» SFO Bribery Conviction Quashed: Rahman Ravelli Explains Impact

March

2022

» Money Laundering Issues in Australia: An Expert Assessment
» Niall Hearty considers the dilemma facing those with financial interests in Russia
» EU Cross-Border Financial Crime Agency: Poland's Cooperation
» Film Tax Scheme: HSBC Sued by Hundreds of Investors

February

2022

» FRC Investigating Sanjeev Gupta Co: UK Accounting Watchdog Probes
» Alleged Manipulative Trading: FCA Plans to Take Action Against Bank
» Economic Crime Bill: What Issues Could It Address? - Rahman Ravelli
» Extended Insolvency Service Powers
» The FCA’s use of its anti-money laundering criminal powers
» Money Laundering: Council of Europe Accuse UK Of Failing To Comply

January

2022

» Identifying Money Laundering: Euro Banks Hamper Efforts Says Regulator
» UAE Money Laundering: FATF Grey-Listing, Monitoring & Implications
» Collusive Practices: Three Companies Settle with World Bank

December

2021

» The OECD’s Updated Anti-Corruption Guidance - Niall Hearty
» Niall Hearty explains why an overhaul of anti-corruption laws may not be necessary
» The new German government is looking to tackle corporate misconduct

November

2021

» SFO Drops 15-year Investigation - Naill Hearty Considers
» Deferred Prosecution Agreements: Value To The Serious Fraud Office
» The Scale of Covid Relief Fraud Facing HMRC Considered
» Niall Hearty assesses the challenges facing the authorities in the wake of the Pandora Papers leak
» NatWest Prosecution For Money Laundering: Questions of FCA

October

2021

» Facilitating Tax Evasion
» European Commission Published Latest Report on European Union Fraud
» Niall Hearty considers the issues surrounding corporate criminal liability

September

2021

» UK Financial Intelligence Unit: Increased Resources Considered
» With Cognizant paying millions to end a shareholder lawsuit, Niall Hearty outlines events that led to the settlement.

August

2021

» The UAE’s efforts to tackle money laundering have posed problems for some businesses
» The European Union has raised the prospect of limits on cash-only purchases in order to remove the potential for money laundering
» Insolvency Practitioners and DAML requests
» Treasury efforts to amend the Money Laundering Regulations 2017

July

2021

» Banks have been told by the Financial Conduct Authority to tackle their crime prevention shortcomings
» The FATF and Proliferation Financing Risk
» With the UK losing more than £100 billion each year to fraud, Niall Hearty of financial crime specialists Rahman Ravelli outlines the problem and the possible solution
» Private Prosecutions: The Issues
» Cartel Behaviour: The Law and the Appropriate Response to It

June

2021

» Legal Director Niall Hearty assesses the likely impact of creating a wider range of failure to prevent offences
» Niall Hearty considers the increased use of account freezing orders and account forfeiture orders
» With the Serious Fraud Office having successfully concluded a lengthy and complex hunt for a fraudster’s £72 million assets, Niall Hearty of financial crime specialists Rahman Ravelli reviews the case.
» Double jeopardy and Interpol red notices

May

2021

» A raft of lawsuits has been filed against individuals and organisations over the huge 1MDB fraud
» The man with the task of managing the World Bank’s anti-corruption efforts has spelt out how he intends to go about it
» Issues facing the SFO analysed by international experts at Rahman Ravelli’s webinar
» Danske Bank may have to carry out further examination of its huge money laundering failings in Estonia
» Challenges facing the Serious Fraud Office

April

2021

» Major claims are being made about possible corruption in UK government Covid contracts
» The CPS Economic Crime Strategy
» The Pros and Cons of Private Prosecutions
» Rahman Ravelli to host international webinar assessing the challenges faced by the Serious Fraud Office here and abroad

March

2021

» Two brothers – one a solicitor and one a banker - are being prosecuted by the Financial Conduct Authority for insider dealing and fraud
» Niall Hearty assesses HMCPSI’s criticisms of the Serious Fraud Office for Lawyer Monthly
» UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak is planning freeports as a means of boosting the post-Brexit UK economy
» The Serious Fraud Office finally secured the conviction of a fourth person in its long-running oil bribery investigation
» The UK government is to spend millions tackling coronavirus fraud. Niall Hearty of financial crime specialists Rahman Ravelli considers the scope of the problem

February

2020

» The Registration Of Overseas Entities Bill

June

2019

» Rahman Ravelli strengthens its London Team with the arrival of Senior Associate Niall Hearty

September

2016

» Minimising the Damage Caused by Business Crime Allegations

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