Eighteen months on from the coming into force of the Bribery Act, and there was only one completed bribery and corruption case last year in Scotland, and only four completed by the Serious Fraud Office, according to accountancy firm Ernst & Young. To date, there have been no prosecutions against…

Scotland is taking vital steps towards tackling the problem of human trafficking, a new report by EHRC Scotland shows, with ‘a renewed impetus for action.’ The ‘Human Trafficking Inquiry Follow On’ report builds on the EHRC Scotland’s formal Inquiry of 2011. That inquiry made a series of ten recommendations designed…

In a case brought by the Financial Services Authority (FSA), Paul Milsom, a senior equities trader, was this week sentenced at Southwark Crown Court to two years imprisonment for disclosing inside information. A confiscation order was also made in the sum of £245,000. During the time in question (between October…

The European Commission has announced plans to crack down on counterfeiters throughout the EU, in the wake of figures showing that, while the vagaries of currency markets may have affected the popularity of the euro in financial sectors, the same cannot be said for the criminal fraternity. EU statistics reveal…

Children’s charity, Just For Kids Law, this week challenged the way 17-year-olds are treated when detained by the police in England and Wales According to the charity, every year 75,000 17-year-olds are held in police custody, with most being denied access to an independent adult who could guide them through…

A bankrupt who acted as a shadow director was sentenced to 14 months imprisonment at Hull Crown Court earlier this week. Stephen Joseph Beet pleaded guilty to the use of a prohibited name, acting in the management of a company whilst an undischarged bankrupt, fraudulent trading and forgery. An…

Following a nine-day trial, an English QC has been found guilty of a charge of cheating the public revenue between 1st June 1999 and 24th September 2011. "Rohan Pershad QC failed to pay VAT for a period of 12 years, despite charging his clients that VAT. As a result, he…

The level of fraud in the UK may have dropped by a third over the past year, but according to a new report by accountants BDO LLP, the amount of tax fraud hardly fell at all. It now accounts for almost half (44%) of all fraud reported in the UK…

The Home Secretary, Theresa May, has tabled amendments to the Crime and Courts Bill  that will change the law in relation to extradition in two ways, reports the Telegraph. If passed the amendments will: * Pass to the High Court the Home Secretary’s power to consider late representations, on the…

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