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A safe place to spend, a hard place to prosecute: The London corruption trial of Alison-Madueke in global perspective
3 July, 2026Our analysis traces the origins of this investigation and the twists and turns of a dramatic jury trial that culminated in the acquittal of a woman who wielded unprecedented power over Nigeria’s notoriously dysfunctional oil industry.
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Dubai-based investment firm claims victim status in £30 million dirty money case
2 July, 2026A major new McMafia order case was revealed yesterday, as a Dubai-based UK investment firm called Enspire Investments LLC approached the High Court claiming to be the victim of a complex fraud by the targets of an Unexplained Wealth Order (UWO) who allegedly siphoned off their €45 million investment.
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Beyond Covid fraud – the Government must go further to protect public money
24 June, 2026The Government’s response to the Covid Counter-Fraud Commissioner is out. Largely, the Government has accepted the Commissioner’s recommendations for tackling fraud. Disappointingly though, the Government rejected four of Tom Hayhoe’s 22 recommendations, which are critical to protecting public funds from fraud and corruption.
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Uncomfortable scrutiny in London Mining is an opportunity to learn lessons
23 June, 2026The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) will not have to pick up the legal bill for former defendants in its collapsed London Mining case, after a judge yesterday rejected claims that the agency should pay up because of alleged misconduct in their handling of the probe.
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Government sets out its plan for making the FCA the super-regulator for money laundering
19 June, 2026As the government lays out its plans for a major expansion of the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) anti-money laundering (AML) supervision responsibilities, we look at how these proposals can be strengthened.
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Fixing Companies House’s identity crisis demands strong enforcement
18 June, 2026Companies House’s long overdue crackdown on individuals that have failed to verify their identities has begun, with a flurry of warning letters (equivalent to almost one-fifth of all companies registered), but strong enforcement must follow to remove the UK’s corporate registry from kleptocrats’ and fraudsters’ toolkits.
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