Fraud and Economic Crime

Governance failures in relation to financial crime, integrity risks and the associated control frameworks have increasingly assumed a dual character. On the one hand, such deficiencies are frequently the product of a cumulative accretion of ostensibly local incidents, backlogs and exceptions which, over time, harden into a structural pattern of…

Enforcement practice in regulated sectors is undergoing a structural recalibration, in which the traditional emphasis on incident-driven investigations and document-based accountability is being replaced by a supervisory model that relies primarily on data both as the detection mechanism and as the evidentiary substrate. Supervisors are increasingly operating as analytics-led organisations…

Enforcement practice in matters involving allegations of financial mismanagement, fraud, bribery, money laundering, corruption and breaches of international sanctions is increasingly shaped by data, technology and the expectation that organisations can establish their own factual record more quickly, more comprehensively and in a manner that is reproducible. Regulators and investigative…

The attention paid by regulators, shareholders, societal stakeholders and courts to culture, conduct and ethical accountability within corporate environments has, in recent years, evolved into a distinct and weighty benchmark in its own right. Culture is no longer treated as an abstract or merely “soft” consideration, but as an operational…

Third-party risks constitute a structural exposure extending across the full value chain and materialising in a wide range of forms, including bribery and corruption risks, sanctions and export control risks, fraud, conflicts of interest, data-related risks and reputational harm. In an environment in which geopolitical shifts, supply chain fragmentation, intensified…

Market abuse enforcement across the EU and the UK is increasingly characterised by granular scrutiny of governance, decision-making and documentation relating to price-sensitive information, personal dealing and trading behaviour. Regulators do not assess outcomes alone (for example, whether disclosure ultimately occurred or did not occur), but focus on the quality…

In complex corporate groups, financial crime compliance rarely constitutes an isolated policy domain; it is a composite of governance, legal attribution, operational control, and evidential robustness, where the effectiveness of the control framework is ultimately assessed by outcomes rather than intentions. Supervisory and enforcement authorities increasingly approach such structures as…

An effective whistleblowing governance and internal reporting framework constitutes a core component of the integrity architecture of any organisation facing meaningful exposure to compliance, fraud, employment, and reputational risks. A speak-up mechanism should not be approached as merely a channel for incident notifications, but rather as an end-to-end control chain…

Sanctions compliance and export controls form a cohesive normative framework that is increasingly characterised by overlapping regimes, accelerated designation cycles and assertive enforcement ambitions with cross-border effects. For organisations with international trade flows, distributed IT environments and multi-jurisdictional financing structures, this creates a complex risk profile in which applicable law…

The management of anti-fraud, anti-corruption and bribery risks requires a coherent system of governance, normative standards, risk steering, operational controls and demonstrable accountability. Effective design begins with an unambiguous positioning at the highest level of the organisation, in which integrity and compliance are not treated as ancillary obligations, but as…