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Corporate Crime & Compliance UK
UK Corporate Crime & Compliance provides breaking news and analysis on enforcement and white collar crime in Europe. Coverage includes internal investigations, whistleblower rights, executive responsibility, tax evasion, criminal market abuse and insider dealing actions, anti-money laundering, bribery, corruption and sanctions enforcement.
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Latest News in Corporate Crime & Compliance UK
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February 13, 2026
FCA May Be Forced To Set Lower Fines After Appeal Setbacks
The Financial Conduct Authority might be forced to rethink how it justifies the size of its fines after being forced to cut penalties after referral to the Upper Tribunal, raising questions about its ability to make enforcement decisions stick, legal experts caution.
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February 13, 2026
Blair's Think Tank Urges UK Gov't To End Energy Windfall Tax
The U.K.'s Labour government must phase out the windfall tax on the energy industry and lift the ban on new oil and gas drilling licenses in the North Sea to increase revenue long term, the Tony Blair Institute said Friday.
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February 13, 2026
Media Execs Claim Firing Was For Exposing Ad Overcharges
Two fired executives of a regional newspaper publisher have denied they must repay the company more than £900,000 ($1.2 million) in compensation, claiming they were wrongly forced out of the company for blowing the whistle on the fraudulent overcharging of advertisers.
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February 13, 2026
Watchdog Prioritizes SFO Review After Disclosure Failings
The U.K.'s prosecution oversight body said Friday it would prioritize a planned review of the Serious Fraud Office after it dropped the prosecution of former mining executives in part due to disclosure failings.
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February 13, 2026
Disclosure Haunts The SFO, Posing Challenge For Next Chief
The next director of the Serious Fraud Office must tackle the systemic disclosure failings that haunt its cases or face recurring questions about the agency's credibility after the latest collapse of a prosecution over problems with its handling of evidence, lawyers say.
Areas of Coverage
- ENFORCEMENT & LITIGATION
- Actions involving insider dealing and market abuse
- Commercial fraud litigation
- Bribery, corruption and anti-money laundering matters
- Sanctions violations
- Tax fraud and evasion
- Whistleblower discrimination claims
- Professional disqualifications
- Extradition and unexplained wealth orders
- AGENCIES
- Serious Fraud Office
- Crown Prosecution Service
- National Crime Agency
- Financial Conduct Authority
- European Anti-Fraud Office
- European Securities and Markets Authority
- HM Customs & Revenue
- U.K. Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation
- POLICY & REGULATION
- U.K. and European Union regulation and legislation covering criminal and quasi-criminal enforcement powers
Readership
- Solicitors at top law firms
- Barristers
- Corporate counsel and compliance officers at major companies
- Judges and court staff