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• April 21, 2026

  EU Adopts Anti-Corruption Law With 5% Turnover Fines

  The European Union gave the final go-ahead Tuesday to a new directive on combating corruption, with fines of up to 5% of world turnover or €40 million ($47 million), adding a potential aggravating factor if offenders are banks or law firms.

• April 21, 2026

  SRA Fights Axiom Ince's £65M Fraud Oversight Claim

  The Solicitors Regulation Authority hit back at claims from the now-defunct Axiom Ince that it was negligent in failing to spot the firm's leaders' alleged misappropriation of £65 million ($87.7 million) in client money early on.

• April 21, 2026

  SFO Commits To 'Business As Usual' Amid Director Change

  The top lawyer at the Serious Fraud Office signaled on Tuesday that it will be "business as usual" for enforcement despite the recent change in leadership at the white-collar agency — but disclosure remains its biggest challenge and must be improved.

• April 21, 2026

  Payroll VAT Fraudsters Jailed For 22 Years

  Four directors of a payroll company were sentenced to more than 22 years in prison for a two-year £8.8 million ($11.9 million) value-added tax fraud scheme, HM Revenue and Customs said Tuesday.

• April 21, 2026

  Ex-Oil Execs Say 'Dishonest' Asset Freeze Cost Them $1B

  Two former top executives at oil trader Arcadia told a court on Tuesday that a decade-long order freezing their assets in support of a meritless fraud claim prevented them from setting up a business that would have earned them more than $1.1 billion.

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