Julian Assange, WikiLeaks founder will begin a four-week extradition hearing in London today to determine whether he will he extradited to the U.S, where he faces trial for releasing classified documents. The case will start days after Assange’s lawyers alleged that President Donald Trump instructed a former congressman to offer their client a pardon if […]
After 8 years, a deal has finally been reached in Airbus’ bribery and corruption investigation. It came via a Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) between Airbus and UK, US and French regulators last month. But, looking beyond its substantial €3.6 billion price tag, what does it mean for multinational firms looking to globally settle disputes? Read […]
The most recent Crime Survey of England and Wales estimated that there were 3.8 million incidents of fraud between March 2018 to March 2019, an increase of 17% from the previous year. Why, then, did prosecutions for white-collar crime fall to a five-year low, according to a recent study by Thomson Reuters? The answer is […]
A Financial Times Special Report on sanctions includes quotes by Partner Anna Bradshaw on the difficulties arising for companies as a result of the US withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on Iran and the European Union’s retaliatory blocking regulation. Read more
In an analysis by The Wall Street Journal into how Brexit might result in more complexity for sanctions compliance, Partner Anna Bradshaw comments on the ‘Magnitsky sanctions’ expected to be introduced imminently in the UK. Read more
Following the Berlin conference on Libya, attention has been focused on how to enforce breaches of the UN’s sanctions. Partner Anna Bradshaw is quoted by CNSNews.com commenting on proposals to sanction violators of the UN’s arms embargo. Read more
Partner Anna Bradshaw speaks to Channel 5 news about the factors that are relevant to decisions to cooperate with overseas investigations, following criticisms of Prince Andrew’s lack of cooperation by the US Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and lawyers representing civil plaintiffs in US litigation. Listen from 1:40
The U.S government has been condemned for its refusal to extradite an American woman who has been charged in the death of the British teenager Harry Dunn. Foreign secretary Dominic Raab says the British government “would have acted differently if this has been a U.K diplomat serving in the U.S”. Partner Nick Vamos says that […]
In a review of the key developments in AML and sanctions over the course of 2019 by Moneylaundering.com, a publication of the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS), Partner Anna Bradshaw is quoted on proposals to reform the EU’s AML framework: “The most explosive development would be a move from directives to regulations, but […]
