Financial Crime Financial Crime

Comment: UK's second new economic crime law a big step, but gaps remain

By Martin Coyle
  • 23 Sep 2022 16:02
  • 23 Sep 2022 16:02
A second major update to the UK’s economic crime laws, including handing more power to fraud enforcers, represents a big step in the fight against dirty money, but many will say the government could have gone further.
Yesterday, it set out a second slate of legislation to toughen the UK's

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Martin Coyle

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Martin Coyle is a senior correspondent, based in MLex's London office, reporting daily on bribery and corruption issues in the UK and Europe. Previously he was a senior editor at Thomson Reuters where he covered anti-money laundering, financial crime and regulatory enforcement issues. Prior to that he was editor of The Accountant, the world's oldest accounting publication, and International Accounting Bulletin, a bi-monthly business journal owned by Lafferty.

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