Financial Crime Financial Crime

UK Economic Crime Bill a misnomer after legislative rush, former minister says

By Phoebe Seers
  • 09 Mar 2022 16:55
  • 09 Mar 2022 16:55
The fast-tracked UK legislation ushered in to tackle dirty money following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine “shouldn’t be called an Economic Crime Bill,” a former minister said today, given that it is more concerned with improving Land Registry disclosures. 

Former junior economy minister Theodore Agnew, who resigned in January partly due t

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Phoebe Seers

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Phoebe has covered Financial Crime and compliance issues for MLex since 2015, initially in the Hong Kong bureau and currently in London. While in Hong Kong she won two SOPA awards for her reporting on corruption in the energy sector in Indonesia. Prior to journalism she worked as a solicitor with a focus on white-collar crime litigation in London and Hong Kong. She has a BA in English and Philosophy from Newcastle University.

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