HMRC has confirmed that it has opened its first investigations into the corporate criminal offence of failure to prevent the facilitation of UK tax evasion, using new powers to tackle corporate fraud contained in the Criminal Finances Act, introduced in the wake of the Panama Papers leaks ‘These investigations have been commenced since November 2018 […]

2017 was an important year for the UK’s Serious Fraud Office (“SFO”). The Government’s plan to merge the SFO with the National Crime Agency was scrapped, seemingly securing the SFO’s future as an independent investigator and prosecutor. 2018 looks set to be equally important. Director of the SFO, David Green, is due to step down, […]

Billions of pounds have been laundered through the City of London, despite Britain remaining one of the safest and cleanest places in the world to do business, the home secretary has said. Amber Rudd issued the warning as she announced plans for a new national economic crime centre, with the power to task the Serious Fraud […]

Rolls-Royce has agreed to pay £671m to settle bribery and corruption cases with UK and US authorities. The aerospace firm is set to pay £497m plus costs to the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), which started investigating claims in 2012 of wrongdoing overseas. At the time, the SFO asked the firm for information about possible bribery […]

On July 13, 2016, the UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) charged F.H. Bertling Ltd, a UK-based logistics and freight operations company, along with seven current and former executives, with making corrupt payments in violation of Section 1 of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1906. http://bit.ly/29Ey7q2 F.H. Bertling is a subsidiary of Bertling Group, a privately-owned […]

The UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has launched an investigation into allegations of “fraud, bribery and corruption” in the civil aviation business of Airbus. The allegations relate to irregularities concerning third party consultants. The France-based aircraft manufacturer said it was co-operating with the probe, which was launched last month. In April, UK authorities froze export […]

On 13 July 2016, the SFO also charged logistics and freight operations company F.H. Bertling Limited and seven individuals with one count of making corrupt payments, an offence under the Prevention of Corruption Act 1906. The SFO alleges that the individuals and the company conspired together and with others to bribe an agent of the […]

The SFO is conducting a criminal investigation into the activities of Unaoil, its officers, its employees and its agents in connection with suspected offences of bribery, corruption and money laundering. We have been approached by a number of sources who may have information relevant to this investigation.  If you have any information please contact us […]