Crime and Policing

The SFO continues to investigate suspected fraud, bribery and corruption, adapting ways of working where necessary to adhere to Government guidance.

https://www.sfo.gov.uk/2020/05/07/covid-19-update/

Victims of cyber crime face barriers to reporting, receiving support and achieving justice, says a Home Office-backed study

While enforcement agencies have yet to indicate that they intend to put their pens down in response to COVID-19, there is anecdotal evidence that some agencies have slowed their investigations as remote working impacts matter management.

https://www.skadden.com/insights/publications/2020/03/impact-of-covid19-on-white-collar-enforcement

The UK’s NCSC has taken down more than 80 malicious web campaigns and received 5,000 reports of suspicious emails within 24 hours of launching reporting service

The quality of evidence the National Crime Agency (NCA) must present to obtain unexplained wealth orders (UWO) could be clarified by the Court of Appeal in the coming months, an expert in corporate crime law has said.

https://www.pinsentmasons.com/out-law/news/nca-discharging-unexplained-wealth-orders

The National Crime Agency has published its Annual Plan for 2020/21.

The National Crime Agency has published the National Strategic Assessment of Serious and Organised Crime 2020.

https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/nsa2020?src=ilaw

Despite a shift in resources and duties, the police will rise to the multiple challenges posed by this unprecedented pandemic.

https://www.politicshome.com/thehouse/article/how-do-you-police-a-pandemic

The UK government’s £330bn emergency coronavirus aid package risks being targeted by organised crime, said a white collar crime lawyer.

A police commissioner is warning people in North Wales to beware of heartless scammers using the coronavirus pandemic to prey on the vulnerable.

http://www.deeside.com/police-and-crime-commissioner-issues-warning-over-heartless-scammers-exploiting-coronavirus-pandemic/