Law and the Justice System

The UK’s financial watchdog has seized millions of pounds from QPay believed to be the proceeds of illegal activity.

https://www.cityam.com/fca-seizes-2m-from-qpay-in-connection-with-150m-us-payments-fraud/

The Crown Prosecution Service is today launching a united team to tackle the changing nature of serious and organised crime.

https://www.cps.gov.uk/cps/news/cps-responds-changing-nature-serious-economic-and-organised-crime-new-team

The west’s response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has highlighted the changing nature of sanctions in times of conflict, attempting to bring about a policy U-turn by targeting all sections of Russian society.

https://www.ftadviser.com/regulation/2022/04/04/economic-crime-act-too-little-too-late/

The recent announcement by culture secretary Nadine Dorries that paid for advertising is to be included in the online safety bill is a victory for consumers everywhere, particularly pension savers.

https://www.ftadviser.com/opinion/2022/03/21/online-safety-bill-will-stop-pension-scammers-advertising/

The House of Lords Fraud Act 2006 and Digital Fraud Committee said it is particularly keen to hear from victims of fraud.

https://www.expressandstar.com/news/uk-news/2022/03/08/inquiry-to-look-at-whether-reforms-needed-to-combat-horrifying-fraud-levels/

MPs today slated the Ministry of Justice’s (MoJ) “meagre ambition” to reduce the Crown Court case backlog and warned that efforts to recruit judges will ignore the need to improve diversity.

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/mps-slate-ministry-of-justice-over-crown-court-backlog-and-judges

Around one in 12 judicial office-holders have experienced bullying and/or harassment in the last 12 months, while 5% reported that they had faced discrimination, according to research published yesterday.

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/8-of-judges-report-facing-bullying-and-or-harassment

Web giants are facing a major crackdown on the worst illegal activity taking place on their platforms.

The Online Safety Bill will now include people smuggling, hate crimes, fraud and revenge porn as ‘priority’ illegal content.

It means tech companies will be forced to protect users from being exposed to such content rather than waiting for it to be flagged.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10478581/Online-Safety-Bill-force-web-giants-protect-users-fraud-hate-crimes.html

Mark Zuckerberg could land in jail if Facebook does not comply with new online safety laws, the culture secretary has warned.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/online-safety-bill-three-criminal-025500125.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&tsrc=twtr

Social media and online giants should pay compensation to those who have been a victim of fraud when using their sites, the Treasury committee has said in its report on economic crime, alongside a swathe of recommendations for the government.

https://www.ftadviser.com/regulation/2022/02/02/mps-call-for-online-firms-to-compensate-fraud-victims/