‘Smurfing’ is a money laundering technique by which criminals move large sums of money in a series of smaller transactions. By depositing smaller amounts separately, the criminal hope to avoid arousing suspicions that the money was acquired by nefarious means.
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Being included on the Disclosure Barring Service barred list can be very stressful if it means you can no longer continue in your job. People who are included on the list can’t take employment with children or vulnerable adults.
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You can apply to release cash that was seized from you, if it was seized unfairly, or the authority that seized it has acted outside their powers.
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Gifts and hospitality are often a cordial part of a business relationship. But directors need to be aware that failing to deal with gifts and hospitality in the right way could lead to allegations of bribery and corruption.
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An HMRC investigation is an examination of your tax affairs as an individual or a business. These investigations can be entirely random checks, or there might be something unusual in your tax returns that has triggered it.
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Tax fraud is the practice of deliberately and dishonestly evading tax.
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Consent is one of the most important concepts in criminal law, particularly in cases involving allegations of sexual offences.
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Deferred Prosecution Agreements (DPAs) are a negotiated settlement with the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), which a corporate can enter into after it has been charged with economic crime such as bribery, money laundering, or fraud.
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Investigations by the SFO usually come as a surprise to the business under investigation. The first the business knows about it is likely to be when the SFO turns up at your premises for the raid. It can be quite a shock.
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Careless driving is a term many UK motorists will have heard, but few fully understand.
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VAT fraud can appear in several different guises, but most offences fall under one of two umbrellas…
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The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is a Government department which fights complex financial crime. It forms part of the UK criminal justice system in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
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The Consequences of Using Your Phone While Driving
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It may come as a surprise, but you can go to jail for something you’ve said online, and people have. Whether it’s on Facebook, Tiktok, Instragram, Linkedin, or any other online platform, your posts and comments can get you into trouble with the law.
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Festivals are often a bit of an escape from reality for people, and sometimes that leads to people taking drugs, even if they’ve never tried them before.
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Youth offending can have a significant impact on the course of a person’s life. Some youth offending is simply down to boredom, or a lack of maturity.
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Did you know that offences against emergency workers carry more severe punishments than offences against regular civilians?
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Pension fraud involves the deliberate misuse or misappropriation of pension funds through deception, often for personal gain.
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In recent years, the Government has been tightening up the laws around knives to try to combat the growing prevalence of knife crime.
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In short, the answer is no. It does not make you look guilty if you take a solicitor to the police station. In fact, you always should.
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If you’re facing a legal investigation, the process can often feel overwhelming and complex and this is only exacerbated if you make the decision to change your solicitor partway through an active case.
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If you are caught driving without insurance, you may face serious consequences that can have a serious impact on your future behind the wheel. Although not an arrestable offence, driving without insurance is taken very seriously, and the police are unlikely to be lenient in their penalisation.
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Clients often come to us for representation when they’ve been involved with drug offences or money laundering. We help clients defend these allegations and mitigate long sentences if they have a valid defence.
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Recently, there’s been an effort to crack down on money laundering from places like Dubai and Thailand.
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