United Kingdom: Crime

This sets out nine areas for tech firms to improve online safety for women and girls, with a focus on safety by design and user support.  The guidance supplements Ofcom's final Codes and risk assessment guidance on how to tackle illegal content and content harmful to children and sets out how providers can take action against harmful content that disproportionately affects women and girls.

The FCA has published the first edition of its new ‘Enforcement Watch' publication (EW1), a newsletter covering insights and themes from its recent enforcement work.

On 9 March 2026, the UK government published the Fraud Strategy 2026–2029: Disrupting crime, supporting economic resilience and delivering justice (the Strategy), replacing the 2023–2025 framework.

Nothing can prepare most people for the emotional turbulence that follows the receipt of a letter from HMRC, particularly if it is from the Fraud Investigation Service.

You would be forgiven for blinking and missing the implementation of the Sentencing Act 20261 (‘the Act), some of which came into force on 22 March 2026.

The High Court's decision in Kamal v Tax Policy Associates [2026] EWHC 551 (KB) has attracted considerable attention as the first judicial application...

Amongst the noise surrounding the new failure to prevent fraud offence, it would be easy for organisations to lose sight of the existing corporate crime offences for failing to prevent bribery and tax evasion.

As of 1st September 2025, large companies in the UK are exposed to criminal liability if they fail to prevent fraud carried out for the benefit of their employees, agents, subsidiaries, or other "associated persons"...

The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA) received Royal Assent on 26 October 2023 and is being implemented by the government in phases...