FT商学院

Britain’s fraudbuster is on the ropes

Critics say the SFO’s prosecutions take too long and fail too often. The risk is that white-collar crime goes unpunished

At a gathering of top white-collar defence lawyers this year, one issue was in the forefront: with America stepping back as the world’s enforcer of corporate behaviour, who will pick up the slack?

Lawyers from Brazil to the Netherlands attending the annual American Bar Association conference in San Diego this March discussed their domestic prosecutors’ efforts and rated their national agencies.

The Brazilian and Dutch advocates gave their countries an eight. France scored a five. “I’m going to put it at about a three,” said Neil Swift, a London lawyer, referring to Britain’s Serious Fraud Office. “It’s a disappointing state of affairs in the UK at the moment.” 

您已阅读5%(667字),剩余95%(12296字)包含更多重要信息,订阅以继续探索完整内容,并享受更多专属服务。
版权声明:本文版权归manbetx20客户端下载 所有,未经允许任何单位或个人不得转载,复制或以任何其他方式使用本文全部或部分,侵权必究。
设置字号×
最小
较小
默认
较大
最大
分享×