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By Jeff Dale2024-08-01T15:35:00
Staffing shortages that have plagued the U.K. Serious Fraud Office (SFO) are trending in the right direction since its new director took charge, with the anti-bribery agency forging ahead with initiatives to ensure its future sustainability.
The agency is focusing on re-energizing its work culture by “investing in our people and the tools they need to succeed,” Nick Ephgrave, SFO director, said in its annual report for 2023-24, published Tuesday.
Last year, the SFO admitted in its 2022-23 annual report of high vacancy rates leading to a mixture of temporary staff and counsel that would be unsustainable moving forward. Vacancy rates have eased since then, according to the recent report, falling from 23 percent to 16.3 percent. The agency noted a new methodology being used to calculate staffing shortages.
2025-02-10T16:42:00Z By Neil Hodge
The U.K.’s Serious Fraud Office has made its first use of an enforcement tool that was meant to bring oligarchs and kleptocrats to book. But lawyers are unsure whether the move signifies either a change in direction or fortune for the agency.
2024-05-31T15:47:00Z By Neil Hodge
The U.K. Serious Fraud Office last month published its five-year strategic plan outlining how it intends to improve information gathering and international cooperation, as well as its enforcement record.
2024-04-22T13:00:00Z By Jeff Dale
The U.K.’s Serious Fraud Office said in a five-year strategic plan it’s “struggled to keep pace with demand” as ballooning casework shows no signs of slowing down.
2025-07-02T18:31:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
Emerging enforcement priorities of the U.S. Department of Justice’s health care fraud division align with the Trump administration’s emphasis on prosecuting transnational criminal organizations and ending opioid trafficking.
2025-07-01T23:26:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
Since President Donald Trump took office, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has yet to keep up the level of enforcement it had under previous chair Lina Khan. The agency, however, returned to antitrust action in the case of fuel stations, just in time for the July 4th holiday.
2025-06-25T16:29:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
In May, three commissioners for the Consumer Product Safety Commission were abruptly fired by President Donald Trump and sued for their jobs shortly after. A federal judge has ruled that the commissioners should be reinstated, although it’s unclear whether that ruling may itself be reversed.
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