SFO outlines five-year strategy amid ‘increasing pace of change’
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Jeff Dale2024-04-22T13:00:00
The U.K.’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) said in a five-year strategic plan it’s “struggled to keep pace with demand” as ballooning casework shows no signs of slowing down.
The “SFO Strategy 2024-29,” published Thursday, outlined how the U.K. prosecutor will thwart financial crime, fraud, and corruption as it faces new challenges from the “increasing pace of change and technological innovation.”
“The SFO needs to be seen as a strong, dynamic, confident, and pragmatic organization,” Nick Ephgrave, SFO director, said in the strategy. “… [T]his means ensuring that SFO cases progress at a faster rate” and that the agency be a “partner of choice domestically and internationally.”
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