Serious Fraud Office

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) should be replaced with a new body to tackle economic crime, focusing more on prevention, according the Institute of Economic Affairs. The think tank's paper says the SFO has been plagued by a series of high-profile failures, including ethical misconduct and incom

The UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has indicated that it intends to utilise existing but less commonly used powers to grant immunity notices to offenders who assist in its cases, and support reduced sentences to defendants who provide evidence to enable other prosecutions, writes Tom Stocker.

City firms are “completely outgunning” the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) as new figures published revealed that some companies have spent up to ten times more than the SFO on legal and investigation fees. The Bureau of Investigative Journalism has revealed that the SFO is being undermined b

Wood Group is aiming to settle long-running investigations into bribery allegations by paying out about $197 million. The engineering company confirmed yesterday that it will pay almost $9 million to Scotland’s Civil Recovery Unit.

Three former bosses of Barclays have been cleared in a fraud case over a £4 billion investment deal with Qatar at the height of the banking crisis. A jury took less than six hours to clear Mr Roger Jenkins, Thomas Kalaris and Richard Boath, of the charges, allowing them to walk free from the O