Serious Fraud
17th Jan 2023
News
Landfill Tax fraud & Waste Crime
Landfill Tax applies to all waste disposed at a licensed landfill site (unless the waste is classed as exempt).
The permit holders for landfill sites (operators) are...
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11th Feb 2021
News
Encrochat
A vast number of cases are awaiting a criminal trial that will rely, to a greater or lesser extent, on the admissibility of communications made via the supposedly highly encrypted Encrochat service.
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12th Oct 2020
News
Covert Human Intelligence Sources
The Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill passed its second reading in the House of Commons. The MP who is Minister for Security, James Brokenshire, set out...
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18th Sep 2019
News
Gait analysis
What is gait?
Gait, quite simply, is how a person walks, the movement of limbs.
How does this relate to criminal law?
With the ever-increasing use of CCTV, the identifica...
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11th Mar 2019
News
Facilitating Tax Evasion
HMRC is reported to be investigating alleged violations of a new criminal offence, part of the crackdown on money laundering, for the first time.
A freedom of information reques...
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27th Feb 2019
News
Counterfeit Currency - You May Pay a Very High Price
In straitened financial circumstances, it can be tempting to consider purchasing counterfeit money. While the price of such 'currency' fluctuates widely, it i...
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