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The Treasury Committee has published a report on ‘Economic Crime – Anti-money laundering supervision and sanctions implementation’. The report found that the true scale of economic crime in the UK is very uncertain, with estimates ranging from the tens of billions of pounds to the hundreds of billions. It is

Estate agent group Countrywide has been hit with a £215,000 fine by HMRC for money-laundering failures. The company was fined for failing to ensure that its money-laundering procedures and record-keeping were in line with regulations. HMRC has also made surprise visits to 50 estate agents in a

All seven members of Amnesty International’s executive team have offered their resignations after a critical report talked of a “toxic” working environment at the organisation. The report followed an external review established as a direct response to the tragic suicides of two people working at Amnesty International.