- A new mechanism to prevent the proliferation of unnecessary new criminal offences. (politics.co.uk)
The Bill proposes significant changes to the UK's anti-money laundering laws under POCA, and introduces new criminal offences for failure to prevent the facilitation of tax evasion. (globalinvestigationsreview.com)
Despite early enthusiasm for the legislation, Labour ministers have been quick to distance themselves from it, in particular through an almost insatiable appetite for creating new criminal offences. (newlawjournal.co.uk)