Sentences with phrase «prevent economic crime»

«If a new corporate offence of failing to prevent economic crime is introduced in the UK, it will represent a huge expansion in corporate criminal liability,» said Terry FitzGerald, Head of Commercial D&O and Financial Institutions, UK at Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty.

I try to do my best in all cases that we have and, in the past, I was a member of the Work Meeting with the OECD Evaluation Team, at OECD invitation, regarding Portugal's evaluation process within the context of the OECD Convention against the corruption of Foreigner Public Agents, but I believe Portugal has enough legislation to prevent economic crime.

Both the offence of «failure to prevent economic crime» and the proposed corporate criminal evasion offence consider the difficulties of holding corporations to account for the actions of individuals working in or for the organisation.

The appeal comes after a statement1 by Justice Minister Andrew Selous that proposals to create a new offence of «failure to prevent economic crime» would not be taken forward, with the minister saying that there is «little evidence of corporate economic wrongdoing going unpunished».

We look at the NCA's role in investigating and preventing economic crime.

A passive approach to detecting and preventing economic crime is not enough.

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If those elements of the population for whom crime is an acceptable alternative grow to any sizable percentage because of economic privation or because of prejudice, or if these alienated groups are prevented from finding a way to work within the system, then the whole society will be reduced very quickly to choosing between living in a police state or living in anarchy.

The legislation we have proposed will continue to benefit the people of Wales as the Government focuses on reducing the deficit and restoring economic stability, reducing and preventing crime, proposing constitutional reforms, and modernising the pension system.

Drama is currently playing out at the home of a former Director - General of the Department of State Services, Ekpenyong Ita, as men of the DSS are preventing operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission from arresting him.

Buba's order has prevented the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and any other government anti-corruption agency from prosecuting or arresting Odili, who was accused of allegedly embezzling about N100bn of Rivers State money during his eight - year tenure as governor.

The goals of FOCUS include reducing and preventing incidents of crime by addressing social and economic determinants of safety, instead of relying exclusively on heavy - handed policing.

Management in the UK could be prosecuted for failure to prevent fraud by staff Speaking at the Cambridge International Symposium on Economic Crime in September this year, the Attorney General reiterated the Prime Minister's priority of expanding economic opportunities — meaning businesses «of all sizes» should be better held accountable for their fEconomic Crime in September this year, the Attorney General reiterated the Prime Minister's priority of expanding economic opportunities — meaning businesses «of all sizes» should be better held accountable for their feconomic opportunities — meaning businesses «of all sizes» should be better held accountable for their failures.

The Attorney General also restated the intention to consult on extending the criminal offence of «failure to prevent» to other economic crimes such as fraud and money laundering so that firms are properly held to account for criminal activity that takes place within them.

With a new Criminal Finances Bill set to be enacted in 2017 to prevent the facilitation of tax evasion, and news laws likely in 2018 to require procedures to prevent wider economic crime, this shows no signs of abating.

Legislative and regulatory changes have made it abundantly clear that the responsibility for preventing, protecting and responding to economic crime rests firmly with businesses and organisations.

The goal of GCA is to share and disseminate — in real time — crucial information related to malicious cyber activity across international borders and economic sectors, in order to prevent future crimes from occurring.

The stated goals of MIECHV are to improve maternal and newborn health; prevent child injuries, abuse, neglect, or maltreatment; reduce emergency department visits; improve school readiness and achievement; reduce crime or domestic violence; improve family economic self - sufficiency; and improve coordination and referrals for other community resources and supports.64