Rules vs Enforcement: Demystifying the UK’s Financial Crime Architecture On 26 January 2026, the Home Secretary published a policing reform white paper that proposed the most significant restructuring of UK law enforcement in nearly two centuries. At its centre was the cre...

The UK government wants to merge the NCA into a new National Police Service. Most firms still cannot explain the difference between regulatory supervision and criminal enforcement.
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Committee Hears Support for Raising Deed Recording Surcharge to Fund Mortgage-Fraud Prosecutions The Appropriations Committee heard testimony supporting SB 5,109 to raise the deed-of-trust recording surcharge from $1 to $5, remove its sunset, and direct most new revenue to a mortgage-lending fraud prosecution account; prosecutors argued the change restores investigative capacity eroded since 2003.

A proposed bill aims to increase the deed recording surcharge from $1 to $5, potentially unlocking millions in new revenue to combat mortgage fraud in Washington.

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The Internal Security Forces in Lebanon arrested a suspect for passing counterfeit currency in Bent Jbeil amid ongoing economic crime concerns affecting local businesses.

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House passes bill giving attorney general limited authority to serve electronic search warrants on businesses The House approved House Bill 2156 to authorize attorney general investigators limited, judicially approved authority to serve electronic search warrants—primarily focused on economic and organized retail crimes—after amendments clarifying training, service limits and oversight. Final passage was 54–43.

House Bill 21-56 just passed, giving the attorney general's office new powers to tackle economic crimes with electronic search warrants, but the debate over local law enforcement's role is heating up!

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Practitioners and prosecutors clash over restructuring economic‑crimes loss table DOJ opposed proposed consolidation of the fraud loss table and wide bands that would reduce offense levels for many offenders; defenders and practitioners generally supported simplifying tiers but urged smaller level increases to avoid large sentencing 'cliffs' and suggested replacing intended‑loss emphasis with culpability measures.

The clash over the Department of Justice's proposed changes to the economic-crimes loss table could reshape sentencing for white-collar offenders—will justice be served or compromised?

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House passes bill giving attorney general limited authority to serve electronic search warrants on businesses The Washington House approved House Bill 2156 after extensive floor amendments to create AGO investigators with limited authority to serve electronically delivered, judicially approved search warrants on businesses for economic and organized retail crimes; proponents said investigators would not arrest or carry arms; critics warned of mission creep and centralization.

The Washington State House just passed a groundbreaking bill that empowers the attorney general to serve electronic search warrants targeting economic and organized retail crimes, but not without controversy!

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I’m being sued for £8m for publishing a report on tax avoidance Barrister Setu Kamal is suing me for £8 million over our Arka Wealth investigation. We’re applying to strike it out as a SLAPP and will not remove the article.

⚖️ We’re at court today for the first test of the new #economiccrime #SLAPPs strike out power, as @danneidle.bsky.social asks the judge to throw out an £8m libel claim by Setu Kamal, a tax barrister whose alleged role in a tax avoidance scheme was the subject of a report by Tax Policy Associates.

USSC proposes restructuring 2B1.1 loss table and new enhancements for non-economic victim harm The Commission's proposal would restructure loss-table ranges in section 2B1.1 and add bracketed specific-offense characteristics, including a potential +2/ +3/ +4 enhancement for substantial non-economic harm; Commission presented victim-harm data and proposed guidance on the sophisticated-means enhancement.

Major changes are coming to the US Sentencing Commission's economic crime guidelines, potentially reshaping how we address non-economic harms to victims.

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02-02-2026 DailySitara Sindh Jacobabad
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Retailers and law enforcement press committee for stronger tools on organized retail crime Business groups and law‑enforcement witnesses told the committee HB 16‑70 must close statutory gaps to address coordinated theft, cargo theft and resale networks; some stakeholders urged a study commission to identify best practices and avoid cross‑statute drafting errors.

New Hampshire is confronting organized retail crime with a bold amendment that could reshape how we tackle theft and protect our economy—are we ready for the changes ahead?

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#NH #CitizenPortal #EconomicCrime #RetailSecurity #NewHampshireRetail #LawEnforcement

U.S. Sentencing Commission publishes proposed guideline amendments including inflation adjustments and new victim-harm enhancement On Dec. 12, 2025 the U.S. Sentencing Commission voted to publish proposed amendments to the Sentencing Guidelines that would apply CPI-based inflation adjustments to monetary tables, restructure the 2B1.1 loss table, and add an enhancement for substantial non-economic harm; public comment ends Feb. 10, 2026.

The U.S. Sentencing Commission's new proposed amendments could significantly impact sentencing outcomes by adjusting guidelines for inflation and enhancing penalties for non-economic victim harms.

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#US #EconomicCrime #VictimProtection #CitizenPortal

Prince Albert Daily Herald

Cudworth woman charged after $340K allegedly 'misappropriated' from Saskatoon business


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We’re calling for:
👉 An #economiccrime fighting fund to reinvest recovered money into law enforcement
👉 A new asset recovery strategy with new mechanisms to target illicit wealth
👉Specialist #economiccrime courts with ticketed judges for high-end money laundering and complex asset recovery cases

This special issue is edited by:
⭐ Prof. Louis de Koker
⭐ Dr. Joy Malala
⭐ Dr. Nkechikwu Azinge-Egbiri
⭐ Dr. Folashade Adeyemo
⭐ Chukwuemeka Nwabuzor
⭐ Dr. Lovina Otudor

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Back of the courtroom queue: How to tackle serious delays in economic crime cases in the courts of England and Wales - Spotlight on Corruption Backlogs in the courts now exceed 70,000, while more than a quarter (27%) of all trials are adjourned, and only 43% go ahead on time. The lack of judicial

⌛ The length and complexity of serious #economiccrime and #corruption trials, and the fact that suspects are almost always bailed, means these cases are at the back of the courtroom queue. It now regularly takes 2 or even 3 years for prosecutors to get a trial slot in the cases that we monitor.

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Union warns over National Crime Agency funding shortfall Home Office minister confirms higher pay award has led to recruitment slowdown

👇 Latest news on National Crime Agency pay is bad news for the fight against international #corruption and #EconomicCrime. Government accepted that NCA officers should get a 4.4% payrise but with no new funds that means reducing the agency’s recruitment to fund better pay.

#CRL #CILEX #LawFirms #Law #AML #legal #EconomicCrime

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Modern slavery is costing the UK up to £60bn a year, yet investigations are falling while exploitation continues to rise.

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👏 Brilliant to see Crossbench Peer Lord Cromwell set out the case in today's debate on the Crime and Policing Bill for securing desperately needed funding for the fight against #EconomicCrime by reinvesting seized assets and fines back into enforcement agencies.

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5/6 This isn’t just a law enforcement issue – it’s an economic crime! 💰 ED & tax authorities must target the financial backbone of counterfeiters via PMLA & GST investigations. 📊 #EconomicCrime #MoneyLaundering #FinancialInvestigation

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