
In his debut column for NLJ this week, crime silk Jonathan Fisher KC, of Red Lion Chambers, looks at the vexed problem of fraud, now accounting for 40% of all crimes committed in England & Wales
The myriad nature of economic crime and the complexities of disclosure where there is a high volume of digital material make this a difficult problem to solve. The government is currently investigating ways and means to do so—so what changes can we expect?
Fisher explores how the government might set about tackling this area. He writes: ‘A new economic crime plan will probably be published by the Home Office in the coming months.’