NLJ this week: Is the UK fighting a losing battle on fraud?

10 February 2023

Issue: 8012 / Categories: Legal News , Fraud , Criminal , Cybercrime , Technology , Cyber

As Red Lion Chambers barrister Jack Talbot writes in this week’s NLJ, ‘fraud is a shapeshifting creature of its time’.

Post-pandemic (or at least the lockdown stage of it), fraudsters are on ‘an upward trend’ and ‘endlessly adaptable in their ability to exploit new technology’. It now accounts for more than 40% of all recorded crime in the UK.

So, what can be done? Talbot surveys the staggering extent of fraud, and assesses the efforts to date of the UK’s crimefighting authorities. He highlights the main element holding them back.

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Group partner joins Guernsey banking and finance practice

Morgan Lewis—Kat Gibson

London labour and employment team announces partner hire

Foot Anstey McKees—Chris Milligan & Michael Kelly

Double partner appointment marks Belfast expansion

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NLJ this week: Is the UK fighting a losing battle on fraud?

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Carey Olsen—Kim Paiva

Morgan Lewis—Kat Gibson

Foot Anstey McKees—Chris Milligan & Michael Kelly