The UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has indicated that it intends to utilise existing but less commonly used powers to grant immunity notices to offenders who assist in its cases, and support reduced sentences to defendants who provide evidence to enable other prosecutions.

In parallel, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) stated that firms should expect more assertive supervision and enforcement, that they will speed up investigations and that firms will be increasingly named when an enforcement investigation is opened.

https://www.scotsman.com/business/fraud-investigations-look-likely-to-be-stepped-up-tom-stocker-4537899