{"id":347825,"date":"2026-01-02T09:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T09:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/347825\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T09:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T09:20:09","slug":"u-k-sets-out-strategy-to-combat-bribery-and-corruption-article","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/347825\/","title":{"rendered":"U.K. sets out strategy to combat bribery and corruption | Article"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"byline meta\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.complianceweek.com\/neil-hodge\/1242.bio\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" class=\"bylinePicture\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Neil Hodge\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Pictures\/web\/r\/s\/q\/hodgecrop_407559.jpg\"  width=\"50\" height=\"50\" class=\"lazyloaded\"\/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.complianceweek.com\/neil-hodge\/1242.bio\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Neil Hodge<\/a>2026-01-02T07:09:00<\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"uk fraud\" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21040_ukfraud_921660.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"67\" class=\"lazyloaded\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The U.K. is introducing tougher safeguards and compliance checks in its latest drive to cut down on financial crime and stem the flow of dirty money that continues to be laundered by British businesses, facilitated by accountants and lawyers. Experts warn that the government\u2019s plans mean companies will need to review their compliance around anti-money laundering controls and anti-bribery policies as regulatory scrutiny increases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Neil Hodge2026-01-02T07:09:00 The U.K. is introducing tougher safeguards and compliance checks in its latest drive to cut&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":347826,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-347825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/347826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}