Report
Cross-border white collar crime and investigations review 2024
Key challenges for in-house counsel and how to manage them.
Read Time
8 mins
Published Date
Jan 10 2024
Our multi-jurisdiction analysis of the most significant financial crime and investigations developments over the past 12 months reveals the increasingly challenging regulatory and enforcement landscape facing businesses. Our white collar crime experts from around the world share their views on some of the key challenges for in-house investigations teams in 2024, and how to manage the associated risks.
View the key challenges for 2024
- Increased scrutiny of internal investigations
- Enhanced whistleblowing laws in more countries
- Treatment of employees and workers in the value chain
- Corruption risk and third parties/intermediaries
- Environmental initiatives and financial crime risk
- Increased enforcement of tax evasion and public procurement fraud
- AML compliance for old and new financial gatekeepers
- A lowered bar for corporate criminal exposure
- Corporate culture and effective compliance
- Conflicting laws driven by geopolitics
- Data – protecting yours (and others’)
- The risk/benefit analysis on ‘cooperation’
- Use of unsanctioned communication channels for business purposes
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Related people
This report was developed by lawyers across our global white collar defense and investigations team. You can read about their expertise below.
Michael Shepherd
Partner
Sydney
Jessica J. Zoller
Counsel
Sydney