Pedestrians walk past the National Crime Agency headquarters in London
By Paul O’Donoghue, Senior Correspondent
The UK’s National Crime Agency faces being crippled due to a massive brain drain, a new report has warned.
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GRECO
GRECO will hold its 99th plenary meeting from 17 to 19 March 2025. During the session, the plenary will examine the evaluation report on Kazakhstan, assessing incriminations and political party funding. It will also review follow-up reports on preventing corruption and promoting integrity in central governments (top executive functions) and law enforcement agencies for Albania, Azerbaijan, Germany, the Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. Additionally, the plenary will consider follow-up reports on Portugal’s compliance with recommendations on preventing corruption among parliamentarians, judges, and prosecutors. Finally, the plenary will adopt the GRECO General Activity Report 2024.
HKMA
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) wishes to alert members of the public to a press release issued by Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd. relating to a fraudulent website, which has been reported to the HKMA. A hyperlink to the press release is available on the HKMA website.
Australia Federal Police
More than $11 million worth of assets, including Rolex watches, Cartier jewellery and art by Brett Whiteley has been forfeited to the Commonwealth as suspected proceeds of crime after an AFP-led Criminal Assets Confiscation Taskforce (CACT) investigation. The decision in the Supreme Court of Victoria grew out of AFP-led Operation Fuji, which focused on a large Middle Eastern organised crime syndicate's access to firearms, large-scale drug importation activity, and extensive wealth, as well as threats to life.
