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| The UK can't hide from US anti-corruption measures |
Corruption is a global problem. From Scotland Yard's cash for peerages investigation to the recent arrests in Brussels, corruption, in its many guises, is never far from the headlines. Despite this, the UK's anti-corruption laws are in disarray: just a week after the Serious Fraud Office director, Robert Wardle, called for reform of the UK's anti-corruption laws, the Home Office announced, on March 5 2007, that the government had, for the second time, abandoned its 2003 draft Corruption Bill.
The government has, instead, asked the Law Commission to undertake a "thorough review" of the UK's anti-corruption laws. It is envisaged that this review process will take around 18 months to complete. This means that the UK's anti-corruption laws will remain in their existing disparate and outdated form, comprising a combination of common law and three Acts, which originated in the 19th century...