Oral Question·Attorney General
“What assessment she has made of the adequacy of the Serious Fraud Office’s progress on tackling economic crime.”
Tabled: 30 January 2025Answered: 6 February 2025
Asked by
Gregor Poynton
Labour — Livingston
Answering Minister
the Solicitor General
Answer from Hansard
The Solicitor General
The SFO does crucial work to tackle complex fraud, bribery and corruption. I have met senior SFO staff on multiple occasions in the past two months, and I recently visited SFO HQ to understand more about the ways it is putting the latest technology to use in tackling economic crime and returning stolen funds to victims. Under the new director of the SFO, the SFO has opened seven new overt investigations and charged 10 defendants in cases involving more than 800 victims.