Oral Question·Attorney General
“What steps her Department is taking to support the Serious Fraud Office in tackling economic crime.”
Tabled: 1 May 2025Answered: 8 May 2025
Asked by
Lloyd Hatton
Labour — South Dorset
Answering Minister
the Solicitor General
Answer from Hansard
The Solicitor General
This Government are determined to crack down on the scourge of economic crime, and the Serious Fraud Office does crucial work to tackle complex fraud, bribery and corruption. Under its new director, the SFO has opened nine new overt investigations and charged 16 defendants. Just last week, I saw the SFO’s crucial work at first hand when I observed a dawn raid carried out in relation to a new multimillion-pound bribery investigation.