Oral Question·Department for Business and Trade
“What support her Department is providing to businesses in Essex to increase the export of goods and services.”
Tabled: 25 April 2024Answered: 2 May 2024
Asked by
Priti Patel
Conservative — Witham
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Business and Trade
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.