Last month, I wrote to David Cameron asking him to press the Azerbaijani Gvt to release Dr Ibadoghlu. Though his move to house arrest is a step forward, the Govt must consider sanctions against those who detained him in inhumane conditions & preventing his access to a fair trial

Please find the UK Anti-Corruption Coalition op-ed in the Daily Express urging David Cameron to secure my father, Dr. Gubad Ibadoghlu's unconditional release, who faces grave medical concerns.

The op-ed 👇 Tara Fair

express.co.uk/news/uk/189338…

#cop29 #freegubad

'Help me see my father alive' Pressure mounts on David Cameron to aid Azerbaijani political prisoner | World | News | Express.co.uk express.co.uk/news/world/189…

🗣️ Lobbying is a part of democracy but “problems can arise when a small number of players from a sector wield considerable influence.'

@ti_defence's Ara Marcen Naval spoke to The National about the need for transparent and ethical lobbying practices.

thenational.scot/news/24281332.…

Properly resourcing our enforcement agencies is a fundamental pillar of our Economic Crime Manifesto. Great to have the endorsement of CFS's
Kathryn Westmore for some of the key recs.

Read our proposals for driving dirty money out of the UK here👉economiccrimemanifesto2024.co.uk

🚨📽️ The new Economic Crime Manifesto from APPG on Anti-Corruption & Responsible Tax and APPG on Fair Business Banking has four pillars 🏛️

Kathryn Westmore, Senior Research Fellow at CFS, was at the manifesto launch 🚀 last week, and explained why the Enforcement pillar is so crucial.

#UKPolitics , #Westminster

As Spotlight on Corruption's Helen Taylor outlines below, the next Gvt must take on the enablers of economic crime by introducing smart regulation.

Read our full proposals for driving dirty money out of the UK here👉economiccrimemanifesto2024.co.uk

Economic crime hurts British people and businesses alike, but as Helen Taylor says below, we have become the world's dirty money hub. With smart regulation, we can create a fair, safe and prosperous place to do business.

Read our full proposals here👉economiccrimemanifesto2024.co.uk

🚨🎞️ Last Wed, APPG on Anti-Corruption & Responsible Tax and APPG on Fair Business Banking launched a new Economic Crime Manifesto 🚀

🏛️ The manifesto contains four pillars.

Helen Taylor of Spotlight on Corruption was at the launch, and explains how key recommendations in the Regulation pillar could make a real difference.

👏Great to see House of Lords scrutiny of why Serco Group was awarded public contracts despite being under a Serious Fraud Office (SFO) deferred prosecution agreement after defrauding Ministry of Justice. The Lords found it remarkable that the govt failed to mention it when giving Serco a new contract. A 🧵:

🚨📷 A positive development in this story.

However Ben Cowdock, Investigations Lead at
Transparency International UK described the property that's now been frozen as “just the tip of the iceberg.'

icij.org/investigations…

#EconomicCrime , #Russia , #DirtyMoney

🗣️ 'the rules no longer have relevance in the modern world and are unenforceable to applicants determined to ignore them.'

Strong words from Lord Pickles on the latest breach of ACOBA rules and Boris Johnson's failure to disclose hedge fund links.

ft.com/content/ece299…

👇As ACOBA is back in the news, here's a re-up of Susan Hawley's blog on the Business Appointment Rules from yesterday:
spotlightcorruption.org/britains-revol…

Our free-to-use Open Access database has 99,000+ records of meetings between ministers and external organisations dating back to 2012.

Browse the data here ⤵️ openaccess.transparency.org.uk

👀📰 Excellent new blog by Susan Hawley at Spotlight on Corruption on the 'revolving door' 🔁🚪 of post-political appointments.