Fighting financial crime
One of our statutory objectives is to reduce the extent to which it is possible for a financial business to be used for a purpose connected with financial crime.
Financial crime includes any offence involving money laundering, fraud or dishonesty, or market abuse. The objective interacts with our three other objectives – protecting consumers; market confidence; and public awareness.
Latest updates and additions
June 2010
Issue 14: Financial crime newsletter [PDF]
May 2010
The Small Firms Financial Crime Review [PDF]
May 2010
Anti-bribery and corruption in commercial insurance broking [PDF]
March 2010
HM Treasury statement on Money Laundering controls in Overseas Jurisdictions
October 2009:
HM Treasury action in respect of Bank Mellat and the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines
In this section
Information about our work in the following areas:
Market abuse
If you’ve been a victim of fraud or contacted by a boiler room see:
Victims of fraud
Boiler rooms
Links to FSA documents relating to financial crime:
Financial crime library
Information on whistleblowing can be found here
Financial Crime Newsletter
Track recent and prospective developments in our financial crime work and thinking.
View the latest issue [PDF]
"We must not lose sight of the fact that the purpose of our financial crime objective is to help in the fight against crime; crime that creates real and serious social harm like drug-dealing, people trafficking, fraud, market abuse - and terrorism."
Sir Callum McCarthy, former FSA Chairman