Financial crime

Contact

To report market abuse

Telephone:
020 7066 4900

Email:
Market abuse team


Queries from authorised firms

Telephone:
0845 606 9966

Email:
Firm contact centre


Queries from consumers

Telephone:
0845 606 1234

Email:
Consumer helpline

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

October:
Following the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) statement on 16th October 2008 of AML/CTF deficiencies in certain jurisdictions - HMT has issued the following advice to businesses

July:
Our approach to tackling mortgage fraud

EU imposes financial sanctions against Bank Melli Iran and its UK subsidiary - updated

April:
Review of data security in financial services [PDF]
Data security factsheet for small firms [PDF]

In this section

Information about our work in the following areas:
Money laundering
Fraud
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

Financial Crime Newsletter

Track recent and prospective developments in our financial crime work and thinking.

View the latest issue [PDF]

See also

Aims and objectives

Further information on the FSA's financial crime objective.

FSA statutory objectives

 

 

 

 

 

Sir Callum McCarthy

"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