On 5 February 2010 an agreement was reached between the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and BAE Systems arising from the criminal offence of improper book-keeping, which BAE Systems admitted in connection with the sale of a military air traffic control system to the Government of Tanzania.

The European Commission has imposed a total of € 2 500 000 in fines on Energetický a průmyslový holding and EP Investment Advisors, active in the energy sector in the Czech Republic, for obstructing an inspection carried out by Commission officials from 24 to 26 November 2009 at their premises in Pr

Romania has jailed a serving lawmaker for the first time, an indication the southeast European country is getting more serious about cracking down on graft after pressure from Brussels.

The European Commission has proposed to establish the European Cybercrime Centre within the European Police Agency, Europol.

The European Commission has fined 14 international groups of companies a total of € 169 million for participating in the period 2002-2007 in four distinct cartels aimed at fixing prices and other trading conditions for international air freight forwarding services, in breach of EU antitrust rules.

The Criminal Justice Act 2011 came into effect on 9 August 2011 and identifies categories of white-collar crimes, and enhances powers to gather evidence.

Brian Cowen gave a speech at Georgetown University in which he reflects on what happened in Ireland in recent years, including the context in which policy decisions in Ireland were made during the years of strong growth and during the crisis

The Central Bank of Ireland has outlined its plan to strengthen the protection of client assets and published the “Review of the Regulatory Regime for the Safeguarding of Client Assets” which contains wide-ranging recommendations, covering internal operational and structural issues for firms, revisi

In a new report, the Central Bank of Ireland (“Bank”) identified risks around continued economic weakness, over-indebted private and public sectors and warned that mortgage stress, poor profit outlooks and funding pressures could see the fresh capital put into the country's banks erode quicker