He also reported that following the introduction in 2017 of the five-year anti-corruption strategy and the International Anti-Corruption Coordination Centre in London, the UK had moved up in global rankings from 20th to 11th place, out of 180 countries.
But there is more it could do, as Summers says: “The most obvious need is for adequate and urgent resourcing to be given to our lead enforcement agencies, in particular the Serious Fraud Office.”
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Fiona Nicolson is acting deputy features editor of FTAdviser
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