Competition Law and Financial Crime

Auteur

Diana Johnson is a Solicitor and Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of the West of England, Bristol. Her research is on financial crime and competition law, with a particular focus on corporate criminal liability, deferred prosecution agreements, fraud and money laundering. Diana has written several publications on these topics and has submitted evidence to policy makers and influential organisations including the Law Commission, FCA and the Treasury. Diana is a Board Member for the South West Fraud Forum and has experience of contributing to an Innovate UK funded project, which examines the submission of suspicious activity reports to the National Crime Agency for the regulated sectors.

Texte du rabat

This book looks at benchmark interest rate manipulation by competing banks, with the aim of identifying the best approach for the United Kingdom to take to the enforcement of laws against future benchmark manipulation. The approaches taken in the European Union and the United States of America are compared to the approach taken in the UK.

Contenu

1. Introduction; 2. Background to the LIBOR and FX Benchmark Manipulation Crisis; 3. UK Competition Law and Financial Crime; 4. EU Competition Law and Financial Crime; 5. US Competition Law and Financial Crime; 6. UK, EU and US comparison; 7. Conclusion and Recommendations