ABSTRACT
This chapter explores home in on the key issues that surround the National Crime Agency (NCA) and the wider battle against financial crime. It provides an overview of the legislative framework that governs fraud, money laundering, bribery and corruption and then introduces the regulators and law enforcement agencies (LEAs) of financial crime in the UK. The chapter considers the future of fraud, money laundering and bribery and corruption regulation in the UK, from the NCA's perspective. It concludes a balanced commentary on the success of the NCA and the extent to which it has impacted the UK's financial crime policy. The overarching intention is to ensure that 'a greater volume and complexity of economic crime cases can be tackled'. Professional football has also been accused of being 'widely used for financial crime', further demonstrating the development and wide spectrum of fraud in the UK.
