UK Regulators Probe Evidence of Fraud by Organized Crime

In the UK, the Financial Services Authority is now working closely with the Serious Organised Crime Agency following evidence that organized criminals are becoming increasingly involved in financial frauds such as insider trading.  The Financial Times reports that criminal groups view insider trading as lucrative and, despite increased enforcement by the FSA in the last years or so, low risk. Full details are available in this post on my Enforcement Action blog over at Compliance Week.