Britain launched an unexpected investigation into its Serious Fraud Office on Wednesday, reviving questions over the future of an agency criticised for dropping several high-profile cases. The review will focus on how Britain’s main agency for hunting down major financial crimes and corruption goes about selecting and pursuing cases, a spokeswoman for the government’s legal advisor said….
The inspection of an agency once dubbed “The Seriously Flawed Office” by detractors, comes after it dropped a number of high-profile probes into credit crisis collapses….
via UK fraud agency under inspection — Reuters
