Serious Fraud Office

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Headquarters of the Serious Fraud Office in London ( Elm Street )

Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is the name of a law enforcement agency for serious fraudin some English-speaking countries.

Great Britain

Established in April 1988, the agency is based in London . It is under the direction of the Acting Attorney General ( Her Majesty's Attorney General for England and Wales ). The Serious Fraud Office's duties include the investigation and prosecution of certain serious frauds causing damage in excess of £ 1 million . The jurisdiction extends to England , Wales , Northern Ireland ; the Isle of Man , the Channel Islands and Scotland are excluded. Robert Wardle has been the director since April 21, 2003 . The agency's legal basis is the Criminal Justice Act 1987 .

New Zealand

The New Zealand Serious Fraud Office ( Māori : Te Tari Hara Tāware ) is based on the British model. The office is based in Auckland and works closely with the New Zealand Police . In 1990, the Serious Fraud Office Act 1990 created the legal basis for the government department and then gradually built it up.

In September 2007, the Labor Party government announced that it would replace the department with a new organization, the Organized Crime Agency , which would be subordinate to the police. However, after the election to the House of Representatives in November 2008, the new Prime Minister John Key informed Parliament that he did not intend to dissolve the Serious Fraud Office .

Web links

  • Homepage . Serious Fraud Office UK,accessed June 1, 2015.
  • Homepage . Serious Fraud Office NZ,accessed June 1, 2015.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ About us . Serious Fraud Office UK , accessed May 14, 2019 .
  2. ↑ SFO to be scrapped in favor of new Organized Crime Agency . The New Zealand Herald , September 11, 2007, accessed May 19, 2010 .
  3. ^ Serious Fraud Office saved from ax . stuff - Fairfax Media , December 10, 2008, accessed May 19, 2010 .