White Collar Crime
# white-collar-crime - Wednesday 27 March, 2013
Column: How can lay juries cope with serious fraud cases, like that of Anglo Irish Bank?
With over 24 million documents and a court case that could take over six months, the availability of jurors and their understanding of this complex trial is being flagged by legal professionals. Nuala Haughey explores the future of juries in white collar crime cases.
# white-collar-crime - Tuesday 28 August, 2012
Ian Drennan is the new Director of Corporate Enforcement
Drennan has been the chief executive of the Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority for the last eight years.
The 9 at 9: Tuesday
Good morning! Here’s what you need to know this morning.
Hold white collar crime suspects for longer, says outgoing corporate enforcement director
Paul Appleby, who announced his decision to retire last January but stayed on for an extra six months after discussions with Government, wants Gardaà to be able to hold suspects for longer than 24 hours.
# white-collar-crime - Tuesday 3 July, 2012
Maximum prison sentence for some white collar crimes doubles
The new legislation is a part of a crackdown on white collar crime.
# white-collar-crime - Monday 30 April, 2012
Column: There IS white collar crime here – it’s just that no-one is jailed for it
This week, regular TheJournal.ie columnist Nick Leeson says that Ireland technically doesn’t have white collar crime – but only because no-one is being properly punished for bad business actions.
# white-collar-crime - Monday 26 December, 2011
Column: Nick Leeson’s 4 lessons learned from 2011
Ireland and a euro break-up, the truth about tribunals, white collar crime and the dangers of ‘pay day’ loans – former trader Nick Leeson rings the closing bell on 2011.
# white-collar-crime - Thursday 29 September, 2011
Take 5: Thursday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
Bruton publishes new legislation aimed at tackling white-collar crime
Those convicted of hard-core competition offences could see fines of up to €5 million, while the maximum prison sentence will be doubled to 10 years.
# white-collar-crime - Tuesday 31 May, 2011
Column: Criminal investigations into Anglo Irish Bank are taking too long – and I should know
Former trader Nick Leeson, who spent six and a half years in jail for bringing down Barings Bank, says we can’t afford to delay prosecutions of financial crime.
# white-collar-crime - Thursday 19 May, 2011
White collar criminals will not be “protected species”
Minister vows to give gardaà and prosecutors powers to bring prosecutions more efficiently and to tackle white collar crime.
# white-collar-crime - Friday 13 May, 2011
Shatter publishes new Bill to tackle white collar crime
The justice minister says the bill will reduce delays in prosecutions, targeting offences in banking, fraud and cybercrime.
# white-collar-crime - Wednesday 20 April, 2011
Shatter to prioritise laws creating national DNA database
The Minister for Justice tells the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors about his legislative priorities.
# white-collar-crime - Tuesday 19 April, 2011
White-collar crime ‘stretches gardaà to the limit’
Statement was made at the annual conference for the association representing garda sergeants and inspectors, the AGSI, in Limerick yesterday afternoon.




























