The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has today published updated guidance on evaluating corporate compliance programmes, providing organisations with greater clarity on how their compliance arrangements will be assessed across a range of enforcement scenarios.

The refreshed guidance outlines the six scenarios in which the SFO may need to evaluate an organisation’s compliance programme, including when considering prosecutions, deferred prosecution agreements (DPAs), compliance terms and monitorships, potential defences to corporate offences, and sentencing considerations.

A key update to the guidance incorporates evaluation criteria for the new offence of failure to prevent fraud under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA), including assessment of any potential defences

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