{"id":3063,"date":"2024-09-22T16:41:33","date_gmt":"2024-09-22T16:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cdr-news.com\/?page_id=3063"},"modified":"2025-10-30T13:51:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T13:51:24","slug":"cdr-essential-intelligence","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cdr-news.com\/cdr-essential-intelligence\/","title":{"rendered":"CDR Essential Intelligence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group widegroup has-base-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-bottom-style:none;border-bottom-width:0px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group essential-top has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">CDR Essential Intelligence<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Legislative, regulatory and enforcement developments across key jurisdictions in a fast-moving field where lawyers and experts must consistently innovate their offering to clients.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column hidde-tablet-mobile is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:34%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group essential-bottom has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column essential-bottom-latest is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading gb-post-grid-section-title\">Latest Editions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group editions-column has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div data-block-name=\"woocommerce\/single-product\" data-product-id=\"38827\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;productId&quot;:38827,&quot;variationId&quot;:null}\" data-wp-interactive=\"woocommerce\/single-product\" class=\"wp-block-woocommerce-single-product woocommerce cdr_simple_book\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:240px\"><div data-block-name=\"woocommerce\/product-image\" data-is-descendent-of-single-product-block=\"true\" data-show-sale-badge=\"false\" data-width=\"240px\" class=\"wc-block-components-product-image wc-block-grid__product-image wc-block-components-product-image--aspect-ratio-auto wp-block-woocommerce-product-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdr-news.com\/cdr-essential-intelligence\/belt-and-road-initiative\/\" style=\"\" data-wp-on--click=\"woocommerce\/product-collection::actions.viewProduct\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"851\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cdr-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Book-Cover-1-600x851.png\" class=\"attachment-woocommerce_single size-woocommerce_single\" alt=\"Belt &amp; Road Initiative 2026\" data-testid=\"product-image\" data-image-id=\"39073\" style=\"width:240px;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cdr-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Book-Cover-1-600x851.png 600w, https:\/\/www.cdr-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Book-Cover-1-211x300.png 211w, https:\/\/www.cdr-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Book-Cover-1.png 669w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><div class=\"wc-block-components-product-image__inner-container\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><h2 style=\"font-size:clamp(0.875rem, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 0.625), 1.25rem);\" class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdr-news.com\/cdr-essential-intelligence\/belt-and-road-initiative\/\" target=\"_self\" >Belt &amp; Road Initiative 2026<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group publish-magazines is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p>Published on:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-10-30T13:22:19+00:00\">30\/10\/2025<\/time><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n                <div class=\"latest_intelligence_listitem\">\n                    <h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdr-news.com\/cdr-essential-intelligence\/belt-and-road-initiative\/building-up-on-nine-years-of-case-management-experience-siac-introduces-siac-rules-2025\/\" class=\"latest_intelligence_posturl\">Building up on nine years of case management experience: SIAC introduces SIAC Rules 2025<\/a><\/h3>\n                    <!--<div class=\"custom-post-excerpt\">\n                       Introduction On 9 December 2024, SIAC announced the official release of the 7th edition of the Arbitration Rules of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (\u201cSIAC Rules 2025\u201d) to come into force on 1 January 2025.\u00a0 The announcement came 16 months after SIAC commenced a public consultation on the Draft 7th Edition of the SIAC Rules [&hellip;]                    <\/div>-->\n                <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"latest_intelligence_listitem\">\n                    <h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdr-news.com\/cdr-essential-intelligence\/belt-and-road-initiative\/drafting-effective-arbitration-clauses-for-the-belt-and-road-initiative\/\" class=\"latest_intelligence_posturl\">Drafting effective arbitration clauses for the Belt and Road Initiative<\/a><\/h3>\n                    <!--<div class=\"custom-post-excerpt\">\n                       Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) projects bind together Chinese investors (often as project financers) and public and private entities of host States or other third-country participants including multinational corporations.\u00a0 Many projects are complex, high-value, long-term, capital intensive, multi-party, multi-contract, cross-border transactions, often involving at least one Chinese party (M Gearing and J Liu, \u2018The Contributions [&hellip;]                    <\/div>-->\n                <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"latest_intelligence_listitem\">\n                    <h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdr-news.com\/cdr-essential-intelligence\/belt-and-road-initiative\/icc-as-a-shield-overcoming-bri-dispute-challenges-for-chinese-electrical-equipment-companies\/\" class=\"latest_intelligence_posturl\">ICC as a shield: overcoming BRI dispute challenges for chinese electrical equipment companies<\/a><\/h3>\n                    <!--<div class=\"custom-post-excerpt\">\n                       Introduction Energy is an important sector of the Belt and Road Initiative (\u201cBRI\u201d) regions, with electrical equipment being a critical sub-sector under it. Chinese electrical equipment companies (\u201cCEECs\u201d), as manufacturers of both high-voltage equipment (including power transformers, high-voltage switchgear, capacitors, etc.) and low-voltage equipment (such as power distribution systems, terminal electrical devices, relays, motor controls, [&hellip;]                    <\/div>-->\n                <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"latest_intelligence_listitem\">\n                    <h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdr-news.com\/cdr-essential-intelligence\/belt-and-road-initiative\/multi-party-and-multi-contract-bri-disputes-at-hkiac\/\" class=\"latest_intelligence_posturl\">Multi-party and multi-contract BRI disputes at HKIAC<\/a><\/h3>\n                    <!--<div class=\"custom-post-excerpt\">\n                       Introduction The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), launched by the PRC government in 2013, is an initiative spanning the land-based \u201cSilk Road Economic Belt\u201d and the seafaring \u201c21st Century Silk Road\u201d.\u00a0 It is aimed at promoting connectivity and international co-operation across Asia, Europe and Africa, covering over 150 jurisdictions, collectively home to over 65% of [&hellip;]                    <\/div>-->\n                <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"latest_intelligence_listitem\">\n                    <h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdr-news.com\/cdr-essential-intelligence\/belt-and-road-initiative\/proposed-dispute-settlement-mechanism-for-bri-disputes-along-the-belt-and-road-initiative\/\" class=\"latest_intelligence_posturl\">Proposed dispute settlement mechanism for BRI disputes along the Belt and Road Initiative<\/a><\/h3>\n                    <!--<div class=\"custom-post-excerpt\">\n                       This chapter seeks to explore the possibility of setting up a dispute settlement mechanism (DSM) for Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) disputes that may take place along the BRI\u2019s Maritime Silk Road as well as the Land Belt overland routes for road and rail transportation through Central Asia towards Europe.\u00a0 The key focus of this [&hellip;]                    <\/div>-->\n                <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"latest_intelligence_listitem\">\n                    <h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdr-news.com\/cdr-essential-intelligence\/belt-and-road-initiative\/how-chinese-law-is-being-written-into-global-contracts\/\" class=\"latest_intelligence_posturl\">The \u2018Legal Belt and Road\u2019: how Chinese law is being written into global contracts<\/a><\/h3>\n                    <!--<div class=\"custom-post-excerpt\">\n                       As China starts to flex its legal as well as economic muscles, businesses, governments and legal practitioners are adapting to a new order in the world of international disputes. The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has long been associated with ports, railways and power stations.\u00a0 But increasingly, it comes with a legal dimension too.\u00a0 Alongside [&hellip;]                    <\/div>-->\n                <\/div>\n                \n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group editions-column has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div data-block-name=\"woocommerce\/single-product\" data-product-id=\"36179\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;productId&quot;:36179,&quot;variationId&quot;:null}\" data-wp-interactive=\"woocommerce\/single-product\" class=\"wp-block-woocommerce-single-product woocommerce cdr_simple_book\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:240px\"><div data-block-name=\"woocommerce\/product-image\" data-is-descendent-of-single-product-block=\"true\" data-show-sale-badge=\"false\" data-width=\"240px\" class=\"wc-block-components-product-image wc-block-grid__product-image wc-block-components-product-image--aspect-ratio-auto wp-block-woocommerce-product-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdr-news.com\/cdr-essential-intelligence\/fraud-asset-tracing-recovery\/\" style=\"\" data-wp-on--click=\"woocommerce\/product-collection::actions.viewProduct\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"835\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cdr-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Book-Cover-600x835.png\" class=\"attachment-woocommerce_single size-woocommerce_single\" alt=\"Fraud, Asset Tracing &amp; Recovery 2025\" data-testid=\"product-image\" data-image-id=\"36182\" style=\"width:240px;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cdr-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Book-Cover-600x835.png 600w, https:\/\/www.cdr-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Book-Cover-215x300.png 215w, https:\/\/www.cdr-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Book-Cover.png 635w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><div class=\"wc-block-components-product-image__inner-container\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><h2 style=\"font-size:clamp(0.875rem, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 0.625), 1.25rem);\" class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdr-news.com\/cdr-essential-intelligence\/fraud-asset-tracing-recovery\/\" target=\"_self\" >Fraud, Asset Tracing &#038; Recovery 2025<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group publish-magazines is-content-justification-left is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fc9f69e7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p>Published on:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-04-03T03:11:09+00:00\">03\/04\/2025<\/time><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n                <div class=\"latest_intelligence_listitem\">\n                    <h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdr-news.com\/cdr-essential-intelligence\/fraud-asset-tracing-recovery\/from-fake-goods-to-real-threats-tackling-counterfeiting-through-osint-investigations\/\" class=\"latest_intelligence_posturl\">From fake goods to real threats: tackling counterfeiting through OSINT investigations<\/a><\/h3>\n                    <!--<div class=\"custom-post-excerpt\">\n                       Introduction: the growing global threat of counterfeiting Counterfeiting is no longer a mere commercial annoyance confined to knock-off handbags or phony luxury watches \u2013 it is a complex, multi-billion-pound criminal enterprise that endangers human lives, erodes public trust in legitimate markets and undermines innovation.\u00a0 Corsearch research projects that the global trade in counterfeit goods could [&hellip;]                    <\/div>-->\n                <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"latest_intelligence_listitem\">\n                    <h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdr-news.com\/cdr-essential-intelligence\/fraud-asset-tracing-recovery\/investigating-a-sovereign-the-unique-challenges\/\" class=\"latest_intelligence_posturl\">Investigating a sovereign \u2013 the unique challenges<\/a><\/h3>\n                    <!--<div class=\"custom-post-excerpt\">\n                       In 2023 we attended a legal conference where a panellist claimed that the number of sovereigns who intend to honour their debt obligations is as low as 5%.\u00a0 In November 2024, a report on Compliance with Investment Treaty Arbitration Awards published by International Law Compliance largely supported this statement. The report found, perhaps surprisingly, that [&hellip;]                    <\/div>-->\n                <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"latest_intelligence_listitem\">\n                    <h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdr-news.com\/cdr-essential-intelligence\/fraud-asset-tracing-recovery\/looking-across-the-continent\/\" class=\"latest_intelligence_posturl\">Looking across the continent<\/a><\/h3>\n                    <!--<div class=\"custom-post-excerpt\">\n                       The European Union (EU) provides an overarching framework for asset tracing and recovery across the continent, but users warn that the difference between national legal systems creates blind spots, putting local knowledge at a premium. In 2024, the EU\u2019s framework for tracing and securing assets was overhauled. \u00a0There are some advantages to chasing assets within [&hellip;]                    <\/div>-->\n                <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"latest_intelligence_listitem\">\n                    <h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdr-news.com\/cdr-essential-intelligence\/fraud-asset-tracing-recovery\/preface\/\" class=\"latest_intelligence_posturl\">Preface<\/a><\/h3>\n                    <!--<div class=\"custom-post-excerpt\">\n                       It is with great pleasure that we welcome you to the sixth edition of CDR Essential Intelligence: Fraud, Asset Tracing &amp; Recovery.\u00a0 Peters &amp; Peters is delighted to serve again as the contributing editor to this comprehensive guide on a vital and ever-relevant sphere of work.\u00a0 Global events continue to drive change in this area.\u00a0 [&hellip;]                    <\/div>-->\n                <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"latest_intelligence_listitem\">\n                    <h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdr-news.com\/cdr-essential-intelligence\/fraud-asset-tracing-recovery\/raedas-bring-investigators-to-the-law-table\/\" class=\"latest_intelligence_posturl\">Raedas: bring investigators to the law table<\/a><\/h3>\n                    <!--<div class=\"custom-post-excerpt\">\n                       Nicholas Bortman of Raedas tells CDR about best practice for corporate investigations firms and the levels of diligence required when gathering information for use in court. CDR How can investigators and law firms maximise efficacy as partners in a dispute context? NB We always encourage law firms, when dealing with us or anyone in the [&hellip;]                    <\/div>-->\n                <\/div>\n                \n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column essential-bottom-popular sidebar displayNo is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:27%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading gb-post-grid-section-title\">Popular Articles<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"custom-post-grid columns-1 \">                                        <div class=\"custom-post-item\">\n                    <div class=\"custom-post-thumbnail\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdr-news.com\/categories\/people-firms\/hogan-lovells-and-cadwalader-to-merge\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cdr-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Handshake_mediation_resized-1.jpg\" alt=\"Hogan Lovells and Cadwalader to merge\" data-medium=\"full\"><\/a><\/div>\n                                            <div class=\"custom-post-content\">\n                            <h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdr-news.com\/categories\/people-firms\/hogan-lovells-and-cadwalader-to-merge\/\" class=\"custom-post-url\">Hogan Lovells and Cadwalader to merge<\/a><\/h3>\n                            <span class=\"custom-post-category\">People &amp; Firms<\/span>\n                                                        <div class=\"custom-post-excerpt\">\n                                Another big law merger hits the books before Christmas, as the two giants aim to combine operations in what is dubbed to be the largest&hellip;                            <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\"custom-post-meta\">\n                                <span class=\"custom-post-author\">Natasha Doris<\/span><\/b> | <span class=\"custom-post-date\">19\/12\/2025<\/span>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                            <div class=\"custom-post-item\">\n                    <div class=\"custom-post-thumbnail\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdr-news.com\/categories\/people-firms\/friday-round-up-mass-moves-up-to-partner\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cdr-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Arrows-up-growth-increase_resized.jpg\" alt=\"Friday round-up: mass moves up to partner\" data-medium=\"full\"><\/a><\/div>\n                                            <div class=\"custom-post-content\">\n                            <h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdr-news.com\/categories\/people-firms\/friday-round-up-mass-moves-up-to-partner\/\" class=\"custom-post-url\">Friday round-up: mass moves up to partner<\/a><\/h3>\n                            <span class=\"custom-post-category\">People &amp; Firms<\/span>\n                                                        <div class=\"custom-post-excerpt\">\n                                US-headquartered firms dominate the ranks of partner promotions in the final disputes developments summary of 2025, which also includes a pair of tax litigators seeking&hellip;                            <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\"custom-post-meta\">\n                                <span class=\"custom-post-author\">Robert Li<\/span><\/b> | <span class=\"custom-post-date\">19\/12\/2025<\/span>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                            <div class=\"custom-post-item\">\n                    <div class=\"custom-post-thumbnail\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdr-news.com\/categories\/people-firms\/class-actions-pro-joins-skadden\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cdr-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/New_York_Central_Park_resized.jpg\" alt=\"Class actions pro joins Skadden\" data-medium=\"full\"><\/a><\/div>\n                                            <div class=\"custom-post-content\">\n                            <h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdr-news.com\/categories\/people-firms\/class-actions-pro-joins-skadden\/\" class=\"custom-post-url\">Class actions pro joins Skadden<\/a><\/h3>\n                            <span class=\"custom-post-category\">People &amp; Firms<\/span>\n                                                        <div class=\"custom-post-excerpt\">\n                                A disputes practitioner who guides Asia-Pacific clients on US class actions, mass torts and antitrust wrangles has jumped to Skadden in the Big Apple.                            <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\"custom-post-meta\">\n                                <span class=\"custom-post-author\">Dippy Singh<\/span><\/b> | <span class=\"custom-post-date\">19\/12\/2025<\/span>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                            <div class=\"custom-post-item\">\n                    <div class=\"custom-post-thumbnail\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdr-news.com\/categories\/people-firms\/omni-bridgeway-adds-two-to-us-team\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cdr-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Financial-graph_tech_resized.jpg\" alt=\"Omni Bridgeway adds two to US team\" data-medium=\"full\"><\/a><\/div>\n                                            <div class=\"custom-post-content\">\n                            <h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdr-news.com\/categories\/people-firms\/omni-bridgeway-adds-two-to-us-team\/\" class=\"custom-post-url\">Omni Bridgeway adds two to US team<\/a><\/h3>\n                            <span class=\"custom-post-category\">People &amp; Firms<\/span>\n                                                        <div class=\"custom-post-excerpt\">\n                                The litigation financing firm has welcomed new leaders for its international arbitration and antitrust initiatives.                            <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\"custom-post-meta\">\n                                <span class=\"custom-post-author\">Natasha Doris<\/span><\/b> | <span class=\"custom-post-date\">18\/12\/2025<\/span>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                            <div class=\"custom-post-item\">\n                    <div class=\"custom-post-thumbnail\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdr-news.com\/categories\/people-firms\/willkie-nabs-ex-white-house-tax-bigwig\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cdr-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tax_screen_resized.jpg\" alt=\"Willkie nabs ex-White House tax bigwig\" data-medium=\"full\"><\/a><\/div>\n                                            <div class=\"custom-post-content\">\n                            <h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdr-news.com\/categories\/people-firms\/willkie-nabs-ex-white-house-tax-bigwig\/\" class=\"custom-post-url\">Willkie nabs ex-White House tax bigwig<\/a><\/h3>\n                            <span class=\"custom-post-category\">People &amp; Firms<\/span>\n                                                        <div class=\"custom-post-excerpt\">\n                                The lawyer, who served a top-tier role under the Biden administration and focuses on litigation and investigations, will head up Willkie\u2019s tax resolution group.                            <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\"custom-post-meta\">\n                                <span class=\"custom-post-author\">Dippy Singh<\/span><\/b> | <span class=\"custom-post-date\">18\/12\/2025<\/span>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                            <div class=\"custom-post-item\">\n                    <div class=\"custom-post-thumbnail\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdr-news.com\/categories\/competition-business-crime\/nationwide-hit-with-gbp-44-million-fine\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cdr-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/UK_money_resized.jpg\" alt=\"Nationwide hit with GBP 44 million fine\" data-medium=\"full\"><\/a><\/div>\n                                            <div class=\"custom-post-content\">\n                            <h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdr-news.com\/categories\/competition-business-crime\/nationwide-hit-with-gbp-44-million-fine\/\" class=\"custom-post-url\">Nationwide hit with GBP 44 million fine<\/a><\/h3>\n                            <span class=\"custom-post-category\">Competition &amp; Business Crime<\/span>\n                                                        <div class=\"custom-post-excerpt\">\n                                The FCA has sanctioned the UK building society for its deficient anti-financial crime controls between 2016 and 2021.                            <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\"custom-post-meta\">\n                                <span class=\"custom-post-author\">Robert Li<\/span><\/b> | <span class=\"custom-post-date\">18\/12\/2025<\/span>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The FCA has sanctioned the UK building society for its deficient anti-financial crime controls between 2016 and 2021. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a GBP 44,078,500 fine to UK financial institution Nationwide Building Society. 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