Lottery Offences in UK Law

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  • Guilt by lottery: Criminal failure to prevent facilitation of tax evasion under the Criminal Finances Act 2017
    • No. 86-1, February 2022
    • Journal of Criminal Law, The
    • 0000
    The corporate criminal offences of failure to prevent facilitation of tax evasion punish the unlucky, unpopular, and large more than genuine tax evaders or facilitators. This article argues the off...
    ... ... : Criminalfailure to prevent facilitationof tax evasion under theCriminal Finances Act 2017Harry StrattonUKAbstractThe corporate criminal offences of failure to prevent facilitation of tax evasion punish theunlucky, unpopular, and large more than genuine tax evaders or facilitators. This article ... ...
  • Policing Young Offenders: What Role Discretion?
    • No. 10-4, December 2008
    • International Journal of Police Science and Management
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    Although police exercise wide discretionary powers when carrying out their general patrol duties, it is with respect to young people that these powers are the most extensive. The present research e...
    ... ... in which theyroutinely dealt with, or planned to deal with,four offences commonly committed by juvenileoffenders. Results show that police ... law,especially in relation to minor offending, isbecoming more ‘lottery’-like.INTRODUCTIONWithin Australia (and the Western world ingeneral), ... ...
  • A typological study on money laundering
    • No. 13-1, January 2010
    • Journal of Money Laundering Control
    • 15-32
    Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to make objective descriptions on various money‐laundering techniques and to put forward countermeasures in order to combat money laundering more effectively a...
    ... ... Nowadays, criminals also turnto real estate, lottery, international trade, offshore company to launder money. Sometimes ... Law, which added graft and embezzlement into thepredicated offences of money laundering (Wei, 2008).Case twoA lucky lottery buyer won 14.3 ... ...
  • Regulatory Offences and Reverse Burdens: The ‘Licensing Approach’
    • No. 71-3, May 2007
    • Journal of Criminal Law, The
    • 0000
    The recent case law on burdens of proof and the presumption of innocence has been inconsistent and, at times, unclear. This article argues that where legislation appears to create a reverse legal b...
    ... ... Mitchell J. said [in  London Borough of Harrow  v  Shah ] that he did not regard the offence of selling a lottery ticket to a child under 16 as ‘truly criminal in character’ although it was punishable on indictment with two years’ imprisonment. This is a ... ...
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