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💷 Crypto donations have been in the news in the UK recently, but what's happening in Europe?
Spotlight's @timpicton.bsky.social takes a look at the lessons that two cases in Spain 🇪🇸 and Czechia 🇨🇿have for the UK's approach to regulating crypto donations.
Spotlight's @timpicton.bsky.social takes a look at the lessons that two cases in Spain 🇪🇸 and Czechia 🇨🇿have for the UK's approach to regulating crypto donations.
Crypto donation lessons from Europe: What recent scandals in Spain and Czechia tell us about the risks of crypto for political finance - Spotlight on Corruption
With the Elections Bill on the horizon, the UK government is in the process of weighing-up whether to bring in strict controls on political donations made in
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November 25, 2025 at 1:03 PM
💷 Crypto donations have been in the news in the UK recently, but what's happening in Europe?
Spotlight's @timpicton.bsky.social takes a look at the lessons that two cases in Spain 🇪🇸 and Czechia 🇨🇿have for the UK's approach to regulating crypto donations.
Spotlight's @timpicton.bsky.social takes a look at the lessons that two cases in Spain 🇪🇸 and Czechia 🇨🇿have for the UK's approach to regulating crypto donations.
💷 Crypto donations have been in the news in the UK recently, but what's happening in Europe?
Spotlight's @timpicton.bsky.social takes a look at the lessons that two cases in Spain 🇪🇸 and Czechia 🇨🇿have for the UK's approach to regulating crypto donations.
Spotlight's @timpicton.bsky.social takes a look at the lessons that two cases in Spain 🇪🇸 and Czechia 🇨🇿have for the UK's approach to regulating crypto donations.
Crypto donation lessons from Europe: What recent scandals in Spain and Czechia tell us about the risks of crypto for political finance - Spotlight on Corruption
With the Elections Bill on the horizon, the UK government is in the process of weighing-up whether to bring in strict controls on political donations made in
www.spotlightcorruption.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:03 PM
💷 Crypto donations have been in the news in the UK recently, but what's happening in Europe?
Spotlight's @timpicton.bsky.social takes a look at the lessons that two cases in Spain 🇪🇸 and Czechia 🇨🇿have for the UK's approach to regulating crypto donations.
Spotlight's @timpicton.bsky.social takes a look at the lessons that two cases in Spain 🇪🇸 and Czechia 🇨🇿have for the UK's approach to regulating crypto donations.
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The MPs highlighted how throwing open the books in British Overseas Territories could put a stop crooks and kleptocrats using offshore shell companies to:
💷 Enable tax abuse
🏪 Hide dodgy high street shops
🕵️♂️ Clean cash for organised crime gangs
🏠 Distort the housing market
💷 Enable tax abuse
🏪 Hide dodgy high street shops
🕵️♂️ Clean cash for organised crime gangs
🏠 Distort the housing market
November 25, 2025 at 10:40 AM
The MPs highlighted how throwing open the books in British Overseas Territories could put a stop crooks and kleptocrats using offshore shell companies to:
💷 Enable tax abuse
🏪 Hide dodgy high street shops
🕵️♂️ Clean cash for organised crime gangs
🏠 Distort the housing market
💷 Enable tax abuse
🏪 Hide dodgy high street shops
🕵️♂️ Clean cash for organised crime gangs
🏠 Distort the housing market
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🆕 The APPG has coordinated a letter to the Government signed by 18 cross party MPs calling for an end to “embarrassing and costly” offshore financial secrecy, as covered by Politico 👇
November 25, 2025 at 10:40 AM
🆕 The APPG has coordinated a letter to the Government signed by 18 cross party MPs calling for an end to “embarrassing and costly” offshore financial secrecy, as covered by Politico 👇
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👇 Good write up of our #openjustice challenge, alongside @fpcthinktank.bsky.social, @goodlawproject.bsky.social & @tbij.bsky.social, in the #SecretSLAPP case – aptly summarised as "a secret case in which lawyers argue behind closed doors about the conduct of other lawyers”.
Top lawyer’s prosecution for ‘blackmail threat’ against journalist…
TBIJ and others challenged the decision to hold the disciplinary case in private as an affront to open justice
www.thebureauinvestigates.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
👇 Good write up of our #openjustice challenge, alongside @fpcthinktank.bsky.social, @goodlawproject.bsky.social & @tbij.bsky.social, in the #SecretSLAPP case – aptly summarised as "a secret case in which lawyers argue behind closed doors about the conduct of other lawyers”.
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👇 Here's our take on today's 10.5 year sentence for #NathanGill for #bribery offences, including comments from the judge's sentencing remarks.
November 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
👇 Here's our take on today's 10.5 year sentence for #NathanGill for #bribery offences, including comments from the judge's sentencing remarks.
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She also noted that, remarkably, it isn’t currently illegal to accept donations made from the proceeds of crime. 4/5
November 21, 2025 at 4:46 PM
👇 Good write up of our #openjustice challenge, alongside @fpcthinktank.bsky.social, @goodlawproject.bsky.social & @tbij.bsky.social, in the #SecretSLAPP case – aptly summarised as "a secret case in which lawyers argue behind closed doors about the conduct of other lawyers”.
Top lawyer’s prosecution for ‘blackmail threat’ against journalist…
TBIJ and others challenged the decision to hold the disciplinary case in private as an affront to open justice
www.thebureauinvestigates.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
👇 Good write up of our #openjustice challenge, alongside @fpcthinktank.bsky.social, @goodlawproject.bsky.social & @tbij.bsky.social, in the #SecretSLAPP case – aptly summarised as "a secret case in which lawyers argue behind closed doors about the conduct of other lawyers”.
👇 Here's our take on today's 10.5 year sentence for #NathanGill for #bribery offences, including comments from the judge's sentencing remarks.
November 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
👇 Here's our take on today's 10.5 year sentence for #NathanGill for #bribery offences, including comments from the judge's sentencing remarks.
⚖️‼️Today Nathan Gill, former head of Reform UK in Wales and member of the European Parliament, has been handed down a stiff custodial sentence of 10.5 years. This comes following Gill’s guilty pleas to 8️⃣ counts of bribery in September.
Nathan Gill bribery case shows UK is "soft target" for foreign interference - Spotlight on Corruption
Today ex-Reform UK politician Nathan Gill became the first British politician to be sentenced for bribery in a landmark corruption case that has lifted the
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November 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
⚖️‼️Today Nathan Gill, former head of Reform UK in Wales and member of the European Parliament, has been handed down a stiff custodial sentence of 10.5 years. This comes following Gill’s guilty pleas to 8️⃣ counts of bribery in September.
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Foreign influence in British politics is real
And it requires serious changes in our electoral law - as I told Parliament last week
Will this now happen?
youtu.be/wBTUjm5fx8A?...
And it requires serious changes in our electoral law - as I told Parliament last week
Will this now happen?
youtu.be/wBTUjm5fx8A?...
November 21, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Foreign influence in British politics is real
And it requires serious changes in our electoral law - as I told Parliament last week
Will this now happen?
youtu.be/wBTUjm5fx8A?...
And it requires serious changes in our electoral law - as I told Parliament last week
Will this now happen?
youtu.be/wBTUjm5fx8A?...
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Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
November 21, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
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🚨 BREAKING: Nathan Gill, the former leader of Reform UK in Wales, gets 10.5 years for Russia-linked #bribery offences.
⚖️ This is the first time a British politician has ever been convicted of bribery.
👉 Follow us for more from the courtroom later today.
⚖️ This is the first time a British politician has ever been convicted of bribery.
👉 Follow us for more from the courtroom later today.
📹 Zainab Saleem, Spotlight's Legal Fellow, will be down at the Old Bailey today for the sentencing of #NathanGill, the former Reform UK leader in Wales who pleaded guilty to 8️⃣ #bribery charges in September. Here Zainab outlines the case and explains why it matters for UK democracy.
November 21, 2025 at 12:53 PM
🚨 BREAKING: Nathan Gill, the former leader of Reform UK in Wales, gets 10.5 years for Russia-linked #bribery offences.
⚖️ This is the first time a British politician has ever been convicted of bribery.
👉 Follow us for more from the courtroom later today.
⚖️ This is the first time a British politician has ever been convicted of bribery.
👉 Follow us for more from the courtroom later today.
🚨 BREAKING: Nathan Gill, the former leader of Reform UK in Wales, gets 10.5 years for Russia-linked #bribery offences.
⚖️ This is the first time a British politician has ever been convicted of bribery.
👉 Follow us for more from the courtroom later today.
⚖️ This is the first time a British politician has ever been convicted of bribery.
👉 Follow us for more from the courtroom later today.
📹 Zainab Saleem, Spotlight's Legal Fellow, will be down at the Old Bailey today for the sentencing of #NathanGill, the former Reform UK leader in Wales who pleaded guilty to 8️⃣ #bribery charges in September. Here Zainab outlines the case and explains why it matters for UK democracy.
November 21, 2025 at 12:53 PM
🚨 BREAKING: Nathan Gill, the former leader of Reform UK in Wales, gets 10.5 years for Russia-linked #bribery offences.
⚖️ This is the first time a British politician has ever been convicted of bribery.
👉 Follow us for more from the courtroom later today.
⚖️ This is the first time a British politician has ever been convicted of bribery.
👉 Follow us for more from the courtroom later today.
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and here on BBC News and iPlayer: www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8...
Reform UK's former Wales leader Nathan Gill is being sentenced over pro-Russia bribes
Nathan Gill is being sentenced at the Old Bailey after pleading guilty to eight counts of bribery.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 12:36 PM
and here on BBC News and iPlayer: www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8...
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When UK political parties regularly accept £ million+ donations, it is striking that even bribes of a few thousand were enough to get a British MEP to deliver Kremlin speaking points in the parliament.
Our friends @spotlightcorruption.org detail the case at the Old Bailey: bsky.app/profile/spot...
Our friends @spotlightcorruption.org detail the case at the Old Bailey: bsky.app/profile/spot...
📹 Zainab Saleem, Spotlight's Legal Fellow, will be down at the Old Bailey today for the sentencing of #NathanGill, the former Reform UK leader in Wales who pleaded guilty to 8️⃣ #bribery charges in September. Here Zainab outlines the case and explains why it matters for UK democracy.
November 21, 2025 at 11:48 AM
When UK political parties regularly accept £ million+ donations, it is striking that even bribes of a few thousand were enough to get a British MEP to deliver Kremlin speaking points in the parliament.
Our friends @spotlightcorruption.org detail the case at the Old Bailey: bsky.app/profile/spot...
Our friends @spotlightcorruption.org detail the case at the Old Bailey: bsky.app/profile/spot...
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Today, a Biritsh former MEP will be sentenced, having admitted eight counts of bribery, in a case investigated by the Met Police's Counter Terrorism Command.
Russian attempts to bribe our politicians are sadly no fiction.
Follow for the latest reaction today: www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
Russian attempts to bribe our politicians are sadly no fiction.
Follow for the latest reaction today: www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
Nathan Gill sentenced for taking pro-Russian bribes
Former leader of Reform UK and UKIP in Wales, Nathan Gill, pleaded guilty to eight counts of bribery after he received payment in return for making statements in favour of pro-Russian media outlets in...
www.walesonline.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Today, a Biritsh former MEP will be sentenced, having admitted eight counts of bribery, in a case investigated by the Met Police's Counter Terrorism Command.
Russian attempts to bribe our politicians are sadly no fiction.
Follow for the latest reaction today: www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
Russian attempts to bribe our politicians are sadly no fiction.
Follow for the latest reaction today: www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
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📹 Zainab Saleem, Spotlight's Legal Fellow, will be down at the Old Bailey today for the sentencing of #NathanGill, the former Reform UK leader in Wales who pleaded guilty to 8️⃣ #bribery charges in September. Here Zainab outlines the case and explains why it matters for UK democracy.
November 21, 2025 at 8:24 AM
📹 Zainab Saleem, Spotlight's Legal Fellow, will be down at the Old Bailey today for the sentencing of #NathanGill, the former Reform UK leader in Wales who pleaded guilty to 8️⃣ #bribery charges in September. Here Zainab outlines the case and explains why it matters for UK democracy.
📹 Zainab Saleem, Spotlight's Legal Fellow, will be down at the Old Bailey today for the sentencing of #NathanGill, the former Reform UK leader in Wales who pleaded guilty to 8️⃣ #bribery charges in September. Here Zainab outlines the case and explains why it matters for UK democracy.
November 21, 2025 at 8:24 AM
📹 Zainab Saleem, Spotlight's Legal Fellow, will be down at the Old Bailey today for the sentencing of #NathanGill, the former Reform UK leader in Wales who pleaded guilty to 8️⃣ #bribery charges in September. Here Zainab outlines the case and explains why it matters for UK democracy.
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🚨 *NEW* Spotlight on Corruption’s anti-money laundering (AML) supervision tracker shines a light on real weaknesses and inconsistencies in the current supervisory regime and underscores the urgency of reform.
November 18, 2025 at 1:07 PM
🚨 *NEW* Spotlight on Corruption’s anti-money laundering (AML) supervision tracker shines a light on real weaknesses and inconsistencies in the current supervisory regime and underscores the urgency of reform.
👏 Great to see the Serious Fraud Office launching its first major crypto fraud and money laundering investigation, looking into the collapse of a $28 million ‘crypto hedge fund’ scheme called Basis Markets:
SFO announces investigation into $28 million crypto scheme
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) launches first major cryptocurrency investigation into suspected fraud.
www.gov.uk
November 20, 2025 at 3:58 PM
👏 Great to see the Serious Fraud Office launching its first major crypto fraud and money laundering investigation, looking into the collapse of a $28 million ‘crypto hedge fund’ scheme called Basis Markets:
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🌟 We were proud to participate in PILnet’s Global Forum 2025 in Rome last week, convening a session on the role of lawyers as “enablers” or “ethical gatekeepers” in relation to #corruption and #kleptocracy, and highlighting the public interest that is the lodestar of professional ethics.
November 18, 2025 at 11:30 AM
🌟 We were proud to participate in PILnet’s Global Forum 2025 in Rome last week, convening a session on the role of lawyers as “enablers” or “ethical gatekeepers” in relation to #corruption and #kleptocracy, and highlighting the public interest that is the lodestar of professional ethics.
🚨 *NEW* Spotlight on Corruption’s anti-money laundering (AML) supervision tracker shines a light on real weaknesses and inconsistencies in the current supervisory regime and underscores the urgency of reform.
November 18, 2025 at 1:07 PM
🚨 *NEW* Spotlight on Corruption’s anti-money laundering (AML) supervision tracker shines a light on real weaknesses and inconsistencies in the current supervisory regime and underscores the urgency of reform.
🌟 We were proud to participate in PILnet’s Global Forum 2025 in Rome last week, convening a session on the role of lawyers as “enablers” or “ethical gatekeepers” in relation to #corruption and #kleptocracy, and highlighting the public interest that is the lodestar of professional ethics.
November 18, 2025 at 11:30 AM
🌟 We were proud to participate in PILnet’s Global Forum 2025 in Rome last week, convening a session on the role of lawyers as “enablers” or “ethical gatekeepers” in relation to #corruption and #kleptocracy, and highlighting the public interest that is the lodestar of professional ethics.