A word from leavinglaw
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) was created by the Criminal Justice Act 1987, and is an independent government department that detects, investigates and prosecutes serious or complex fraud. It employs around 60 lawyers. The recession, one must suspect, has been good for business.The work is of course fascinating stuff: there is the motivation of the public interest angle, the SFO will only pursue cases of a certain value and dimension, often therefore very high-profile cases, and often at the crest of ever-changing law (e.g. European directives). In these times of globalised financial crime, there is also a strong international / multi-jurisdictional element (the SFO estimates that approximately 65% of cases have an international dimension) where liasing with supranational bodies and authorities in many national jurisdictions is commonplace. The public interest element comes with the scrutiny and criticism that high-profile public sector work will bring.The website (see below) list vacancies and links to the central Civil Srvice recruitment forum at http://www.civilservice.gov.uk/jobs/
Serious Fraud Office (SFO)
Elm House
10-16 Elm Street
London
WC1X 0BJ
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