Founder Bambos Tsiattalou comments on the future of the Serious Fraud Office after the London Mining trial collapse, in The Times and The Law Society Gazette

Bambos’ comments were published in The Times, both online and in print, and The Law Society Gazette, February 2026.

The collapse of the SFO’s decade-long London Mining prosecution has renewed scrutiny of the agency’s handling of complex fraud cases. After disclosure failures led to not guilty verdicts and a review of up to 20 other cases, serious questions are being asked about the SFO’s credibility and processes.

Bambos explains:“The decision to abandon a decade-long bribery prosecution, and to revisit around 20 other cases due to disclosure failures, is more than an isolated setback – it is a serious blow to the SFO’s credibility.”