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Since their introduction legislatively in the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (the CCA), and practically on 24 February 2014, deferred prosecution agreements (DPAs) have been sought by designated prosecutors to conclude commercial organisations’ criminal liability instead of facing prosecution. Although Schedule 17 to the CCA lists the offences for which a DPA is available in …

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In 1969, the small Scandinavian nation of Norway discovered one of the largest offshore oil deposits in the world. The discovery of the Ekofisk changed everything. Almost overnight, Norway found itself sitting on extraordinary wealth beneath the waters of the North Sea. History, however, had already shown what usually happens when sudden natural resource wealth …

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There’s a difference between political ambition and political arithmetic. One inspires; the other must still add up. In Edo State, that distinction is currently being stretched to breaking point. The baseline facts are not in dispute. According to Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Edo has 2,629,025 registered voters. Yet, in the 2023 presidential election, actual …

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In the fevered theatre of the 2024 United States presidential election, Donald Trump delivered one of those lines that would be dismissed as parody if it were not uttered in earnest. At a presidential debate, he alleged that Haitians in Springfield were eating the pets—dogs and even swans—of local residents. It was the sort of …

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