Government eyes hotline to tackle white-collar crime

A CONFIDENTIAL hotline aimed at exposing white-collar crime, including in the banks, is among a raft of suggestions being considered in a new Government blueprint on crime.

The Department of Justice described this and another proposal — to make lawyers accountable for the advice they give to corporations — as “interesting suggestions” in terms of detecting financial abuses.

The proposals were made by interested parties and criminal justice organisations during consultations for, and in submissions to, a new white paper on crime.