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The Sentencing Council has published a new sentencing guideline for the sentencing of organisations convicted of fraud, money laundering and bribery offences.

The guideline is part of the wider development of overall guidelines for all fraud offences committed by individuals, which will be published in the summer, following a 2013 public consultation.

The guideline is issued in accordance with section 120 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 and applies to all corporate offenders who are sentenced on or after 1 October 2014.

• Definitive Guideline: Fraud, bribery and money laundering: corporate offenders

Guideline distribution

The guideline will not be distributed in hard copy until later this year when guidelines for individuals who have committed fraud, bribery and money laundering offences are issued.

Response to consultation

The definitive guideline has taken on board the views of  the judiciary, those working across the criminal justice system and other interested parties.

• Fraud, bribery and money laundering: corporate offenders - Response to consultation