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A clear policy framework is needed from government which gives condence that security and foreign affairs concerns as well economic and energy priorities have been fully considered with respect to Chinese investment into the UK energy sector and dependence on Chinese supply chains.”

Interesting in all of this is, what do leaders in developing countries want?” said Malcolm Chalmers, deputy director general of the international affairs think tank RUSI. “Often their priorities are more about economic growth and development and infrastructure and energy than they are [about] poverty reduction and social protection, which the U.K. has done quite a bit on.”

Prosecutions and investigations are the most important because what we are trying to do with anti-financial crime efforts is identify the bad guys, prosecute them and confiscate their efforts. So that’s quintessentially, the definition of effectiveness."