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Great Britain · Government / Conservative Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1988Date range
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Chronological records

1988

Nigel Lawson1988

Government / Conservative Party Government

The Serious Fraud Office is established in 1988 under powers created by the Criminal Justice Act 1987 to investigate and prosecute serious or complex fraud.

Names involved

Nigel Lawson

Provenance

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