SFO and attorney general consult on moves to usher in US-style deferred prosecution agreements

The Attorney General's Office (AGO) is consulting on proposals to usher in US-style plea bargaining in the UK to help prosecutors crack down on white-collar crime.

The AGO has begun consulting on a form of plea bargaining called deferred prosecution agreements (DPAs), a tactic often used by prosecutors in the US to pursue fraud and corporate-wrongdoing.