Since the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) was set up in 1987, there has been a flow of serious and controversial fraud cases: Guinness, Blue Arrow and Barlow Clowes, as well as the Polly Peck affair involving Asil Nadir. But can the SFO be effective when it is working within a criminal justice system not designed for modern, complex fraud cases?
Joshua Rozenberg and Tessa Curtis ask whether its current methods can be improved without risking miscarriages of justice. Presented by Peter Jay.