Long arm of the Serious Fraud Office

Glossary of difficult words

long arm - long reach; suggesting the granting or claiming of jurisdiction outside of one's usual jurisdiction;

extra-territorial - (of a law or decree) valid outside a country's territory;

scope - the extent of the area or subject matter that something deals with or to which it is relevant;

to police something - to enforce regulations or an agreement (in a particular area or domain);

long - at a time distant from a specified event or point of time;

buried - deliberately forgotten or concealed.