Crime and Policing

A woman who worked for West Mercia Police has appeared in court charged with fraud and drug offences in Gloucestershire. Lucy Tull pleaded guilty to fraud, supplying a class a drug, supplying a class b drug and supplying a psychoactive substance.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/former-police-worker-sentenced-for-fraud-and-drug-offences-in-gloucestershire/ar-AA18woM5

The UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) will today face Kazakhstani mining company ENRC in London’s High Court, as it continues its fight against the British government agency almost 10 years after it first launched an investigation into the former FTSE 100 firm.

https://www.cityam.com/uks-serious-fraud-office-to-face-kazakh-miner-enrc-in-court-as-decade-long-legal-fight-continues/

Police forces are not doing enough in the fight against fraud, with just two per cent of funding spent on Britain's biggest crime, consumer advocates have warned.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/police-spend-just-2pc-of-funding-on-fraud-despite-representing-40pc-of-all-crime/ar-AA17VhaI

THE Serious Fraud Office is still investigating a Bournemouth-based investment scheme eight years after it collapsed owing scores of millions of pounds.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/business-still-being-investigated-serious-050000138.html/

The value of SARs is wide-reaching. SARs intelligence has been instrumental in locating sex offenders, tracing murder suspects, identifying subjects suspected of being involved in watching indecent footage of children online and showing the movement of young women being trafficked into the UK to work in the sex industry.

https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/what-we-do/crime-threats/money-laundering-and-illicit-finance/suspicious-activity-reports

The NCA has today (24 January) published the 2022 Suspicious Activity Report (SARs) Annual Report, which features statistics covering the years 2020-21 and 2021-22.

https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/suspicious-activity-report-sars-annual-report-2022

The Chair of the City of London Police Authority Board says collaboration will be key to battling fraudsters in the City and beyond.

https://www.citymatters.london/city-of-london-police-authority-board-chair-outlines-need-for-collaboration-to-tackle-fraud/

Police in England and Wales are no longer interested in catching scammers and con artists, a top fraud lawyer has claimed.

https://www.irishlegal.com/articles/england-police-ignoring-fraud-at-all-levels

Police in the UK have lost interest in catching scammers and fraudsters, according to deputy High Court judge Clare Montgomery.

https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/police-lost-interest-prosecuting-fraud-053650636.html/

Fraud and cyber officers at Nottinghamshire Police have been thanked by victims for helping them recover over £300,000 lost to scammers.

https://westbridgfordwire.com/police-recovery-300000-for-nottinghamshire-scam-victims/