UK Launches New Online Crime Squad to Combat Fraud

“Fraudsters are exploiting new technology, industrialising their operations and targeting the British public at scale,” said Fraud Minister Sir David Hanson.

Dubbed the “Online Crime Centre” and set to launch operations next month, it will bring together government, police, intelligence agencies, banks, mobile networks, and major tech firms for coordinated action against fraud.

Backed by over £30 million in funding, the centre aims to identify the accounts, websites, and phone numbers that organised crime groups rely on and shut them down at scale by blocking scam texts, removing scam social media accounts, and freezing criminal accounts.

City of London Police Commissioner and National Police Chiefs’ Council Lead for Cyber and Economic Crime, asserts they are transforming the national policing response to fraud and cyber crime with an inspection regime, working with His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) ensuring every police force is making fraud a priority, but it needs the wider industry collaboration set out in this new strategy to stop criminals

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-disruption-unit-launched-in-crackdown-on-fraud