Crime and Policing

The Government has announced a new increased funding package of more than £1 billion for the police.

http://lpportal.eu/content/editorial/articles/law-inforcment/new-funds-policing/

The UK anti-fraud agency has posted an official notice detailing for the first time part of the vast wealth acquired by Gulnara Karimova (pictured below), the hugely controversial daughter of Islam Karimov, the long-serving former president who died after a stroke in 2016.

https://www.financeuncovered.org/investigations/serious-fraud-office-targets-luxury-surrey-mansion-linked-to-the-robber-baron-of-uzbekistan/

A joint review between the City of London Corporation and the City of London Police was launched into Action Fraud and the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau.

https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/about-the-city/Pages/police-authority.aspx

Action Fraud is the reporting centre for fraud and cyber crime committed in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

https://www.bicesteradvertiser.net/news/national/18186769.action-fraud/?ref=twtrec

Today’s statistics show crime is increasing nationally and locally. The West Midlands Police force area has seen total recorded crime (excluding fraud) rise by 7%, compared to a 5% rise (excluding fraud) across England and Wales.

https://www.westmidlands-pcc.gov.uk/crimestatsjan2020/

Boris Johnson should hire crack teams of detectives to fight financial crimes – not just “bobbies on the beat” – if he wants to quell street violence, a think tank claims.

BORIS Johnson plans a sweeping review of elected police and crime commissioners as he tackles the scourge of violent crime.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/10749595/boris-johnson-review-commisisioners-crime-police/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebarweb

The NCA has obtained a £1.13 million Account Freezing Order as part of an investigation into a Leeds businessman with suspected links to serious organised criminals.

https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/court-grants-nca-1m-freezing-order

A police investigation into allegations of fraud linked to a £10.25 million council loan to Northampton Town FC has now cost almost one million pounds.

This month the National Crime Agency has clawed back millions of dollars from a fraud involving 700 victims.

https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/fraudsters-end-the-year-with-lighter-pockets-thanks-to-the-nca-s-asset-denial-teams