Crime and Policing

FAMILIES across the West Midlands will have to fork out an extra £24 a year to keep the thin blue line from breaking.

Police say technology is helping to prevent and detect crime by identifying wanted criminals, but privacy groups have voiced their opposition

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252456900/Live-facial-recognition-technoloy-has-been-deployed-for-the-ninth-time-by-Metropolitan-Police

Following an open competition, the SFO has appointed two new members to its senior management team.

https://www.sfo.gov.uk/2019/01/25/new-senior-appointments-chief-intelligence-officer-and-head-of-corporate-services/

The City of London Police, the national lead force for fraud which runs Action Fraud, has today [27 January 2019] revealed that cyber crime victims lost £34.6 million between April and September 2018[1]. This loss is an increase of 24% from the previous six month period.

http://news.cityoflondon.police.uk/r/1185/_35_million_lost_by_cyber_crime_victims__increase

Tales of mobsters running building sites are a staple of pop culture, but what threats do organised crime gangs pose to the construction industry and how can technology help overcome them?

https://www.raconteur.net/business-innovation/organised-crime-construction

The National Crime Agency has today announced the appointment of Graeme Biggar as the first permanent Director General of the National Economic Crime Centre.

http://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/1549-nca-appoints-graeme-biggar-as-director-general-of-the-national-economic-crime-centre

The SFO has opened an investigation into a suspected fraud concerning three property developments

https://www.sfo.gov.uk/2019/01/17/sfo-opens-investigation-into-pinnacle-angelgate-north-point-pall-mall-and-new-chinatown/

The City of London Police's Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department revealed it has secured 239 years in custodial sentences as it celebrates its seven-year anniversary

https://www.ftadviser.com/regulation/2019/01/10/city-s-fraud-unit-secures-239-years-in-jail/

Commissioner Ian Dyson highlights the key ways City of London Police is evolving to deal with current and future risks.

https://citysecuritymagazine.com/editors-choice/how-is-the-city-of-london-police-evolving-in-2019/

Serious Fraud Office will hope major case starting this week is not another high-profile failure

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/jan/06/trial-former-barclays-bosses-puts-sfo-serious-fraud-office-under-scrutiny