Crime and Policing

IFED are running the workshops to give insurers an added opportunity to engage with officers on a variety of insurance fraud topics, including statement writing for referrals/evidence, internal fraud and the financial aspects of insurance fraud investigations.

http://news.cityoflondon.police.uk/r/1098/ifed_delivers_first_in_series_of_regional_engagem

The new one-off show from ITV will air Thursday 6^th September, it has been confirmed

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/showbiz-tv/ross-kemp-documentary-featuring-west-15085102

Police Scotland has been ordered to pay £130,000 legal costs to a former Rangers administrator in connection with his damages claim for his detention during a investigation into the club’s takeover by Craig Whyte.

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16595806.police-scotland-hit-for-130000-costs-in-ex-rangers-administrator-david-whitehouses-legal-fight-over-failed-fraud-arrests/

The City of London Police, the national policing lead for fraud and Lloyds Banking Group signed a partnership agreement which will see the bank invest £1.5 million in unique policing initiatives to tackle economic crime.

https://www.lloydsbankinggroup.com/Media/Press-Releases/2018-press-releases/lloyds-bank/lbg-and-colp-sign-new-partnership/

Action Fraud is launching an awareness campaign with support from retailers to combat gift card fraud.

https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/news/stay-tuned-to-fraud-as-6.5m-is-lost-to-gift-card-fraud-aug18

On 3 September 2018 the new director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) will begin her tenure.

https://www.cdr-news.com/categories/disputes/8434-the-sfo-a-time-of-change-or-more-of-the-same

2018 continued to see a rise in alleged fraud being conducted by professional criminal gangs, with the KPMG Fraud Barometer finding that this category of fraudster accounted for 90 cases totalling over £200 million in the first half of the year.

https://home.kpmg.com/uk/en/home/insights/2018/08/rise-in-fraud-by-professional-criminal-gangs.html

The case relates to the loan paid to the state of Qatar by the bank as it carried out an £11.8bn fundraising at the height of the financial crisis.

http://www.cityam.com/290305/sfo-moves-have-application-resurrect-barclays-case-heard

The Home Office announced the award of over £100 million for police transformation projects and the City of London Police will work with local, regional and national police to increase capacity and capability to tackle economic crime

http://news.cityoflondon.police.uk/r/1079/city_of_london_police_secures_more_than__6_millio

West Midlands Police responded stating: "Under section 22 of the Act, we are not required to provide information in response to a request if it is already scheduled to be released into the public domain”

https://www.birminghampost.co.uk/news/regional-affairs/police-force-refuses-reveal-gifts-14978622