Crime and Policing

Action Fraud has received almost 300 reports in the past two days about fake WannaCry emails that demand payment from victims in Bitcoins.

https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/news/fake-wannacry-emails-demanding-payment-jun18

A report from law firm Pinsent Masons said a lack of police and prosecution resources caused prosecutions to fall by 6% from 8,304 in 2016 to 7,786 in 2017. There were 273,600 fraud cases reported to Action Fraud last year.

https://economia.icaew.com/en/news/june-2018/limited-resources-blamed-for-drop-in-white-collar-prosecutions

The Attorney General’s Office has announced Lisa Osofsky will be the next Director of the Serious Fraud Office.

https://www.sfo.gov.uk/2018/06/04/lisa-osofsky-named-next-director-of-the-sfo/

The work of two National Crime Agency (NCA) officers has been recognised in this years’ Queen’s Birthday Honours.

http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/1382-national-crime-agency-officers-recognised-in-queen-s-birthday-honours

Scheme aims to cut crime and re-offending, and reduce racial bias in criminal justice system

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jun/01/met-police-to-defer-prosecutions-for-minor-offences

A Chinese money launderer who was part of an organised crime group that paid more than £1.8 million in criminal cash into high street banks in just two weeks, has agreed to hand over more than £300,00 in a confiscation hearing.

http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/1373-money-launderer-loses-more-than-300-000-in-nca-confiscation-case

West Midlands Police needs £22 million just to stand still.

https://www.westmidlands-pcc.gov.uk/news/news-2018/pcc-reacts-to-new-home-secretarys-first-speech/

Camilla de Silva, Joint Head of Bribery and Corruption at the SFO, speaking at the 12th International Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Compliance Congress in Vienna

https://www.sfo.gov.uk/2018/05/16/camilla-de-silva-at-12th-international-pharmaceutical-and-medical-device-compliance-congress/

Members of the Scottish Parliament heard that Police Scotland did not conduct impact assessments or give explanations to the public when they were accessing private data on their mobile phones

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252440980/Police-Scotland-did-not-inform-public-of-mobile-phone-searches

The number of criminal charges being brought in England and Wales has been falling - despite more crimes being recorded in the same period.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44044537