Crime and Policing

Green has been the face of this organisation while it has gone through its fair share of scrapes and scares

http://www.cityam.com/283921/people-can-judge-me-whatever-basis-they-like-departing-sfo

Law enforcement received increased government funding to tackle cybercrime on the dark web. The £9m pot will be used to increase capability against the dark web in Regional Organised Crime Units. A further £5m has been allocated to police forces to tackle cybercrime locally.

http://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/1326-boost-to-law-enforcement-s-operations-against-dark-web-criminality

During the podcast, de Silva discusses: whether the Bribery Act (including both “hard” and “soft” enforcement) has been successful in achieving its objectives; the SFO’s position on ISO 37001

http://fcpaprofessor.com/fcpa-flash-conversation-camilla-de-silva-joint-head-bribery-corruption-u-k-serious-fraud-office/

David Green QC will shortly step down as the director of the Serious Fraud Office. CDR looks back at some themes of his tenure, as the SFO moves into a new era.

https://www.cdr-news.com/categories/corruption/8101-being-green-sfo-chief-looks-back

This will see the numbers of specials in the City double to over 100, with support being provided to regular constables as well as in specialist areas such as cyber and economic crime.

http://www.citymatters.london/city-police-specials-double-national-pilot-scheme/

An interview with Rob Wainwright, Director of Europol

http://www.fraud-magazine.com/article.aspx?id=4295000924

Most police forces are maintaining a good standard of service to the public, despite dramatic increases in demand and ongoing financial pressures, but cracks are beginning to show, according to a report published by HMICFRS

https://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmicfrs/news/news-feed/police-forces-good-at-keeping-people-safe-but-showing-strain/

The earnings gap between male and female workers in the West Midlands is the highest amongst the UK’s 12 regions, according to PwC’s annual Women in Work Index

https://www.pwc.co.uk/who-we-are/regional-sites/midlands/press-releases/West-Midlands-has-UKs-biggest-gender-pay-gap-PwC-Women-in-Work-Index.html

Camilla de Silva, Joint Head of Bribery and Corruption, speaking at ABC Minds Financial Services conference

https://www.sfo.gov.uk/2018/03/16/camilla-de-silva-at-abc-minds-financial-services/

UK think tank Parliament Street has lifted the lid on spending by police forces on training staff to deal with cybercrime and recommended greater collaboration in this regard. See the spending by force.

http://www.computerweekly.com/news/252437168/Think-tank-reports-lifts-lid-on-police-cyber-crime-training