Crime and Policing

You should use this page to report phishing campaigns where you have NOT lost any money or exposed your personal details

https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/report_phishing

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is in talks to change the way it is funded.

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43383606

Police are warning people about a scam where fraudsters impersonate detectives to swindle cash from victims.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-43308882

The need for the UK police force to conduct forensic investigations on computers is nothing new, but a rapid escalation of cybercrime has demanded a different approach

http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450429957/Why-UK-police-are-learning-cyber-forensics

Police and crime commissioners (PCCs) are taking their fight to impose “local oversight” in bringing the criminal justice system to account at a Westminster summit

http://www.policeprofessional.com/news.aspx?id=31589

The NCA has secured two unexplained wealth orders (UWOs) to investigate assets totalling £22m that are believed to ultimately be owned by a politically exposed person (PEP).

http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/1297-nca-secures-first-unexplained-wealth-orders

Policing faces a “balancing” act on how it resources and prioritises future investigations in the wake of a landmark ruling on investigations into John Worboys.

http://www.policeprofessional.com/news.aspx?id=31567

Police commissioner David Jamieson has moved to assure residents that the force will retain the current level of ten police stations open to the public across the region.

https://www.birminghampost.co.uk/news/regional-affairs/police-station-sell-off-24-14298348

Both North Yorkshire Police and Thames Valley Police are failing to record one in five crimes in their area, according to Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS).

http://www.policeprofessional.com/news.aspx?id=31516

The Serious Fraud Office has charged Barclays Bank Plc with unlawful financial assistance contrary to s151(1) and (3) of the Companies Act 1985.

https://www.sfo.gov.uk/2018/02/12/further-sfo-charges-in-barclays-qatar-capital-raising-case/