Crime and Policing

THE Serious Fraud Office is still investigating a Bournemouth-based investment scheme eight years after it collapsed owing scores of millions of pounds.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/business-still-being-investigated-serious-050000138.html/

The value of SARs is wide-reaching. SARs intelligence has been instrumental in locating sex offenders, tracing murder suspects, identifying subjects suspected of being involved in watching indecent footage of children online and showing the movement of young women being trafficked into the UK to work in the sex industry.

https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/what-we-do/crime-threats/money-laundering-and-illicit-finance/suspicious-activity-reports

The NCA has today (24 January) published the 2022 Suspicious Activity Report (SARs) Annual Report, which features statistics covering the years 2020-21 and 2021-22.

https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/suspicious-activity-report-sars-annual-report-2022

The Chair of the City of London Police Authority Board says collaboration will be key to battling fraudsters in the City and beyond.

https://www.citymatters.london/city-of-london-police-authority-board-chair-outlines-need-for-collaboration-to-tackle-fraud/

Police in England and Wales are no longer interested in catching scammers and con artists, a top fraud lawyer has claimed.

https://www.irishlegal.com/articles/england-police-ignoring-fraud-at-all-levels

Police in the UK have lost interest in catching scammers and fraudsters, according to deputy High Court judge Clare Montgomery.

https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/police-lost-interest-prosecuting-fraud-053650636.html/

Fraud and cyber officers at Nottinghamshire Police have been thanked by victims for helping them recover over £300,000 lost to scammers.

https://westbridgfordwire.com/police-recovery-300000-for-nottinghamshire-scam-victims/

The Serious Fraud Office have published an update on its progress against the recommendations set out in Brian Altman KC's review 

https://www.sfo.gov.uk/2022/11/29/implementation-update-altman-review/

Detectives have begun contacting 70,000 people suspected of being victims of a sophisticated banking scam.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-63736573

Lisa Osofsky is set to leave her position as director of the UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) in August 2023 after completing a five-year stint at the fraud investigation agency.

https://www.cityam.com/lisa-osofsky-to-step-down-as-sfo-director-in-august-2023/