Crime and Policing

The UK's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) cannot rely on powers it holds under the Criminal Justice Act 1987 to compel foreign companies to disclose documents held overseas to aid its investigations into serious or complex fraud, the Supreme Court has ruled.

Project Servator, a policing tactic that aims to disrupt a range of criminal activity, including terrorism, while providing a reassuring presence for the public, today (Wednesday 10 February) marks seven years since it was pioneered by City of London Police (CoLP).

Police launch a Cyber Detectives programme to all schools across the UK funded by Lloyds Banking Group

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has lost its case against US engineering company KBR in the Supreme Court over whether it can compel foreign businesses to hand over documents held overseas.

Two men have been sentenced to a combined 10 years in prison for laundering millions on behalf of organised criminals after an investigation by the Organised Crime Partnership (OCP).

Local police have been praised by their efforts in keeping everyone safe during the Covid19 pandemic.

Only 3% of the estimated 3.8 million UK fraud offences in 2019 resulted in a prosecution, and the pandemic has presented fraudsters with the perfect climate to carry out more crimes; Waheed Saleem, Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner in the West Midlands, believes an overhaul of fraud reporting and a new coordinated policing response are crucial to fighting the fraudsters.

UK Finance is warning consumers to be vigilant against criminals looking to defraud them by posing as parcel delivery companies, as more people across the country are expected to shop online this Christmas than ever before.

A police force that failed to record 80,000 crimes in a year has been placed in an "advanced phase" of monitoring over its poor service to crime victims.

THE Covid-19 pandemic has made people more susceptible to fraud as cases of criminal gangs exploiting vulnerable people have soared by nearly 25% in the last year.