So a large portion of fraud is linked to organised crime – what are the...
To many practitioners, it cannot come as too much of a surprise that lots of fraud has its roots in organised crime. But today new research by the Police Foundation and Perpetuity Research has put a...
View ArticleOrganised crime on the doorstep – crime groups operating in the adult sex market
A Police Foundation and Perpetuity Research study has revealed that organised crime plays a major role in local off street sex markets. The study, based in Bristol, found not only a large number of...
View ArticleLocal police, charities and children’s services – the spearhead in the fight...
Although it is widely accepted by enforcement practitioners that child sexual exploitation (CSE) is now a prominent feature of serious and organised crime in the UK, there has been very little...
View ArticleWhat does an offender count really tell us about organised crime going on in...
The National Crime Agency places the number of known organised crime groups (OCGs) operating at around 6,000. By the end of 2015, the number of offenders in the mix had reached an eye-watering 50,000....
View ArticleAssessing child sexual exploitation from police and partner agency records: a...
Drawing on information from various local agencies we recently completed an assessment to understand the scale and nature of child sexual exploitation (CSE) in a number of local areas. Problem...
View ArticleReducing the impact of organised crime: local problems require a local response
The Police Foundation and Perpetuity Research have completed a large-scale study of organised crime occurring in local communities, and how local police and partners respond to it. Data analysis and...
View ArticleCreating geometry out of shadows – pop-up brothels and the role of organised...
The All-Party Parliamentary Group for prostitution has launched an inquiry into the spread of pop-up brothels and in particular into the role of organised crime in the exploitation of sex workers. In a...
View ArticleIt’s time to get a grip on fraud
Crime has been changing radically in recent years, particularly with the impact of the internet. Nowhere is this transformation more visible than in the area of fraud, which has gone from being a niche...
View ArticleThe route to a more effective police response to fraud
The long-standing concerns around the state and effectiveness of the current police response to fraud in England and Wales have been laid bare by an HMICFRS inspection report published last week. It...
View ArticleKeeping pace with modern day serious and organised crime: the challenge for...
Last week the National Crime Agency (NCA) published its annual assessment of serious and organised crime (SOC), accompanied this time with a number of stark facts and a call for £2.7 billion...
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