Posts Tagged ‘SOCA’
22 April 2010 SOCA announce one of six most wanted arrested in Amsterdam
One of six most wanted arrested in Amsterdam The new Dutch Crimestoppers operation saw the arrest of its first target yesterday. James Vincent Muldoon, 30, of Liverpool, absconded from his trial for armed robbery in 2007 and was sentenced in his absence to 13 years in prison. He was believed to be on ...
10.11.09 SOCA publish The UK threat assessment of Organised Crime
SOCA publish The UK threat assessment of Organised Crime The UK threat assessment of Organised Crime has been published on the Serious Organised Crime ( SOCA) website The assessment describes the threats to the UK by organised crime and considers how these threats may develop. For businesses subject to the Money Laundering ...
31.07.09 Serious organised crime review published
The Government's new strategy for tackling serious organised crime, entitled Extending Our Reach: A Comprehensive Approach to Tackling Serious Organised Crime, has been published. The strategy endorses many of SOCA's current ways of working, including by seeking to cement a collaborative approach and to embrace wide-ranging tactics. The strategy's four main aims ...
23.07.09 SOCA – Belfast Anti-Money Laundering Conference
SOCA - Belfast Anti-Money Laundering Conference Businesses in Northern Ireland are invited to a free one day conference on Tuesday 22 September 2009 to learn how to safeguard themselves against serious organised crime and money laundering. The event, organised by the Asset Recovery Working Group ‘Payback’ Team, and hosted by the ...
5 June 2009 EUROPE’S ‘BIGGEST PEOPLE SMUGGLER’ JAILED FOR PIZZA PLOT
An Afghan criminal who boasted he was Europe’s biggest people smuggler has been jailed for 9 years for smuggling illegal immigrants into the UK. Two other members of the people smuggling gang were today sentenced to a total of 19 years. The gang is known to be responsible for the illegal immigration ...
3 June 2009 36 million spliffs incinerated as international crime gang is convicted
Over 12.5 tonnes of cannabis resin – enough to produce 36 million spliffs – has been incinerated after an investigation by the Serious Organised Crime Agency. The drugs seizure, from the tug boat ‘Abbira’ which had docked at Southampton, represents one of the largest seizures of cannabis resin in the UK. ...
14.04.09 Crime Pays: Cops Given £5.5m Of Seized Assets
More than £5m of assets seized from criminals is to be handed to police across England and Wales, the Home Office has announced. Half of the a total of £31.8m in criminal assets, confiscated between October and December last year, will be shared ...
08.04.09 Liverpool drug gang hit with £140,000 Proceeds of Crime action by Serious and Organised Crime Agency
A LIVERPOOL gang behind a massive Scottish drugs farm was stripped of thousands of pounds. John Fitzgibbon, 60, and Michael Fairhurst, 44, ran the sophisticated cannabis operation for more than two years. The Serious and Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) raided ...
31.03.09 SOCA Issues Warning To Drug Traffickers
The Serious Organised Crime Agency is warning drug traffickers they will face a long time behind bars if they attempt to import drugs into the United Kingdom. Tobagonians Owen Alfred and Oswin Moore were jailed for 18 and 15 years respectively in London today for their roles in a cocaine trafficking ...
12 March 2009 SOCA ‘Payback’ Conference a success
The payback conference at the National Motorbike Museum, Birmingham was well attended and was generally appreciated by all attendees. Most sectors had a presence of their supervisory bodies. HMRC gave a presentation on risk assessment as well as having advisors on hand to answer queries. The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) ...
