Sentences with phrase «organised crime agency»

The Serious Organised Crime Agency v Azam [2013] EWCA Civ 970 (31 July 2013) Successful appeal to the Court of Appeal resulting in a variation of a Property Freezing Order so as to allow Mr Azam to fund the defence of civil recovery proceedings brought against him by SOCA.

The UK National Crime Agency (NCA), which replaces the Serious and Organised Crime Agency (SOCA), opened for business this week.

The fact that a bank has complied with its money laundering obligations — and the Serious Organised Crime Agency has not sought to prevent a particular transaction — is no guarantee that a civil action can not still be pursued.

Ambiguity as to breadth of criminal conduct would also engage disastrously with the UK's onerous regime of money laundering reporting requirements created by the Proceeds of Crime Act with the result that the Serious Organised Crime Agency would be overwhelmed by defensive reporting.

The firms are among 102 blue - chip companies listed by the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) as clients of four investigators convicted of data offences last year.

However, a third admitted that they do not know how to decide whether to report a suspicion to the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA), with 15 % relying on «gut instinct».

The likelihood remains that it will be split up and merged, partly with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and partly with the new National Crime Agency (NCA) due to replace the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) set up under the Labour government.

In the absence of any evidence of legitimate income, and where an individual has a substantial history of theft and drug offences, the High Court has taken the view (Serious Organised Crime Agency v Turrall) that items of property have been purchased with the proceeds of crime.

A further four SARs were made over the next five months, with transactions being delayed while HSBC awaited consent to proceed from NCA (then known as the Serious Organised Crime Agency or SOCA).

The successors are the National Policing Improvement Agency in relation to accreditation and training of civilian financial investigators and the Serious Organised Crime Agency for all other cases.

The firm has expertise in dealing with the Serious Organised Crime Agency «SOCA» and the police and other agencies in relation to Suspicious Activity Report «SARs».

Tuckers Solicitors Fraud & White - Collar Business Crime Department has an renowned international reputation for successfully defending cases brought by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), National Crime Squad, HM Customs & Excise (HMRC), the Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR), Financial Services Authority (FSA), Fraud Prosecution Division, Ministry of Defence, Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA), the Department of Trade and Industry and the Casework Directorate at the Crown Prosecution Service.

Our team of lawyers and technology experts are able to forensically analyse electronic devices, computer hard drives and telephones, as well as being trained in the software packages used by prosecuting authorities such as the Police, Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA), the Federation against Copyright & Software Theft (FACT), the Entertainment & Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA), the Business Software Alliance (BSA), the Mechanical Copyright Protection Society, as well as numerous local government trading standards departments.

Whether the conditions for the making of a disclosure order under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 existed or did not exist was essentially a question of fact, the question being whether there were «reasonable grounds for believing» that the material relied upon by the Serious Organised Crime Agency was likely to be of substantial value and that it was in the public interest that the material should be produced or that access to it should be given having regard to: (a) the benefit likely to accrue to the civil recovery investigation if the material was obtained; and (b) the circumstances under which the person concerned had any of the material in his possession, power or control (criteria (a) and (b)-RRB-.

Although the Serious Organised Crime Agency resisted investigating possible criminal wrong - doing by these companies (on the basis of damage to the economy) public pressure forced the government to announce plans to introduce a licencing system and new regulations.

A substantial civil recovery claim brought by the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) following the stay of three criminal trials spanning 1999 — 2003.

Serious Organised Crime Agency v Perry and others (proceedings under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002)[2009] EWHC 1960 (Admin), [2009] All ER (D) 337 (Jul)

Perry and others v Serious Organised Crime Agency; Perry and others No. 2 v Serious Organised Crime Agency [2012] UKSC 35, [2012] All ER (D) 252 (Jul)

The group hit the headlines in 2011 after attacking a string of high - profile targets, including Nintendo, Sony, Bethesda, 20th Century Fox, the NHS and SOCA - the UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency.

Last year a study by the universities of Leicester and Westminster, working with the Serious Organised Crime Agency, estimated that 200K people had been victims of online dating fraud.

GUARDIAN.CO.UK - Sep 28 - More than 200K people in Britain may have been conned by fraudsters posing as would - be romantic partners on dating sites, according a study by the universities of Leicester and Westminster, working with the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca).

SUNDAY TIMES - Nov 28 - Romance scammers are to be targeted by the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca).

According to the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) romance fraud is organised crime, usually operating from outside the UK.

But after sustained pressure from the Serious Organised Crime Agency, the Metropolitan Police and the Information Commissioner Sir Christopher Graham, MPs will discuss whether to proceed.»

The UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency flagged it and police moved to arrest him.

The IND will also work much more closely with the Serious and Organised Crime Agency (Soca)- anecdotal evidence suggests about three - quarters of illegal entrants are brought to the UK through criminal gangs.

The Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office was set up on in 2005 to prosecute offences for the former HM Customs and Excise and Inland Revenue (now HM Revenue and Customs) and in 2006, for the Serious Organised Crime Agency.

«We will create a dedicated Border Police Force, as part of a refocused Serious Organised Crime Agency, to enhance national security, improve immigration controls and crack down on the trafficking of people, weapons and drugs.

Not exact matches

I answered the door and was surprised to meet a well - dressed man and woman who introduced themselves as agents of a well - known American federal agency that investigates terrorism, counterintelligence, cybercrime, public corruption, civil rights, organised crime, white - collar crime, violent crime and weapons of mass destruction (and which shall remain unnamed here).

Law enforcement agencies have cracked down on other encrypted phone companies allegedly catering to organised crime over the past few years.

«We need the full amount back into the consolidated fund,» the statement said, mentioning the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service, the Bureau of National Investigations and the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) as the agencies to lead the arrest operation

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While many have said that the office would be a duplication of roles, because there are agencies such as the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice and the Economic and Organised Crime Office that are responsible for investigating corruption, others have praised its implementation and called on the president to make it truly independent of political interference.

Neighbourhood policing will be connected to national agencies, and these in turn will feed into action overseas to fight serious and organised crime.

Our Agencies work to prevent serious and organised crime; and to protect our economy against those trying to steal intellectual property.

The Friday operation was part of a five day training on pharmaceutical crime, investigations and intelligence, organised by the Food and Drugs Authority for the judiciary, security agencies and the media.

It did not slip into the Act during a late night parliamentary sitting or, like the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 which created the now to be abolished Serious Organsed Crime Agency, get nodded through in a parliamentary rush on the eve of a general election.

Gabriel has handled cases in securities regulatory inquiries (market manipulation, insider trading etc.), DNA (Romania's anti-corruption agency) and DIICOT (Romania's organised crime and terrorism investigation agency) investigations.

Also receiving an OBE were: Karen Jones, Crown Advocate at the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), for services to law and order; David Thomas, senior legal business advisor at the CPS, for services to law and order; Derrick Kelleher, head of operations in the National Crime Agency's organised crime command; Graeme Nuttall, partner, Field Fisher Waterhouse, for services to employee ownership, share schemes and mutual; Jennifer Bibbings, Dubai partner at Trowers & Hamlins, for services to British business interests; and Elspeth Macarthur, former member of the Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland, for services to judicial appointmCrime Agency's organised crime command; Graeme Nuttall, partner, Field Fisher Waterhouse, for services to employee ownership, share schemes and mutual; Jennifer Bibbings, Dubai partner at Trowers & Hamlins, for services to British business interests; and Elspeth Macarthur, former member of the Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland, for services to judicial appointmcrime command; Graeme Nuttall, partner, Field Fisher Waterhouse, for services to employee ownership, share schemes and mutual; Jennifer Bibbings, Dubai partner at Trowers & Hamlins, for services to British business interests; and Elspeth Macarthur, former member of the Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland, for services to judicial appointments.

Europol, the EU's law - enforcement agency, reported in October its Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA), where it argued that,