Sentences with phrase «by organised criminals»

Just one pound in every # 6,120 netted by organised criminals is recovered by the CPS, according to research by...

Solicitors are being targeted by organised criminals during property purchases as it emerged red flags over home...

The phrase has come, by extension, to describe a stand - in or body double paid by organised criminals to serve prison time on their behalf.

Instead, the rebels adopted a tactic favoured by organised criminals and bought an untraceable pay as you go mobile, encouraging sympathetic colleagues to get in touch that way.

According to HM Revenues and Customs, the alcohol smuggling industry costs the treasury # 1.2 billion per year in unpaid duties and much of the business of alcohol trafficking is controlled by organised criminals.

Not exact matches

The examples given by the Home Office confirm a professional could be convicted for helping organised criminals without necessarily knowing what specific criminal acts are taking place.

«It was not operated by the United States government, but by figures from both Ghanaian and Turkish organised crime rings and a Ghanaian attorney practicing immigration and criminal law,» the State Department said in a statement released late on Friday.

A dedicated team of specialist prosecutors for serious organised criminals has been unveiled by the Attorney General.

The paper also provides evidence that regulatory approaches are being overwhelmed by the drivers of poaching and trade, with enforcement of trade controls, including those agreed through CITES — the Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species — attracting organised criminals who have the capacity to operate even under increased enforcement effort.

Where a person has been arrested for an indictable (formerly an arrestable) offence, s 18 (1) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE 1984), as amended by the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005, empowers the police to enter and search any premises «occupied or controlled» by the person under arrest where the relevant officer has reasonable grounds for suspecting that he will find on the premises evidence relating to the indictable offence for which the person has been arrested, or evidence relating to some other indictable offence which is connected with or similar to that offence.

Seven members of Goldsmith Chambers attended the «Time for Justice — The Law is Broken» event at the House of Commons on the 8th May 2018, organised by the Criminal Bar Association and Young Legal Aid Lawyers, supported by a broad coalition, comprising The Bar Council, Young Bar Association, Criminal Law Solicitors Association and the Justice Alliance.

The picture now is one of money laundering being driven by sophisticated gangs of organised criminals and terrorist funders, using rapidly changing technology to transfer huge sums of money around the world.

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

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.

Ely Place silk Nicholas Stewart is in The Hague today judging an international moot competition organised by the International Criminal Court and the University of Leiden.

The introduction of wide reaching legislation in the UK (including, the Enterprise Act 2002, Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, Serious Organised Crime Act 2005, Fraud Act 2006, Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007, Bribery Act 2010 and the Criminal Finances Act 2017) as well as the increasingly global and aggressive approach taken by the regulatory authorities both in the UK and abroad, highlight the need for businesses, their officers and employees to be able to navigate their way effectively through the regulatory minefield facing them in their day - to - day operations.

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 definition of «cyber» is not the same for everyone, but what's clear is that businesses large and small are now targeted by a number of protagonists; from organised criminals to determined «hacktivists» and even state - sponsored agents.

This is intended to prevent criminals, particularly organised crime, from obtaining liability insurance to cover the costs of defending themselves in criminal actions brought by the state or civil actions brought by their victims.