Sentences with phrase «of organised crime»

Though harnessing professionals» knowledge is a pattern as old as time, working practices have now changed along with the nature of organised crime.

He also has developed a particular knowledge of organised crime, drug trafficking and money laundering offences and has represented clients in relation to civil fraud claims in the High Court Chancery Division.

Julian Dixon, CEO of Fortytwo Data, commented: «These figures are a wake - up call to the legal industry but I'm sure money laundering is vastly under - reported due to the nature of organised crime.

«And although money laundering comes second to fraud in the CPS figures, it is the tool every member of organised crime needs to profit from their offences and should be pursued with far greater vigour.»

Law firms are prime targets in this new wave of organised crime with numerous methods used in order to get inside their firewalls.

After returning to the CPS in 2009, he was appointed as head of its organised crime division after its merger with the Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office.

But together they rise to the top of the heap of organised crime in London, and it's told through the eyes and voiceover of Frances (Emily Browning), the local girl Ronnie falls in love with.

These were usually characters from Hanna - Barbera cartoons who had gotten into trouble including Scooby Doo getting busted for marijuana possession, Yogi Bear's offsider Boo Boo being a potential domestic terrorist, and Fred Flintstone up for racketeering charges as the head of an organised crime gang.

Written by Jonathan Fernandez, the film is led by Boardwalk Empire «s Michael Pitt in the true story of a young hood and his beautiful female partner Rosie (Nina Arianda) who come up with a dangerous plot to steal from the social clubs of the organised crime syndicates of New York City.

Hughes told MPs: «I am not immune to the ideas that this is a hideous crime, and I am deeply embarrassed, but I can say with honesty that at the time I was both deputy and chief constable, I had no idea of the scale or scope of this type of organised crime.»

«There are significant synergies in merging ARA with Soca, as Soca builds its understanding of organised crime and widens the tool - kit used to tackle it.»

But would - be terrorists, those seeking to spy against this country or those who are the centre of organised crime should be aware that this country has the capability and partnerships to protect its citizens against the full range of threats in the 21st century, and that we will always do so in accordance with our laws and values but with constant resolve and determination.

«This is just one example of how Border Force officers keep restricted and prohibited items out of the country and prevent them getting into the hands of organised crime groups».

In her 2015 review of attitudes towards the illegal wildlife trade, Felbab - Brown, of the US think - tank Brookings Institution, cautioned against the «over-securitisation» of the problem, resulting in a militarised and inappropriate response to what are instead problems of organised crime and corruption.

The phenomenon of organised crime in Italy is intrinsically connected with social development and is a powerful brake on institutional performance.

The power of the organised crime lies in its involvement into seemingly legal activities and in the control exercised over entire economic sectors through systematic extortion and violence.

While it is true that the South has historically witnessed a stronger presence of the organised crime, which constrained social welfare and economic performance, it is increasingly evident that the mafia has expanded beyond historical boundaries, and it did so with devastating effects.

The problem is that when something is tabooed it causes more social harm and evil than good — similar to the Prohibition era when the sale of alcohol was dragged underground and caused an outbreak of organised crime.

Terroll Lewis, formerly known as «Boost», was a member of the Organised Crime (OC) gang in Brixton, with a reputation for extreme brutality.

At a hearing in Moscow's Tverskoy District Court to decide whether Magomedov and his associates should be detained before their trial, Judge Maria Sizintseva said they had acted as part of an organised crime group and had tried to put pressure on witnesses.

The judge, Maria Sizintseva, said they acted as part of an organised crime group and had tried to put pressure on witnesses.

Not exact matches

«In collaboration with international partners [we] identified a Romanian OCG [organised crime group] with the capability to import large amounts of cocaine into the UK on a weekly basis using HGV transport,» a NCA spokeswoman told The Times.

Vatican City (AFP)- Pope Francis on Monday blasted the «money stained with blood» and «evil power» wielded by Italian organised crime as he met the heads of the country's anti-mafia squad.

In March 2015, on a trip to Naples — a blackspot for organised crime — the pope set down a marker of his hatred of the mafia, condemning it for its «stinking» corruption, especially of the young and poor.

Panama's public prosecutor against organised crime said there was no evidence so far to take action against the law firm at the center of the Panama Papers scandal, following a raid lasting 27 hours on its offices.

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).

But the kickbacks for Putin's cronies are on the scale of billions

Mark Galeotti's study of Russian organised crime, the product of three decades of academic research and consultancy work, is more than timely.

I had been heavily involved in organised crime in Liverpool for many years, living at 100 miles an hour but reaching the end of myself.

ROME, Dec 3 (Reuters)- Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta announced measures on Tuesday to try to combat a fresh rubbish emergency in the area around the southern city of Naples where organised crime and widespread abuse have created a chronic environmental crisis.

«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

Issues of state failure, organised crime, terrorism, nuclear proliferation, and energy security have combined to provide a new strategic context.

Either Guy Verhofstadt's book De Verenigde Staten Van Europa which won the first Europe Book Prize four years ago (in English, The United States of Europe), or Roberto Saviano's Gomorrah which won this year's prize, because it describes from the inside the spreading of cross-border organised crime about which we are doing much too little because the shocking scale of it is kept hidden.

«As we dismantle one organised crime group there's another one ready to come and take its place but what you do find is the levels of violence and organisation tends to increase incrementally as we go forward.

John Reid is hosting a meeting of European Union home affairs ministers today, to discuss how to improve cooperation on counter-terrorism and organised crime.

Officials from the Home Office insist this measure isn't going to target those who unwittingly assist organised crime and are thereby guilty of the new offence of «participation».

Because we know that so many of the threats we face today — global terrorism, climate change, organised crime, unprecedented mass movements of people — do not respect national borders.

Whereas the 2011 U.S. Strategy to Combat Transnational Organised Crime omitted wildlife trafficking as a primary type of transnational organised crime, by 2013, President Obama's Executive Order 13648 established a Task Force to produce a National Strategy for Combatting Wildlife Trafficking on the grounds it was in «the national interest of the United StateOrganised Crime omitted wildlife trafficking as a primary type of transnational organised crime, by 2013, President Obama's Executive Order 13648 established a Task Force to produce a National Strategy for Combatting Wildlife Trafficking on the grounds it was in «the national interest of the United States.&rCrime omitted wildlife trafficking as a primary type of transnational organised crime, by 2013, President Obama's Executive Order 13648 established a Task Force to produce a National Strategy for Combatting Wildlife Trafficking on the grounds it was in «the national interest of the United Stateorganised crime, by 2013, President Obama's Executive Order 13648 established a Task Force to produce a National Strategy for Combatting Wildlife Trafficking on the grounds it was in «the national interest of the United States.&rcrime, by 2013, President Obama's Executive Order 13648 established a Task Force to produce a National Strategy for Combatting Wildlife Trafficking on the grounds it was in «the national interest of the United States.»

Insulza's call comes on the heels of the adoption in Cartagena of Mexico's proposal to create an Inter-American Centre for Coordination against Transnational Organised Crime.

This is not to say that force is not required in the policy response to the poaching of critically endangered wild animals, but that the long history of the «War on Drugs» and organised crime teaches us that going after low level operators that can be easily replaced will do little to deter the king - pins at the top of the trade.

As suggested by the recent release of a series of Whitehall Papers on the subject, it would be more useful to reclaim the definition of the activity as a form of transnational organised crime.

Increasing levels of violence, gang membership, kidnappings and extortion are all reflections of the pervasiveness to which organised crime has penetrated these societies.

Yet monitoring, tracking and coordinating responses to organised crime are only part of the solution — and in your blogger's opinion, the least important.

In light of last month's VI Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia, it seems obvious and commendable that the Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, would call on the leaders of the region Friday to help coordinate the fight against transnational organised crime.

In February 2017, the Economic and Organised Crimes Office (EOCO) froze the assets of Dr Opuni as part of investigations into his tenure as CEO of COCOBOD.

While a cursory look at the «Americas» section on either the BBC or the New York Times websites would tend to corroborate his stance, I can't help but wonder if zoning - in on organised crime represents a band - aid solution to the regions problems, instead of a holistic approach to dealing with the security issues posed by these organisations across the region.

The enlargement of the EU to include former Warsaw Pact countries such as Romania has created a «gateway for organised crime», the Ukip leader, Nigel Farage, has said.

Of this # 397 million, # 130 million was written off as having being lost to organised crime.

These could come from armed groups such as the ELN, or one of the many right - wing and criminal groups involved in the illicit drug trade and other forms of transnational organised crime that plague the country.

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.

Colombia's borderlands are the regions that have been most affected by the conflict, but are also fertile grounds for myriad cartels and gangs involved in multiple forms of transnational organised crime.