A huge international bank, the IBBC, is becoming the monopoly in arms - dealing, money laundering and is fast becoming friends
with organised criminals and national dictators the world over.
Not exact matches
«We also face significant challenges
with foreign national offenders and
organised crime including drugs, money laundering, fraud,
criminal finances, intellectual property, immigration and cyber crime.»
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.
Yesterday, as he explained why emergency legislation was needed to protect the British public from paedophiles, terrorists and
organised criminals, one felt like agreeing
with him.
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.
Unison's survey found that 71 per cent of respondents are responsible for ensuring people visiting their school are safe to do so,
with 41 per cent responsible for
organising security checks to make certain new staff have no previous
criminal convictions.
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.
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.
Europol's 2017 Internet
Organised Crime Threat Assessment report says: «the abuse of Bitcoin remains a key enabler for
criminal conduct on the internet», and warns that other cryptocurrencies are on the rise — especially the likes of Monero or Zcash, which «appear to have more to offer
criminals wishing to operate
with greater anonymity».