Consultation on new powers against organised and financial crime

This consultation seeks stakeholder views, and explains the proposals for new powers against those committing organised and financial crime. The consultation is aimed at those with an interest in Criminal Justice and data sharing issues in the UK.

The aim of this paper is to generate thought and discussion of these proposals in order to receive views and comment. In order to achieve this we are specifically distributing this document to and inviting comments from:

• law enforcement agencies
• the Judiciary
• financial institutions and regulated bodies

The consultation is also open to other government departments, interested organisations and members of the public to contribute. The full list of those whom we consulted in developing this paper can be found at Annex B.

Closing date for responses: 17 October 2006

Date: Wed Aug 02 16:05:10 BST 2006

• New Powers Against Organised and Financial Crime (PDF file - 1mb - Warning: large file)

  In March 2004 the Government in its White Paper ‘One Step Ahead, a 21st Century Strategy to Defeat Organised Crime” (Cm6167) set out its plans for bringing a new approach to tackling organised crime, a class of crime which causes social and economic costs of upwards of £20bn to the UK each year.

• Partial Regulatory Impact Assessment: New Powers Against Organised and Financial Crime (PDF file - 248kb)

  This Partial Regulatory Impact Assessment will consider each of the following themes: Data-sharing, Criminal Law, Organised Crime Prevention Orders, Proceeds of Crime.

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