'Britain's FBI' is launched
The National Crime Agency to tackle the country's most serious organised crimes, dubbed 'Britain's FBI', is launched today. It is the third major reorganisation of crime agencies in 15 years.
Labour: NCA doesn't match the Government's hype
Shadow policing minister David Hanson says The National Crime Agency "doesn't match the Government's hype".
He added: "It is welcome the NCA has finally arrived after three years of delay and we support strengthening work on organised crime and the hard work of Keith Bristow and his team.
"But most of the NCA is just the rebranding of existing organisations such as the Serious Organised Crime Agency, but with a substantial 20 percent cut imposed by the Home Office in their overall budget.
"The new organisation is not strong enough to deal with the exponential growth of economic and online crime. It will simply absorb the existing National Cyber Crime but with fewer resources.
"And due to Government mishandling it won't be able to operate in Northern Ireland leaving a serious operational gap compared to the Serious Organised Crime Agency that it replaced."
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