Transaction Search Form: please type in any of the fields below.
Date: April 29, 2024 Mon
Time: 9:02 pm
Time: 9:02 pm
Results for undercover policing
3 results foundAuthor: Kruisbergen, Edwin W. Title: Combating organized crime: A study on undercover policing and the follow-the-money strategy Summary: This thesis presents empirical evidence on two counterstrategies to organized crime in the Netherlands: the criminal justice approach and the financial approach. For the criminal justice approach, it focuses on a specific method of criminal investigation: undercover policing. For the financial approach, it looks into what organized crime offenders actually do with their money as well as the efforts of law enforcement agencies to confiscate criminal earnings. Index General introduction Undercover policing: assumptions and empirical evidence Infiltrating organized crime groups: theory, regulation and results of a last resort method of investigation Profitability, power, or proximity? Organized crime offenders investing their money in legal economy Explaining attrition: investigating and confiscating the profits of organized crime Conclusion and discussion Details: The Hague: WODC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 2017. 204p. Source: Internet Resource: Dissertation: Accessed January 25, 2017 at: https://www.wodc.nl/binaries/Kruisbergen_dissertation_full%20text_tcm28-237785.pdf Year: 2017 Country: Netherlands URL: https://www.wodc.nl/binaries/Kruisbergen_dissertation_full%20text_tcm28-237785.pdf Shelf Number: 147799 Keywords: Criminal InvestigationOrganized CrimeProceeds of CrimeUndercover Policing |
Author: Creedon, Mick Title: Operation Trinity: Report 2: Allegations of Peter Francis Summary: Executive Summary Allegation - Sexual relationships between SDS Undercover Officers and activists On 14 March 2010, The Observer newspaper published a series of articles regarding the role of 'Officer A' within the SDS. It claimed that he had slept with two (2) members of his target group. It was alleged that whilst this was not sanctioned, such activity among SDS officers - both male and female - was tacitly accepted and in many cases was vital in maintaining an undercover role. On 22 January 2011, The Guardian newspaper published an article that undercover police officers routinely adopted a tactic of promiscuity with the 'blessing' of senior commanders. The same article alleged that sex was used as a tool to help officers blend in, and was widely used as a technique to glean intelligence. The source stated that they knew of an undercover officer who married an activist he was supposed to be spying upon. On 24 June 2013, Channel 4 broadcast the programme 'Dispatches - The Police's Dirty Secret'. In it a Mr Peter Francis said: 'that it was part of his persona, that he was the sort of person who had 'casual sex'. He stated that he did not see any circumstance that long term relationships, especially the fathering of children can be condoned or allowed. He stated that he believed that 'the use of casual sex by undercover police maybe warranted in very exceptional circumstances.' There are currently a number of civil actions lodged against the MPS by females alleging intimate relationships with undercover officers. Three (3) children are alleged to have been born as a result of these relationships. Operation Herne has contacted the solicitors concerned in order to speak to the claimants. Only one (1) evidential account has been provided. At this time the other remaining claimants have not engaged with Operation Herne. No contact or complaint has been received from any individual claiming to have had a sexual relationship with Peter Francis. Independent legal advice has been sought in respect of what offences, if any, have been committed in these circumstances. No offences contrary to the Sexual Offences Act are deemed to be complete although the behaviour could amount to Misconduct in a Public Office. There is no evidence at this time to suggest sexual relationships between undercover officers and activists were ever officially sanctioned by the SDS management. This remains an ongoing criminal investigation and an advice file has been submitted to the CPS. A case disposal decision is yet to be made. This will be the subject of further detailed public reporting once the various judicial proceedings have been completed. Details: Ashbourne, UK: Derbyshire Constabulary, 2014. 84p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed January 16, 2019 at: https://www.met.police.uk/SysSiteAssets/foi-media/metropolitan-police/priorities_and_how_we_are_doing/corporate/operation-herne---report-2-allegations-of-peter-francis-operation-trinity Year: 2014 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2014/mar/uk-operation-herne-report-2-Allegations-of-Peter-Francis.pdf Shelf Number: 154218 Keywords: Citizen ComplaintsOperation HerneOperation TrinityPolice MisconductSexual RelationshipsUndercover InvestigationsUndercover Policing |
Author: Lubbers, Eveline Title: Political Undercover Policing in Scotland: The Facts about Spycops in Scotland & the Questions that Remain Unanswered Summary: We have been asked to provide an expert analysis following the publication of Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland (HMICS)'s Strategic Review of Undercover Policing in Scotland. In particular we have been asked whether it addresses the matter sufficiently or correctly, and in particular whether it eliminates the need for a public inquiry in Scotland. The HMICS Strategic Review makes a number of contributions offering numerous recommendations on the management of undercover officers in Police Scotland. However, we think the Strategic Review came too early; it pre-empts the findings of the Undercover Policing Inquiry, and as a result is incomplete. The remit of the HMICS report meant that a complete overview of undercover policing in Scotland was never going to be the end result. The Undercover Policing Inquiry was set up on the basis of legitimate public concern particularly with regard to the following: -Intimate relationships, including sexual relationships, and the integration of undercover officers into family life including where children were concerned. -Inappropriate targeting of groups. -Miscarriages of justice. -Blacklisting of trade unionists. Unfortunately, the HMICS Strategic Review does not address any of these concerns, or the role played by Scottish legacy forces in this. In particular, the HMICS Strategic review fails: -to address any of these concerns, or the role played by Scottish legacy forces in this. -to state whether or not any Scottish police officer had ever been seconded to the National Public Order Intelligence Unit (NPOIU) in an undercover role. -to state whether the NPOIU had deployed an undercover officer specifically into Scotland for the purposes of targeting groups based there. -to answer the question whether Scottish legacy forces deployed their own undercover officers into campaign groups and political parties. -to look into any unlawful behaviour either by legacy Scottish forces or by Special Demonstration Squad (SDS) or NPOIU officers in Scotland. -to investigate historical deployments in any depth. -to examine issues of blacklisting of trade unionists and possible involvement of Scottish police. -to acknowledge the limits that this places on its conclusions. Following our research into the extent of undercover political policing we conclude there are sufficient and wide enough reasons to justify the need for a public inquiry in Scotland. This Expert Report presents an exploration of material in the public domain augmented with evidence sourced from first-hand accounts from those spied upon. Given our lack of access to Police Scotland internal material, we are not in a position to comment on the conclusions drawn by the HMICS review in any detail. Our Report lays out a variety of points indicating involvement in undercover policing operations by legacy Scottish police services. We will detail this involvement consecutively at the organisational level, from Scottish staff seconded to crucial positions and at the practical operational level. In addition we examine the activities of known undercover officers in Scotland. The Expert Report ends with a few cases of suspected undercover activities, and a section reviewing Scottish police involvement in the blacklisting of trade unionists. These issues have not been addressed by the HMICS in their Strategic Review. The evidence presented in this Report shows the need for further careful investigation, crucially involving those affected by undercover political policing. We conclude that there is therefore a need for a public inquiry in Scotland. Details: London: Scottish Campaign Opposing Police Surveillance (SCOPS), 2019. 56p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed June 4, 2019 at: http://www.pilu.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Political-Undercover-Policing-in-Scotland.pdf Year: 2019 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://campaignopposingpolicesurveillance.com/2019/05/23/help-get-the-truth-about-spycops-in-scotland/ Shelf Number: 156183 Keywords: Investigation Public Inquiry Scotland Surveillance Undercover Cops Undercover Officers Undercover Operations Undercover Policing |