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Neil BennettCrime CorrespondentBBC News
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Andy HaymanChief ConstableNorfolk
ConstabularyChair of ACPO Drugs Committee
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Putting the Drugs BusinessOut of
BusinessCliff DixonFormer Deputy Chief
ConstableBedfordshire Police
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• Organised crime has all the features of a legal
  business. Dirty money is invested to increase the
  dimensions of crime or it is legalised through
  money laundering.
• (The Italian mafia boss Toto Riina in court
  1993.)

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The Drug Business

• MANUFACTURE
• Nature of production
• Product
• Economies of Scale
• Incentives
• Environment
• Transport
• Communications

• DISTRIBUTORS
• Nature of Supply
• Incentive/Motivation
• Environment
• Profile
• Impact of Legislation
• Transport
• Communications

• WHOLESALERS
• Nature of Supply
• Incentive/Motivation
• Marketing
• Profile
• Impact of Legislation
• Transport
• Communication

• PROFIT
• System/Process
• Routes
• Impact of Legislation
• Taxation/Confiscation
• Target Hardening

• CUSTOMERS
• Customer Profile
• Incentive/Motivation
• Environment
• Impact of Legislation
• Customer Sovereignty
• Exclusion/Reduction
• Alternatives
• Communication

• RETAILERS
• Nature of Supply
• Incentive/Motivation
• Profile
• Impact of Legislation
• Marketing
• Transport
• Communication

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• The purpose of a business is to create and keep
  a customer.
• (Peter Drucker)

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• The primary goal of any business is to make
  money.
• (Larry Ellison)

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• We dont seem to be able to check crime so why
  not legalize it and then tax it out of business.
• (Will Rogers)

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• The way to get things done is not to mind who
  gets the credit for doing them
• (Benjamin Jowett)

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• If you can keep your head when all around you
  are losing theirs..
• Rudyard Kipling

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Dr Frederick DesrochesDrug Trafficking and
Organised Crime in CanadaProfessor of Sociology
and CriminologyDirector of Legal Studies and
CriminologySt Jeromes University, University
of Waterloo, Ontario
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Trevor Pearce Deputy Director General
Kathryn Hallam-HowardDetective Chief
Inspector National Crime Squad
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NATIONAL CRIME SQUAD
GOING FOR BROKE Busting The Organised Crime
Business Out Of the Market Place Trevor Pearce
A/Director General DCI Kathryn Hallam-Howard
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Introduction

• The National Crime Squad
• Crime Reduction and the National Crime Squad
• How it used to work - case studies
• The future - Issues
• - Nature of partnership
• - Development of business methodology

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• 1964 to the present day
• Operational priorities
• - Class A Drugs
• - Organised Immigration Crime
• - Hi-Tech Crime
• - National and Regional Tasking
• - Support to other Forces and Agencies
• Staffed by 1,150 police officers and 600 police
  staff based across the country
• Key strategic partnerships include
• - National Criminal Intelligence Service
• - HM Customs Excise
• - Territorial Police Forces
• - Foreign Law Enforcement Agencies
• - Government Specialist Agencies
• Impressive results

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Crime Reduction and the National Crime Squad

• The Police Act 1997 - prevention and detection of
  serious and organised crime
• Organised Crime Reduction - the early thinking
• The first Strategy
• What we are doing to implement this
• Catching up and the next steps

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Operation WINDMILLCase Study

• Cocaine trafficking operation across South
  America, Africa and Europe
• A highly successful conclusion - by 1999
  standards

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The Future

• Move to tackling Harm
• Need to better understand criminal business
• De-stabilise the criminal infrastructure
• Need to develop better strategic partnerships,
  particularly with business
• Need to minimize the barriers
• We can then say we have made the United Kingdom
  the most difficult place for organised crime to
  do business in

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Working In Partnership
Are partnerships effective? Not a new concept
- launched in mid 1990s Local policing -
numerous examples Organised crime - Reflex
(Immigration) CIDA (Drugs) Partnership is most
effective approach 21st Century Policing -
adoption of business methodology
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Business Methodology
What does this mean for 21st Century Law
Enforcement? Should not rely on conventional
techniques alone Need to be flexible and
ingenious to destabilise crime market Lawfully
audacious tactics Needs to be dynamic
innovative
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Looking At The Whole Picture
Adopting the holistic approach? Profiles of
source transit countries Realistic and
achievable political initiatives Heightened
economic awareness - UK business interests
Social interaction - education, media,
culture Technical/ environmental
opportunities Law enforcement engagement
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Lawfully Audacious

• What does this mean in practice?
• Disrupting profitability
• Blocking mobilisation of finance and supporting
  asset seizure
• Restricting communications
• Discouraging tacit support
• Increasing business accountability
• Reducing exploitation
• Professional misconduct hearings

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Public Relations

• How can we influence the organised crime market?
• Drawing upon business expertise - advertising
  campaigns
• Using PR strategies as an assertive tactical
  tool
• Proactive stance to undermine confidence in the
  market
• Comprehensive attempt to destabilise crime
  enterprises
• Inclusion of risk management strategies

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• Trevor pearce slides go here
• Video clips

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Question TimeChaired by Neil Bennett
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