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Insurance Fraud Investigators Group: Secretary of State for the Home Department10 Years AgoAs part of the government’s reforms to policing and the
fight against serious and organized crime, I have decided to close the National
Fraud Authority and realign its responsibilities to reflect the creation of
the National Crime Agency.
The National Crime Agency, with its Economic Crime Command, will bring a single national focus to cutting economic crime and will lead and coordinate the national fight against fraud, working with law enforcement agencies, regulators, government and the public, private and voluntary sectors. While the National Fraud Authority has been successful in raising awareness of fraud and improving co-ordination, the focus should now be on cutting economic crime. The National Fraud Authority will close by 31 March 2014 and its functions will be transferred as follows: · strategic development and threat analysis will be led by the National Crime Agency ·
Action Fraud, the national fraud and
financially-motivated internet crime reporting centre, will become the
responsibility of the City of London Police, to create a stronger end-to-end
fraud reporting and analysis system
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work to raise awareness of fraud, including
delivery of the national e-confidence campaign, will transfer to the Home
Office
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development of the Counter-fraud Checking Service
will be led by the Cabinet Office
The closure of the National Fraud Authority will strengthen the government’s fight against economic crime by concentrating effort into law enforcement bodies and improving the fraud reporting and analysis service. The changes will further support the National Crime Agency’s role in leading the fight against serious and organized crime. |