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Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary for Scotland: Thematic Inspection Serious Fraud

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1 Global Financial Centres Index, City of London September 2007

2 Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency definition, Serious and Organised Crime Agency definition, European Union definition of Organised Crime Groups, United Nations definition of Organised Crime Groups

3 The Nature, Extent and Economic Impact of Fraud in the UK, Levi, Burrows, Hopkins, Flemming & Mathews for ACPO, Feb 2007
( http://www.acpo.police.uk/asp/policies/Data/Fraud%20in%20the%20UK.pdf)

4 No Hiding Place, Audit Scotland May 2006
( http://www.audit-scotland.gov.uk/docs/central/2006/nr_060517_national_fraud_initiative.pdf)

5 Fighting Fraud Together - the Attorney General sets out a new vision for tackling fraud - 9/12/07

6 Long Firm Fraud is criminal activity whereby a company is temporarily set up, and supported by fake references, in order to trade on credit with wholesale suppliers, where there is no intention to pay for the goods supplied ( ACPOS).

7 Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2006

8 The Herald 21/12/07

9 SFO Case acceptance Criterion
http://www.sfo.gov.uk/cases/cases.asp

10 City of London Police
http://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/CityPolice/ECD/Fraud/caseacceptancecriteria.htm

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