Written question asked by Lord Bruce of Bennachie (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 15 November 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 17 November 2005. It was answered by Charles Clarke (Labour) on Thursday, 24 November 2005 on behalf of the Home Office.

Politically Exposed Persons

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many suspicious activity reports relating to foreign politically exposed persons received by the National Criminal Intelligence Service referred to persons from (a) Africa, (b) the Middle East, (c) Russia, (d) Europe, (e) Asia, (f) North America and (g) Central and South America in the last five years for which figures are available.

Answer

The number of suspicious activity reports (SARs) received by the National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS) which refer to politically exposed persons (PEPs) from the specified areas since 1 February 2005 is as follows:

SARs
	Number
Africa	64
Middle East	45
Russia	24
Europe	19
Asia	34
North America	4
Central and South America (including the Caribbean)	13

A database to register SARs referring specifically to PEPs was established by NCIS on 1 February 2005. The figures given here only reflect SARs recorded there since that date, and may involve single cases where activity is suspected in more than one jurisdiction.

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Type: Written question
Reference: 439 c2322W;439 c2320W; 29694
Session: 2005-06
Related items: Politically Exposed Persons
Tuesday, 6 December 2005
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects: Corruption Proceeds of crime Surveillance National Criminal Intelligence Service Politically exposed persons
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk

Politically Exposed Persons

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