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Written question asked by Nigel Waterson (Conservative) on Thursday, 7 June 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 11 June 2007. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Wednesday, 13 June 2007 on behalf of the Home Office.


Serious and Organised Crime Agency

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many arrests the Serious and Organised Crime Agency has made since its creation in (a) Sussex and (b) all other UK operational regions, broken down by type of offence.
Answer

SOCA is a UK-wide organisation and not a territorial police force. Arrests made in relation to specific tasked operations may occur in any part of the country. SOCA does not record the county in which an arrest is made.SOCA records arrests against principal threat sectors. In 2006-07 there were 749 arrests as the result of SOCA casework in the UK. The breakdown by threat area was as follows:

Number of arrests
Class A drugs trafficking 601
Organised Immigration Crime 128
Fraud 2
Other 18

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
142287; 461 c1054-5W
Session
2006-07
Subjects
Serious Organised Crime Agency
Link
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