Apparently the government are replacing the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) with a new ‘FBI-style’ police force named National Crime Agency (NCA). How very amusing; the government introduced SOCA to replace the National Crime Squad (NCS). Nice work Theresa May! You have just reinvented the wheel.
The Government has drawn up plans to introduce this new FBI-style police force to tackle the rising threat of organised crime gangs and beef up border security. Home Secretary Theresa May is expected to unveil details of the National Crime Agency (NCA) tomorrow. The NCA will replace the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca), which Labour launched in a blaze of publicity in 2006. Soca has been criticised for failing to recover the proceeds of organised crime.
Damning figures last year revealing that it clawed back only £78 million over its first three years, despite the agency costing the public £1.2 billion.
SOCA employed a chairman, a director-general, ten directors and 30 deputy directors.
Under the plans, the NCA will be tasked with pursuing serious criminals, including people-traffickers and drug-smugglers.
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