1. © SOCA 2009 NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED Paul Evans: Director, Intervention ICAC Symposium: International Partnerships Serious Organised Crime Agency 16 December 2009

2. PROTECTIVE MARKING © SOCA 2009 NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED SOCA- Role and Approach SOCA’s task is to reduce the harm caused to the UK by serious organised crime. SOCA’s Strategic Priorities are: Building Knowledge Removing Criminal Assets Increasing risk to Criminals Working in Partnership Building Capabilities

3. PROTECTIVE MARKING © SOCA 2009 NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED Traditional Techniques

4. PROTECTIVE MARKING © SOCA 2009 NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED Internationally

5. PROTECTIVE MARKING © SOCA 2009 NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 Money laundering offences Duty to submit SARS Criminal confiscation regime Civil confiscation Cash seizure and forfeiture Taxation Assessments Establishment of ARA Investigative tools

6. PROTECTIVE MARKING © SOCA 2009 NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 Information Gateways (S 32-35) Financial Reporting Orders (S 76) Disclosure Notice (S62) Assistance by Offenders (S72) Serious Crime Act 2007 Serious Crime Prevention Orders (Part 1) Transfer Civil Recovery Provisions (Part 3 Chapter 2) Data Sharing in Fraud Prevention (Part 3 Chapter 1)

7. PROTECTIVE MARKING © SOCA 2009 NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED Deploying new as well as traditional techniques Understand markets and harmNon-traditional criminal disposal (money, tax, property…) Target hardening Prevention Alerts Build a criminal casePut in jail / disruptLifetime management New Powers Learn from others, private and public partnerships Regulatory PowersPrivate sector action Mobilisation

8. PROTECTIVE MARKING © SOCA 2009 NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED Criminal Assets “SOCA strips business man of multi million pound lifestyle” Civil proceedings against Mark McKinney, businessman in County Armagh. Derived majority of assets through money laundering, fraud, illegal trading, income tax and VAT evasion Assets to a minimum value of £3million recovered include; helicopter, caravan, boat, luxury villa, prestige cars, residential and commercial property Case referred by PSNI, following a decade of inconclusive investigations by several agencies

9. PROTECTIVE MARKING © SOCA 2009 NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED The Future: High Volumes

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11. PROTECTIVE MARKING © SOCA 2009 NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED Questions ?