The UK Government should move quickly to make fraud a priority for the nation's police if it is to have any chance of fighting a "surge in economic crime".
The UK Government should move quickly to make fraud a priority for the nation's police if it is to have any chance of fighting a "surge in economic crime". This was the warning given by George Staple QC, chairman of the Fraud Advisory Panel, at the launch of its annual report in July. Staple said that authoritative estimates of sums lost through fraud range up to £12bn per year. In its Annual Report, the Panel proposes: