Serious Organised Crime Agency
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The Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) is a UK national law enforcement agency that tackles "serious organised crime that affects the UK and our citizens. This includes Class A drugs, people smuggling and human trafficking, major gun crime, fraud, computer crime and money laundering".[1]
SOCA was formed on 1 April 2006, merging the National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS) and the National Crime Squad (NCS) into a single body.[2]
In July 2010 the UK coalition government outlined proposals to reform the police service. Included within the proposals was the abolishment of SOCA, replacing it with a new national crime-fighting agency, the National Crime Agency.[3]
The current chairman of SOCA is Sir Ian Andrews.[4]
Notes
- ↑ 'About SOCA', SOCA Website.
- ↑ 'Q&A: The Serious Organised Crime Agency', The Guardian, 4 April 2006.
- ↑ 'Police reform proposals outlined', BBC, 26 July 2010.
- ↑ 'How we are run', SOCA Website.
