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

  1. 'About SOCA', SOCA Website.
  2. 'Q&A: The Serious Organised Crime Agency', The Guardian, 4 April 2006.
  3. 'Police reform proposals outlined', BBC, 26 July 2010.
  4. 'How we are run', SOCA Website.