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POLICING CHALLENGES “Organised crime is a local, national and international problem. It also has to be recognised as a political problem and needs to be seriously prioritised.” They [the criminal justice system] are learning but I still think they might be slightly behind. The Italians have had a serious organised crime problem in the post-war period and have found several important ‘antidotes’, which are working efficiently ‘Mafia association’ and asset seizure legislation. We could learn from them. In particular, in relation to adopting a ‘Mafia association-type’ crime (‘membership crime’) in our English context; what Berg and Shear (2011) call ‘best thinking’ rather than ‘best practice’. In this country, anti-terrorism legislation is being used to prosecute organised criminals for ‘association’. Would you view the Serious and Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) as a success? SOCA did not have a clear view of what its role was. It had confused responsibilities, lacked coherent structures and was pressured to get immediate results. There were high expectations. It was not clear what kind of ‘animal’ it was and it is also not clear what kind of animal it will become in the new National Crime Agency. The idea of having a coherent national agency is not wrong. But I think they probably wanted to do too much, too fast. And what you found was that there were lots of SOCA staff in places like Afghanistan dealing with the poppy fields. I repeat, what you really needed was better communication between SOCA and local constabularies in this country. How can the National Crime Agency improve the situation? SOCA is going to have a role in this new institution, which is also going to bring together border police, the economic crime unit and the child exploitation unit. I don’t know whether combining all these activities is going to place organised crime on the margins. It might get lost. We will go from one agency dealing purely with organised crime to a mega agency which will ‘tackle organised crime, strengthen our borders, fight cyber crime…’ It is going to do everything and I don’t think you can expect one agency to do all these different things. And to do them well in a period of austerity. That is very, very worrying. It might prove to be another missed opportunity. How will police and crime commissioners – with a potential local focus – affect the policing of organised crime in this country? Organised crime is a local, national and international problem. It also has to be recognised as a political problem and needs to be seriously prioritised. Perhaps, for this reason, new PCCs need to belong to political parties. It will be on their shoulders to understand organised crime in all its different dimensions and become aware of its ‘dangerousness’. It doesn’t produce ‘clear’ visible victims but it does produce a general victim – society. Dr Felia Allum was interviewed by Royston Martis. 86 | POLICING <strong>UK</strong>
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