According to Home Office Minister Alan
Campbell, police intelligence units dedicated to the fight against
organised
car crime, including
car finance crime, have received a significant boost in
budget.
Known as the Association of Chief Police Officers’
Vehicle Crime Intelligence Service (AVCIS), the service will
use the annual grant to try to identify trends
in vehicle crime, and recovering stolen
vehicles .
Alan Campbell reportedly commented:
Vehicle crime has fallen by 65 per cent since 1995. This is a
significant achievement that would not have been possible without
the work of AVCIS. By co-ordinating police efforts nationally and
working with industry, it has helped make Britain’s
cars and
vans much harder to steal. The Government is determined to keep
up this good work which is why we have increased our
funding for AVCIS from £200,000 to £300,000 to support its work
and the leading role it plays in tackling the constantly evolving
challenge
of vehicle crime.
Fighting
financial crime is high on the agenda, helping
finance companies to detect fraudsters early.
