SOCA: is this Britains FBI?

By David Mackay David Mackay 2005-09-06T00:00:00

Counterfeit designer clothing, sportswear and pirate DVDs represent big business.

The Home Office is setting up the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) to tackle high level criminality in an “efficient and ruthless” manner. Due to be operational from 2006, the SOCA represents the biggest shake-up of our national policing structure since 1964, when the 43 force areas were initially devised. ...

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