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  • Monday, 16 May, 2022
    UK criminal justice creaking under ‘unacceptable’ levels of delay

    Sector was under-resourced at start of Covid crisis and is still struggling to recover, inspectors find

  • Thursday, 28 April, 2022
    ReviewNon-Fiction
    Enough — an impassioned plea to end violence against women

    The murder of Sarah Everard is at the core of Harriet Johnson’s book — but what can she add that feminists haven’t said for decades?

  • Friday, 22 April, 2022
    Personal Finance
    A quarter of young people trust scam messages

    Fraudsters target UK shoppers on average twice a week, research finds

  • Friday, 15 April, 2022
    Personal Finance
    Young Instagram users in UK face surge in impersonation scams

    Research reveals fraudsters’ adaptability across platforms

  • Tuesday, 22 March, 2022
    FT Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign
    Young people scammed on Instagram highlight UK surge in online crime

    Efforts to tackle steep rise in fraud are stymied by under-resourced and outdated strategies

  • Monday, 28 February, 2022
    Russian business & finance
    UK ‘working through hit list’ of Russian oligarchs to face sanctions

    Foreign secretary Liz Truss says ministers also considering action against advisers of tycoons linked to Putin

  • Tuesday, 25 January, 2022
    UK prisons
    Gaps in probation support raise risk of reoffending, say watchdogs

    Warning comes in wake of failed privatised probation arrangements and amid delays from court backlogs

  • Monday, 17 January, 2022
    UK politics & policy
    Criminal barristers in England and Wales weigh up strikes over pay

    Urgent government response needed to Bellamy review of lawyers’ salaries, says chair of Criminal Bar Association

  • Tuesday, 7 December, 2021
    Sebastian Payne
    Tackling England’s drug problem is about reversing austerity

    Boris Johnson’s renewed efforts against ‘county lines’ gangs is part of a broader strategy around regional inequality

  • Tuesday, 7 December, 2021
    UK prisons
    Reform groups hit out at No10 prison drug strategy

    Criminal justice groups say testing targets and high-tech scanning equipment fail to address root causes

  • Friday, 3 December, 2021
    Personal Finance
    Cold callers con vulnerable with direct debit scam

    One 92-year old grandmother paid out over £10,000 over a two-year period

  • Friday, 3 December, 2021
    Camilla Cavendish
    The new ‘government by diktat’ bypasses parliament altogether

    Ministers should ask themselves what opponents might do with the new powers they are busily creating

  • Thursday, 18 November, 2021
    Personal Finance
    Banks to be forced to offer scam victims compensation

    Government plans law empowering regulator to make reimbursement compulsory for ‘push payment’ victims

  • Sunday, 14 November, 2021
    Counterterror police arrest three after fatal car explosion in Liverpool

    Blast outside hospital occurred as Remembrance Sunday was being marked around UK

  • Friday, 29 October, 2021
    US & Canadian companies
    Tech giants defend moves to tackle scammers

    MPs call for social media and ecommerce companies to do more to halt a rise in online fraud

  • Wednesday, 27 October, 2021
    UK police
    Police rapid recruitment drive risks gang infiltration, watchdog warns

    Chief inspector of constabulary for England and Wales raises concerns about forces’ inadequate vetting procedures

  • Friday, 3 September, 2021
    Watches & Jewellery
    Watch Register helps to beat the timepiece thieves

    From the ‘Rolex Rippers’ to street thugs, crooks like an expensive watch because it is easy to pass on. Database is helping the trade to fight back

  • Tuesday, 27 July, 2021
    Police accuse UK ministers of using officers as ‘public relations pawns’

    PM and home secretary criticised over Surrey visit to promote contentious anti-crime plan

  • Wednesday, 14 July, 2021
    Financial fraud
    Online fraud up by a third in the UK during the pandemic

    £2.3bn lost by consumers in cases reported to the police

  • Friday, 9 July, 2021
    Metropolitan Police Service UK
    Police chief apologises after officer admits murder of Sarah Everard

    Cressida Dick says police feel ‘betrayed’ by ‘truly dreadful crimes’ after Wayne Couzens pleads guilty to killing

  • Tuesday, 6 July, 2021
    ReviewBooks
    Cut Short by Ciaran Thapar — London’s neglected youth

    A youth worker offers a powerful account of teenage lives blighted by violence

  • Sunday, 20 June, 2021
    News in-depthUK police
    The UK police force rethinking the way sex assault cases are handled

    Avon and Somerset’s focus on the offender is seen as a template for improving low conviction rates for rape

  • Thursday, 17 June, 2021
    Serious MoneyClaer Barrett
    Will we ever win the war on bank fraud?

    Victims of scams face a lengthy battle to get any money back

  • Tuesday, 8 June, 2021
    Met police officer admits kidnap and rape of Sarah Everard

    Killing of marketing executive triggered angry backlash over treatment of women in Britain

  • Friday, 28 May, 2021
    Man charged with conspiracy to murder over BLM shooting

    Activist Sasha Johnson still ‘critically ill’ in hospital a week after firearms incident in south London

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