Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office David Taylor To ask the Solicitor-General what proportion of the (a) drug smuggling, (b) tax fraud, (c) tobacco and alcohol duty evasion, (d) illegal arms trafficking, (e) money laundering and (f) sanctions violation cases prosecuted by the Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office since April 2005 resulted in convictions. The Solicitor-General The tables set out the information available. Data for 2005-06 are not accessible in a format compatible with the data set out as follows. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Cases |Defendants | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Prosecutions|Convictions|Conviction rate (percentage)|Prosecutions|Convictions|Conviction rate (percentage)| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Drugs |579 |535 |92|711|627|88| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Tax Fraud |153 |143 |93|207|185|89| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Money Laundering |10 |9 |90|47|40|85| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Excise2 |129 |116 |90|180|158|88| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Arms3 |20 |19 |95|25|20|80| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Sanctions Violations |1 |1 |100|1|1|100| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 2008-09 covers the period April 2008 to January 2009.2 Excise cases include prosecutions for other excise and duty frauds i.e. hydrocarbon oils.3 Arms cases include prosecutions for the importations of firearms, ammunition and offensive weapons.| | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- | |Cases |Defendants | ----------------------------------------------- | |Prosecutions|Convictions|Conviction rate (percentage)|Prosecutions|Convictions|Conviction rate (percentage)| ----------------------------------------------- |Drugs |744 |682 |92|909|794|87| ----------------------------------------------- |Tax Fraud |264 |240 |91|381|328|86| ----------------------------------------------- |Money Laundering |27 |19 |70|54|35|65| ----------------------------------------------- |Excise |220 |206 |94|330|293|89| ----------------------------------------------- |Arms |17 |16 |94|18|17|94| ----------------------------------------------- |Sanctions Violations|2 |2 |100|2|2|100| ----------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- | |Cases |Defendants | ----------------------------------------------- | |Prosecutions|Convictions|Conviction rate (percentage)|Prosecutions|Convictions|Conviction rate (percentage)| ----------------------------------------------- |Drugs |798 |731 |92|918|799|87| ----------------------------------------------- |Tax Fraud |251 |227 |90|311|258|83| ----------------------------------------------- |Money Laundering |17 |13 |76|45|26|58| ----------------------------------------------- |Excise |239 |213 |89|358|300|84| ----------------------------------------------- |Arms |6 |4 |67|6|4|67| ----------------------------------------------- |Sanctions Violations|2 |2 |100|2|2|100| -----------------------------------------------