Serious Organised Crime Agency

Chris Grayling
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to the Serious and Organised Crime Agency Annual Report 2008-09, what the offences were for which the 266 convictions were secured by the Serious and Organised Crime Agency in 2008-09.

Alan Johnson
The 266 UK convictions referred to in the Serious Organised Crime Agency’s annual report occurred as a result of operations as follows:

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|                                                              |Number of UK convictions|
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|Criminals and their businesses (criminal finances and profits)|25                      |
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|Drugs                                                         |197                     |
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|Organised Immigration Crime                                   |15                      |
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|Fraud                                                         |20                      |
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|Cross-cutting (firearms, UK Borders, other threats)           |9                       |
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