Police ignored intelligence for 15 years that private investigators
were hired by criminal gangs to intimidate key witnesses in high-profile
trials, it has been reported.
Details of the threat posed to Scotland Yard’s witness protection
programme were allegedly included in a secret 2008 report by the Serious
Organised Crime Agency (Soca) leaked to The Independent.
The Metropolitan Police were made aware of the matter by an informant but did not arrest or charge those suspected of “actively working” on witnesses to withdraw damaging allegations, the newspaper reported.
Read more at : http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/met-knew-gangs-hired-private-investigators-to-intimidate-witnesses-in-major-trials-8673902.html
The Metropolitan Police were made aware of the matter by an informant but did not arrest or charge those suspected of “actively working” on witnesses to withdraw damaging allegations, the newspaper reported.
Read more at : http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/met-knew-gangs-hired-private-investigators-to-intimidate-witnesses-in-major-trials-8673902.html
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