Serious and Organised Crime in Scotland
Specialist Crime Division, Safer Communities
Inspector Alan Dron
Population of 5.3 of 5.3
million
Largest consumer of cocaine in world (per
head of population)
30,414 square square milesmiles
10.5 tonnes of heroin annually
Serious and Organised Crime in Scotland
Serious and Organised Crime in Scotland
Council's leader blows whistle on
"rife" expenses fraud
Police launch
Scottish
Borders
Council fraud
probe
South Lanarkshire Council discipline
nine workers
Man found guilty
of defrauding Council of£100,000
Woman reported
following council
fraud probe
Fraudsters con Scottish Council out of £270,000
Serious and Organised Crime in Scotland
…described him as a
violent loose cannon
…had his fingers
chopped off
Gangster 'tried to shield himself with
car manual from hail of bullets'
Men accused of murdering
financial adviser
Gang enforcer shot
dead …set to explode in terrifying wave of violence
Violent thug who slashed frail gran with machete, tortured man hours later
Serious and Organised Crime in Scotland
Perception
Motivation
Serious and Organised Crime in Scotland
Reality
• Involves more than one person
• Is organised, meaning that it involves control, planning and the use of specialist resources
• Causes, or has the potential to cause significant harm
• Involves benefit to the individual concerned, particularly financial gain
What is Serious Organised Crime?
Serious and Organised Crime in Scotland
Serious and Organised Crime in Scotland
• DIVERT – Individuals (particularly young people) from engaging in using the products of serious organised crime
• DISRUPT – The activities of SOCGs
• DETER – Serious Organised Crime by implementing measures to protect communities, businesses and the public sector
• DETECT – Boost capacity and improve co-ordination
Solutions – Evidence of Success
Interventions – Reducing Vulnerabilities
• Scottish Procurement Policy Note 2/2010 – Use of the Security Industry Authority Approved Contractors Scheme for Security Industry Services
• Local Authority Internal Audit -
potential and actual impact of Serious Organised Crime
Disruptions – Evidence of Success
• Removal of construction contracts • Closure of licensed premises + security companies • £1.5 million in lost revenue to major cosmetic importer and
distributor • Revocation of taxis licenses • Removal of contracts by public bodies • Instigation of legal proceedings for evasion of council tax and
non domestic business rates • Contravention of The Representation of the People Act 1983
(potential £5000 per year)
Interventions – Reducing Vulnerabilities
Serious and Organised Crime in Scotland
Millionaire with cocaine habit so bad his nose
collapsed is jailed
SCOTLAND’S DRUG SEIZURES DOUBLE
£220m drugs gang, who flooded Scotland with heroin + cocaine jailed for more than 60 years
‘This is a global problem affecting us all and we cannot simply arrest our way out of it’.
Opening speech by John Morton, Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement for the Department of Homeland Security, 14 September 2011
Serious and Organised Crime in Scotland
The Future
• Local Authority Serious Organised Crime SPoC’s
• Police Scotland LALO’s + PIP Departments
• Scottish Business Resilience Centre
Thank You
Tuesday 10 September 2013 • Grand Central Hotel, Glasgow
Inspector Alan Dron, Interventions