Organised crime gangs are preparing to exploit the eight freeports that are being opened across England as part of the Government’s ‘levelling up’ strategy, experts have warned.
Steptoe | Brexit One Year On
18/01/2023
However, this article seeks to describe, as far as possible, how Brexit has affected the business and regulatory environment across the full range of areas covered by Steptoe and Johnson practices so far, and to identify issues of potential future concern for companies.
The UK may have officially left the European Union in 2020 but Brexit is still making headlines. / And for some community organisations in Northern Ireland, it has left them in funding limbo.
Areas of UK where more people voted 'remain' saw smaller increases in hate crimes following historic Brexit vote
06/10/2022
Parts of the UK that were against Brexit experienced less of a spike in hate crimes after the vote compared to leave areas, research from Cardiff University shows.
Despite nearly 40 years of specialist police investigative units into organised crime, London remains a centre for money-laundering.
Covid and crackdowns also blamed as researchers find half of pills sold as MDMA at festivals in England contained none of the drug.
Investigating police in Tenerife are investigating four Brits who are said to have presented fake "padron" certificates, which allow people to stay in Spain after Brexit.
BREXIT has made tackling fraud “more difficult”, the director of legal services at the Crown Prosecution Service said.
Brexit Opportunities Abound – Part 1
16/02/2022
As you may have noticed Jacob Rees Mogg Esquire – as no doubt he would style himself – has invited the public to submit suggestions on the theme of ‘Opportunities of Brexit’. I could not resist replying. Could I possibly suggest that you, after reading this, do the same?
Under new system EU countries can now refuse to surrender their own nationals.
Non-binding opinion says UK allowed criminal gangs to flood Europe with cheap Chinese-made clothes.
On trade, finance, migration, food standards and more, the UK suffers fresh ignominy on a daily basis.
“Everyone in our society should have a safe place to live and no one should be punished for experiencing homelessness."
"Today’s mafias are moving among countries and continents, and where they find weakness in international cooperation, they exploit that opportunity.”
UK law enforcement can no longer immediately access real-time data about persons and objects of interest, including wanted and missing persons.
France, Germany and Poland say they will refuse to allow extradition of their nationals.
Ten EU member states have said they will no longer extradite their nationals to the UK following Brexit, the Home Office has said.
Britain has lost "significant" access to EU policing data under the Brexit deal negotiated at the end of last year, a House of Lords report has said.
France, Germany and Poland among countries who will not send their own nationals to Britain
Policing capabilities lessened after Brexit
24/03/2021
Although the final Brexit deal agreed between the UK and the EU contained a mutual commitment to future security and law enforcement cooperation, there is no doubt that the settlement resulted in an overall lessening of policing capability.
The UK does "not have as much influence or as much voice" within a major European law enforcement agency post-Brexit, says a police chief.
Tories call on Boris Johnson to reopen Brexit deal claiming it leaves UK 'less safe and less secure'
18/02/2021
A group of Tories have called for Boris Johnson to reopen Brexit negotiations amid concerns his deal has left the UK 'less safe and less secure'.
Restart Brexit talks because UK is ‘less safe and less secure’, Tory group tells Boris Johnson
17/02/2021
Talks to rebuild security cooperation with the EU must restart now after the Brexit deal left the UK “less safe and less secure”, a Conservative group says.