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Fraud is going uninvestigated by police who are hiding behind the veil of the Action Fraud national crime reporting agency.
In his paper published this week in
Policing, Professor Mark Button, director of the Centre for Counter Fraud Studies at the University of Portsmouth argues that, Action Fraud, which has been widely derided, has become a useful veil from which the police can hide their inadequate response.
Figures from Action Fraud, the arm of the police responsible for recording scams and fraud, show that between 2019 and 2020, over 800,000 people reported being a victim of fraud, with £2.3bn finding its way into criminal hands. However, Professor Button calculated just 0.6 per cent of police officers are dedicated to investigating fraud.
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IMAGE: The University of Ottawa s Positive Energy program released new survey results showing that a large segment of the Canadian public does not trust the courts to settle disputes over energy. view more
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The University of Ottawa s Positive Energy program released new survey results showing that a large segment of the Canadian public does not trust the courts to settle disputes over energy projects or climate policy. The survey was conducted by Positive Energy s official pollster, Nanos Research.
Canadians were asked: On a scale of 0 to 10, where 0 means do not trust at all and 10 means trust completely, how much do you trust the courts to settle disputes over government decisions on energy projects? They were asked the same question for climate policy. The results are very similar. Only one in three Canadians trust the courts to settle disputes over energy projects or climate policy (answering between 7 and 10: 31% for energy, 30
It is time for the management and conservation of the Antarctic to begin focusing on responsibility, rather than rights, through an Indigenous Māori framework, a University of Otago academic argues.
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Launched in October 2020 in collaboration with the International Publishers Association, the SDG Publishers Compact is an initiative that aims to advance the implementation of SDGs through 10 action points. Signatories aspire to develop sustainable practices and act as champions of the SDGs during the Decade of Action (2020-2030), publishing books and journals that will help inform, develop, and inspire action in that direction.
IOPP has a long-standing commitment to creating a more sustainable, diverse and equitable future for the world and is dedicated to influencing real change, both as a publisher and an employer.