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Call for free movement of info

by Mark Rowe

Nearly 15 per cent of all arrests made in London are of EU nationals – and 30pc of all arrests are foreign nationals. The free movement of information needed to tackle criminals must work as effectively, and ideally more effectively, than the free movement of criminals, Home Office minister Karen Bradley has said.

The Staffordshire Moorlands MP and Minister for Modern Slavery and Organised Crime called for action to stop those responsible for crimes like murder, rape and child abuse being able to cross borders to escape justice or prey on new victims.

She told a conference at The Hague: “We must all face up to the fact that whilst free movement is seen by many in Europe as having only positive impacts, there are some very clear negatives. Not least of which is the ability of criminals to exploit this freedom to further their own illegal activities across borders.

“If we are to tackle this problem properly the free movement of information needed to tackle criminality must work as effectively, and ideally more effectively than the free movement of criminals.”

She told the final meeting of the UK-led Serious Offending by Mobile European Criminals (SOMEC) project that improvements had already been made on the sharing of information, but that more needs to be done. For the full speech visit the Home Office website – https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/karen-bradley-speech-at-the-somec-conference

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