The hon. Gentleman talks about this subject as well as about the major frauds. I was shocked to find out that in 2020-21 fraud accounted for 39% of all crime and that the average investment fraud deprived the victim of £14,000, which is a significant sum of money to an individual. Is it part of the problem that we are not taking this seriously enough? If we were, we would no longer be relying on Action Fraud, which I thought the Government had agreed to wind up and replace with something effective.
Economic Crime: Law Enforcement
Proceeding contribution from
Andy Slaughter
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 7 July 2022.
It occurred during Backbench debate on Economic Crime: Law Enforcement.
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