City of London Police force is to implement a scheme hiring private law firms to pursue criminal suspects for profit . “We’ve seen privatisation in this context in other ways, for example prison privatisation,” she said. Primarily targeting cyber criminals , the scheme involves police officers passing on details of suspects and cases to the law firms , which will , in turn , use the civil justice system to seize the money . The police force believes it will be a more effective way of tackling fraud , which is now the biggest form of crime in the UK .
City of London Police force is to implement a scheme hiring private law firms to pursue criminal suspects for profit . Primarily targeting cyber criminals , the scheme involves police officers passing on details of suspects and cases to the law firms , which will , in turn , use the civil justice system to seize the money . The police force believes it will be a more effective way of tackling fraud , which is now the biggest form of crime in the UK .