Organisational Structure
Stakeholder Group.
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Advises and monitors progress in achieving cross
cutting objectives to combat organised crime in
Northern Ireland
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Strategy Group.
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Develops an improved shared understanding of the
nature of organised crime in Northern Ireland and
identifies the barriers to tackling organised crime as
well as developing strategies to overcome them.
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Armed Robbery Expert Group.
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Develops initatives to tackle armed robberies
including cash in transit attacks and tiger kidnappings. |
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Criminal Finance Group
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Examines all areas of criminal finance activities
including extortion, non-revenue fraud and money
laundering, and makes proposals on how these
should be tackled. It leads on the OCTF Assets
Recovery Action Plan.
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Drug Expert Working Group.
Facilitates a shared understanding between law
enforcement agencies of organised crime involvement
in the Northern Ireland drugs market to maximise the
collective effectiveness in tackling organised crime. It
ensures that the law enforcement agencies involved in
tackling drug trafficking and supply, support the wider
Northern Ireland Drug Strategy. |
Immigration Crime and Human Trafficking
Expert Group.
Seeks to improve cooperation between partner agencies and to
identify and remove barriers to progress in the investigation of
organised immigration crime. Also seeks to exploit investigative
opportunities to arrest, disrupt and prosecute those engaged in
trafficking for sexual or other exploitation.
Legal Subgroup.
The reference point for any legal issues that may arise across
the various sub or expert groups. It also looks at ways for
ensuring the legislative changes relating to the work of the law
enforcement agencies are communicated properly throughout the
organisations.
Publicity Subgroup.
Coordinates media strategies from across a range of agencies
and develops the public awareness programme for the OCTF.
Cross Border Fuel Fraud Enforcement Group.
Includes representatives from PSNI, SOCA, the Revenue
Commissioners, Criminal Assets Bureau, the NIO and HMRC.
The group develops strategies to tackle fuel fraud across
jurisdictions.
Intellectual Property Crime Expert Group.
Identifies and removes any barriers to investigating and prosecuting intellectual property crime.