APPENDIX 1
Serious Crimes—Notifiable to NCIS
on Arrest (Amendments to previous
list in italics)
GENERAL
— Murder and manslaughter
— Kidnapping and Hostage taking
— Hi-jacking and Endangering
trains, ships, planes, etc
— Human trafficking (for exploitation)
and People Smuggling (illegal immigration), to include preparatory
and ancillary offences of forgery and possession of forged documents
— Causing explosions likely to endanger
life or property
— Possession or use of firearms or
imitation firearms with criminal intent
— Assault causing serious injury—the
injury can be physical or mental
— Child cruelty and Neglect
— Female Genital Mutilation
— Riot and Violent Disorder, such
as football hooliganism, etc
— Theft and related offences, such
as robbery, fraud, burglary, etc, involving substantial sums or
significant loss or injury
— Arson and other cases of serious
criminal damage, such as threat to life and serious damage to
property
— Causing death by dangerous driving
— Causing death by careless driving,
when under the influence of drink or drugs.
DRUGS
— Production, supply and possession
with intent to supply controlled drugs
— Manufacture and supply of substances
mainly used in the manufacture of controlled drugs
— Illegal importation and exportation
of controlled drugs
— Excise offences, such as large-scale
smuggling of alcohol and tobacco.
SEXUAL OFFENCES
— Assault by penetration, by a part
of another person's body or with an instrument
— Causing or inciting a person to engage
in activity involving such penetration without consent
— Indecent assault which constitutes
an act of gross indecency
— Publication of obscene material
— Publication, possession and distribution
of indecent images of children
— Attempts and conspiracies to commit
any of the above offences.
Notification of all the above offences to the
National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS), via the Desk Officer
in Consular Directorate, is triggered by a person's arrest, charge,
conviction, other finding of guilt, or deportation.
If the person is convicted of the crime overseas,
then that conviction will appear on their record of previous criminal
convictions on the Police National Computer (PNC), if the conviction
is supported by fingerprint evidence. Otherwise, the information
will be recorded on intelligence databases.
SEX OFFENDERS
REGISTER AND
SEXUAL OFFENCES
PREVENTION ORDERS
In addition, and in order to include relevant
offenders on the Sex Offenders Register or to apply for Sexual
Offences Prevention Orders in the UK, NCIS should also be informed
of:
— Any sexual offence, from rape
to indecent exposure, committed against a person under the age
of 18
Notification in these cases is triggered by
a person's conviction. However, if Posts inform their Desk Officer
of a person's arrest for any of these offences, then the Desk
Officer will inform NCIS at the appropriate time.
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