Annex B
OCTF SUCCESSES
RECENT
Drugs:
Oct 2005—one individual arrested and cannabis
valued at several hundred thousand pounds seized by PSNI on Co.
Armagh.
Counterfeit Goods
Oct 2005—in a number of separate operations
PSNI seized counterfeit goods valued at £120,000.
Dec 2005—PSNI conduct searches in the
vicinity of Jonesborough market in Co Armagh and seize a significant
quantity of illicit goods.
Oils Fraud
July 2005—an illegal fuel laundering plant
was uncovered and dismantled by Customs officers, supported by
PSNI in Camlough, Co Armagh. Estimates indicate that the plant
had the capacity to launder 40,000 litres per week with a potential
revenue loss of £1 million per year.
Tobacco
Nov 2005—Police working with Customs seized
a massive quantity of contraband tobacco in Armagh and arrested
three individuals.
Criminal Assets
Sep 2005—ARA was granted an Interim Receiving
Order over assets valued in the region of £750,000 which
the Agency believes were derived from fuel smuggling.
Nov 2005—ARA was granted an Interim Receiving
Order over assets from the estate of a murdered drug dealer, currently
estimated to be worth £387,000.
Extortion
Nov 2005—senior Loyalist paramilitaries
arrested and charged with offences relating to blackmail, intimidation
and money laundering.
HISTORICAL
Drugs seizures and arrests 2002-03—2004-05
| 2002-03 | 2003-04
| 2004-05 |
| Total No of Seizure Incidents | 1,781
| 2,347 | 2,402 |
| "Street Value" of Drugs Seized |
£11.1m | £15.1m | £9.5m
|
| Persons Arrested | 1,295 |
1,754 | 1,356 |
| Persons Charged | 798 | 1,088
| 1,077 |
| Source: PSNI Statistical Report 2004-05 |
| | |
Street Value of Counterfeit Goods Seized by PSNI 2002-03—2004-05
| 2002-03 | 2003-04
| 2004-05 |
| Value (£million) | |
| |
| £6.7 | £7.6
| £7 |
Source: OCTF Annual Report 2004-05
Oils Fraud—Customs Activity 2001-02—2003-04
| 2002-03 | 2003-04
| 2004-05 |
| Laundering plants disrupted | 8
| 21 | 13 |
Seizures of illicit oils
(m litres) |
1.75 | 1.59 | 1.52
|
| Gangs disrupted | 7 | 1
| 2 |
| Convictions | 15 | 3
| 4 |
| Average Sentence (months) | 16
| 8 | 7 |
| Confiscation Orders | Nil |
£250K | Nil |
| Vehicles Seized | 684 | 1,576
| 901 |
| Source: OCTF Annual Report 2004-05 |
| | |
Tobacco—UK Market Shares (%)
| 2002-03 | 2003-04
| 2004-05 |
| Illicit market share: % | 20
| 15 | 15 |
| Source: OCTF Annual Report 2004-05 |
| | |
Armed Robberies 2002-03—2004-05
| 2002-03 | 2003-04
| 2004-05 |
| No. of armed robberies in NI attributed to organised criminals
| 113 | 70 | 64
|
| Source: OCTF Annual Report 2004-05 |
| | |
Criminal Assets—Number of Confiscation and Restraint
Orders obtained by Police and Customs
2002-03—2004-05
| 2002-03 | 2003-04
| 2004-05 |
| Confiscation Orders | 3 |
7 | 12 |
| Restraint Orders | 15 | 26
| 32 |
| Source: OCTF Annual Report 2004-05 |
| | |
Criminal Assets—Amounts of Criminal Assets Restrained
or Confiscated by Police and Customs
2002-03—2004-05
| 2002-03 | 2003-04
| 2004-05 |
| Restrained (million) | Not available
| £10.2 | £6.4 |
| Confiscated (million) | Not available
| £1.03 | £1.4 |
| Source: OCTF Annual Report 2004-05 |
| | |
Criminal Assets—Amounts of Criminal Assets Restrained
or Confiscated by ARA 2004-05
| Number | Value (million)
|
| Referred | 44 | £14
|
| Under Assessment | 23 | £7
|
| Adopted | 16 | £7
|
| Mareva/IRO/Tax Assessments | 12
| £4 |
| Source: OCTF Annual Report 2004-05 |
| |
Alcohol—UK Market Shares (%)
| 2002-03 | 2003-04
| 2004-05 |
| Illicit market share: % | 9
| 6 | 7 |
| Source: HMRC Measuring Indirect Tax Loss 2004-05
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