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<p>The number of referrals the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), Specialist Fraud Division
(SFD) has received from the National Crime Agency (NCA) for charging decisions under
the Money Laundering Regulations for the last three years are as follows:</p><p> </p><ul><li>4
cases received in 2018-19</li><li>2 cases received in 2019-20</li><li>4 cases received
in 2020-21</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p>CPS data is available through its Case Management
System (CMS) and associated Management Information System (MIS). The CPS collects
data to assist in the effective management of its prosecution functions. The CPS does
not break down figures that constitute official statistics as defined in the Statistics
and Registration Service Act 2007.</p><p> </p><p>However, the CPS is not able through
either CMS or MIS to breakdown referrals to differentiate whether they were made by
the police or other investigative organisations in England and Wales. On this occasion
we have been able to provide the data because of a recent manual review, so whilst
we have endeavoured to produce figures that are as accurate as possible, this data
is subject to human error.</p><p> </p><p>The official statistics relating to crime
and policing are maintained by the Home Office and the official statistics relating
to sentencing, criminal court proceedings, offenders brought to justice, the courts
and the judiciary are maintained by the Ministry of Justice.</p>
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