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<p>Serious and organised crime affects more of us, more often, than any other national
security threat, persistently eroding our economy and our communities. It costs the
UK at least £37 billion every year.</p><p>The newly updated Serious and Organised
Crime Strategy, published on 1st November 2018, sets out how the Government will mobilise
the full force of the state and align the collective efforts of key partners from
the public, private and voluntary sectors to tackle serious and organised crime together
in one single approach.</p><p>The cross-system approach is aligned to the four strategy
objectives:</p><p>(i) Relentless disruption and targeted action against the highest
harm serious and organised criminals and networks affecting the UK</p><p>(ii) Building
the highest levels of defence and resilience in vulnera-ble people, communities, businesses
and systems</p><p>(iii) Stopping the problem at source, identifying and supporting
those at risk of engaging in criminality</p><p>(iv) Establishing a single, whole-system
response, aligning the ef-forts of all those involved in responding to serious and
organised crime as one, cohesive system.</p><p>The Government has already made some
early progress in implementing the Serious and Organised Crime Strategy. For example,
we have established new community coordinators in five pilot areas to promote community
resilience and divert people away from serious and organised crime. We have also recruited
a new cross-government overseas policy specialists network to complement existing
international law enforcement operational work</p><p>The Government is determined
to prevent serious and organised crime, defend against it, track down perpetrators
and bring them to justice. We will allow no safe space – online or offline – for these
people and their networks.</p>
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