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<p>Information regarding prosecutions and convictions for blackmail offences from
2010 to 2018 can be found at the following link –</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802314/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2018.xlsx"
target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802314/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2018.xlsx</a></p><p>
</p><p>Filter the ‘Offence’ field to ’35 Blackmail’ to obtain these figures. The total
number of defendants proceeded against as well as those convicted of blackmail for
the 2008-2018 decade will appear in the pivot table.</p><p> </p><p>However, specific
information regarding blackmail offences, such as the offence of blackmail against
people that demanded money to leave sites which they were occupying illegally, may
be held on court record. But to be able to identify these cases, as they are not held
centrally, we would have to access individual court records which would be of disproportionate
cost.</p>
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