CPS Special Crime Directorate ... inactive?
Dear Crown Prosecution Service,
checking the CPS web site tonight, searching for information about the work of the CPS Special Crime Division... I was hoping to find some examples of cases that would convince me that the CPS takes the workload assigned to the Special Crime division seriously.
Sadly, I see no evidence of press releases since 2012...
http://www.cps.gov.uk/your_cps/our_organ...
There have been many recent examples of apparent crime & corruption involving senior UK politicians, leading UK bankers, prominent UK businessmen, UK security services, and even chief police officers. Yet there have been remarkably few prosecutions, one personal bugbear being your despicable handling of the Phorm affair.
Please disclose to me, where can I find information about the cases successfully prosecuted by the Special Casework team... or in the alternative... an explanation for their apparent inactivity.
Yours faithfully,
P John
Dear Mr John,
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 REQUEST
Thank you for your request for information.
Your request was received on 4 November 2014 and I am dealing with it
under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please note there
is a twenty working day limit (from receipt of request) in which we are
required to respond to requests under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
The deadline for your request is 2 December 2014.
Yours sincerely,
Mr A Martin
Information Management Unit
Crown Prosecution Service
Tel: 020 3357 0899
E-mail: [1][CPS request email]
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Dear Freedom of Information Unit,
noted with interest, the number of additions in recent days to the press releases listed on your Special Casework page (*);
http://www.cps.gov.uk/your_cps/our_organ...
I look forward to reading many more in coming days and months.
Yours sincerely,
P. John
(*) Versus this July 2014 snapshot; https://web.archive.org/web/201407111056...
Dear Mr John
Please find our response to your FOIA request attached.
Kind regards
Mr D. Martindale
Information Management Unit
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