The National Crime Squad (Secretary of State’s Objectives) Order 2002

• Citation: S.I. 2002/779
• Sections: 3

Section 1

This Order may be cited as the National Crime Squad (Secretary of State’s Objectives) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 1st April 2002.

Section 2

The National Crime Squad (Secretary of State’s Objectives) Order 1999 is hereby revoked.

Section 3

The objectives for the National Crime Squad are—

(a) to dismantle or disrupt criminal enterprises engaged in serious and organised crime within or affecting England and Wales, where appropriate in partnership with other law enforcement agencies and authorities, by targeting those engaged in:

(i) class A drug trafficking (in support of the Government’s interagency strategy for reducing the supply of class A drugs in the United Kingdom); and

(ii) organised immigration crime (in support of the Government’s interagency strategy for combating organised immigration crime (people smuggling and human trafficking) affecting the United Kingdom);

(b) to dismantle or disrupt criminal enterprises engaged in other forms of serious and organised crime within or affecting England and Wales, according to agreed priorities, and maximising mutual support and co-operation with law enforcement agencies at local, national and international levels.