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"Food crime" has reached unprecedented levels, a new report to be published on Thursday is expected to say.
Commissioned by the UK environment agency and health department, the report is understood to recommend the creation of a "food crime unit".
It draws on evidence from international police bodies Interpol and Europol.
They say that international gangs are diversifying - shifting from drug trafficking and armed robbery to illegal and fraudulent food trading.
The review of Britain's food supply chains was announced in response to the horsemeat fraud in 2013.
Michael Ellis, assistant director of Interpol, told BBC News: "This has changed the scope of investigations. Criminals have realised that they can make the same amount of money by dealing with counterfeit food. Invariably the sentences are much lighter.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-29047911
Sounds like more short-sighted cuts
Commissioned by the UK environment agency and health department, the report is understood to recommend the creation of a "food crime unit".
It draws on evidence from international police bodies Interpol and Europol.
They say that international gangs are diversifying - shifting from drug trafficking and armed robbery to illegal and fraudulent food trading.
The review of Britain's food supply chains was announced in response to the horsemeat fraud in 2013.
Michael Ellis, assistant director of Interpol, told BBC News: "This has changed the scope of investigations. Criminals have realised that they can make the same amount of money by dealing with counterfeit food. Invariably the sentences are much lighter.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-29047911
Sounds like more short-sighted cuts
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