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Public Policy Exchange will be hosting a webinar on Tackling Serious and Organised Crime: Assessing What a Comprehensive Strategy for Tackling Organised Crime Should Look Like Under a New Labour Government which will take place on Thursday, December 5th 2024 between 9:30 AM — 1:00 PM.

Confirmed Speakers:

• Professor Robert Smith, Professor of Policing at the Institute of Policing, Staffordshire University
• Evan Jones, Director of CE Development at St Giles Trust
• Cllr Sara Conway, Chair of Barnet's Safer Communities Partnership Board & Cabinet Member for Community Safety and Participation, Barnet Council

Programme:

• Examine existing trends in and drivers of organised crime in the UK
• Evaluate the effectiveness of the UK government’s current strategies and the tools and powers that law enforcement officers have available to tackle organised crime
• Learn about and assess the new Labour government’s plans for crime and policing might mean for tackling organised crime
• Exchange views on how to make serious progress in tackling cross-Channel people smuggler gangs
• Analyse the respective roles of local police forces, the NCA and other agencies in tackling organised crime
• Understand what a multi-agency, multi-stakeholder, partnership-based approach to tackling organised crime should look like
• Develop strategies for improving collaborating with other countries and with the EU, and for strengthening international collaboration through structures such as Interpol