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Article: Profession to help police with enquiries.(accountants)(Brief Article)
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- Accountancy Age
- Article date:
- September 29, 2005
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Byline: Nicholas Neveling.
The Metropolitan Police Service has asked accountants to volunteer their skills as New Scotland Yard battles against increasingly complex financial crime.
Speaking to an audience of CIMA accountants, commander David Johnston, the head of the MPS economic and specialist crime unit, said the complex schemes used by criminals required specialist financial skills which were not readily available within the police force.
'Complex financial legislation and methods used by financial criminals mean that we have to search for skills,' Johnston said. 'Accountants have plenty to offer.'
The MPS has launched a 'special ...