http://www.thelawyer.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=112936&d=122&h=24&f=46
Tim Owen QC and Alex Bailin
"The White Paper 'One Step Ahead: A 21st Century Strategy to Defeat Organised Crime' is a strange document. It announces the creation of the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca), which has been 'tasked with defeating organised crime' and given commensurate powers, yet it seeks views on these apparently settled proposals. The proposed changes are highly relevant to commercial/white collar crime, since the definition of organised criminals is: �Those involved, normally working with others, in continuing serious criminal activities for substantial profit, whether based in the UK or elsewhere.� There is no discussion of whether this definition is unduly wide."
