Police spurn invite to join Britain's 'FBI'
BRITAIN'S new FBI-style agency is launching a massive recruitment drive after failing to attract enough police officers away from their existing jobs.
The Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) is looking for 1000 members of the police to join its staff of 4500.
Director general Bill Hughes said there was a "reluctance" by some officers to leave established units for the new force.
But he said Soca was necessary as the "battle" against organised crime was not being won.
Organised crime, which includes areas such as drug trafficking, credit card fraud and people smuggling, is worth 40 billion a year.
Soca, which comes into operation next April, will replace the police's National Crime Squad, the National Criminal Intelligence Service and Customs and Immigration investigation units.
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