Members of the public are being asked for their views on proposals to repeal the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications Act 2012. James Kelly MSP has introduced a Members Bill to fully repeal the 2012 Act, as he believes that the current law is “illiberal”, doesn’t tackle sectarianism…

The Scottish Government has set out a series of practical measures it intends to take to tackle and prevent hate crime in Scotland. These measures will be focused primarily on tackling prejudice and building stronger communities. Hate crime is defined in law as a criminal act that is aggravated by…

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The Scottish Government has launched a new strategy to tackle the crime of human trafficking. The Trafficking and Exploitation Strategy involves training professionals to spot the signs of human trafficking and providing new powers to disrupt trafficking activity. The aims of the strategy are to: Identify victims and support them…

A criminal trial that began back in September 2015 has finally concluded with guilty verdicts for a married couple from Renfrewshire, reports the BBC. Edwin McLaren has been convicted of 29 charges relating to property fraud and money laundering. His wife Lorraine was convicted of two charges. She has been…

New statistics from Scotland’s Chief Statistician have revealed that reconviction rates for offenders in Scotland are at the lowest levels for eighteen years. The reconviction rate is defined as the proportion of offenders who are reconvicted within a year after being released from a custodial sentence or given a non-custodial…

The latest figures from Financial Fraud Action UK show that financial fraud losses across payment cards, remote banking and cheques totalled £768.8 million in 2016, which is an increase of 2% compared to the previous year. Impersonation and deception scams, as well as online attacks to compromise data, continued to…

The Scottish Government has introduced a new bill to Parliament that will give additional powers to tackle those who psychologically abuse their partners using coercive and controlling behaviour. Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Bill The Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Bill creates a new statutory offence of domestic abuse that recognises the damage and…

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