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Dedicated Ministerial portfolio crucial for unified, accountable approach to tackling fraud.

Conclusion
Fraud and other forms of economic crime need to sit within a Ministerial portfolio that allows the postholder to prioritise this increasingly important area of work, and who can draw together parts of government and private sector companies to create a unified approach to tackling fraud. This should also be in such a way as will give the issue more publicly visible political and governmental ownership and accountability. (Paragraph 20) Victims
Government Response

A response document is linked to this report, dated 11 January 2023. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document.

Addressee Bodies
Ministry of Justice
Timeline
Recommendation age 3.9 yrs
Report published 18 Oct 2022