Suspicious Activity Reports

HC Deb 19 October 2001 vol 372 c1398W

Matthew Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many reports of suspicious activity were received by the National Criminal Intelligence Service in the most recent year for which data is available from(a) corporate service providers, (b) foreign exchange bureaux, (c) banks, (d) solicitors, (e) accountants and (f) other organisations. [8135]

Mr. Bob Ainsworth

In 2000, the Economic Crime Unit of the National Criminal Intelligence Service received 18,408 suspicious financial transaction reports, as follows:

1. (a) corporate service providers (including building societies, insurance companies, mortgage companies, independent financial advisers, credit card companies, and the securities and equities market): 2,766
2. (b) foreign exchange bureaux (including bureaux de change and money transmission agencies): 2,801
3. (c) banks: 11,532
4. (d) solicitors: 248
5. (e) accountants: 77
6. (f) other organisations: (including the gambling industry, motor organisations, regulators, asset management companies, auction houses, cheque cashier services, company formation agents, and estate agents): 984.