Independent prosecutors boost for Customs_2
7 September 2012
A fully independent Customs & Excise Prosecutions Office (CEPO) which is directly accountable to the Attorney General is to be formed by the end of 2004.
John Healey MP, Economic Secretary to the Treasury, announced the plan earlier this month and a director for the new office will be appointed as soon as possible to oversee its formation.
The Attorney General, Lord Goldsmith, to whom the new Office will report, said: "A fully independent CEPO, with a clear demarcation of responsibility between investigators and...
