Our regional organised crime unit tackles and disrupts serious organised crime – from firearms importation, to county lines, to modern slavery.
Child sexual exploitation (CSE) is a type of child abuse in which children are sexually exploited for money, power, or status. It can affect any child or young person –regardless of their background, culture, gender, age, or ethnicity.
County drugs lines sees urban drug dealers, often from major cities such as London, move into suburban areas and market and coastal towns, using a dedicated mobile phone number or deal line to run their criminal operation.
Cybercrime is an ever increasing threat within the UK. The cost of cybercrime is estimated to be costing the UK economy billions of pounds per year, and the costs to individuals and businesses are often staggering.
Modern day slavery and human trafficking sadly exists in many forms across the country and can affect many different types of people regardless of background, gender, age, or ethnicity.
We are committed to taking firearms, and the criminals who use them, off the streets to help make the communities across the eastern region safer.
We have a number of teams who make up our economic crime directorate, who work to ensure that crime never pays and that criminals are stripped of their assets.
