‘ten years for ID fraud’ headlines are being deployed to help Blunkett present a tough…stance
“So shall we recap? We will have a new, stiffer penalty for an offence that gained a new, stiffer penalty just last year. A large proportion of those caught carrying false ID will, as previously, be swiftly ejected from the country, and will therefore not be going to prison anyway. The Metropolitan Police is meanwhile is “negotiating” with the Immigration Service in order to agree procedures that will give it data on false identity documents that will actually stand up in court. Should UKIS be able to tear itself away from its Home Office targets for long enough to do this, then the police will be rather better equipped to target organised crime’s production of false identity documents.”
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