Private Policing

Well, here's a thing: the Serious and Organised Crime Agency has been accused of withholding evidence on the criminal activities of large British corporations. Insurance firms, telecom companies, legal firms and individual wealth creators all paid private investigators to hack computers and steal information; SOCA compiled a report which was submitted to the Leveson inquiry, but apparently decided that its responsibilities ended there. Nobody was arrested, nobody was prosecuted, the criminal activities apparently continued, and the Commons select committee on home affairs was not informed of the report. Assuming it's all true, no doubt SOCA was merely being tactful; since the large British corporations which own many Members of Parliament may soon own SOCA as well, unless larger foreign corporations can be found to take on the burden.