UK’s Rural Crime Network calls for new measures to tackle OCG role in machinery thefts

28th May 2024Sarah Gibbons, Contributing Editor, Policing Insight

A new report from the UK’s National Rural Crime Network has highlighted the role of organised crime in many of the machinery thefts devastating farming communities; Policing Insight’s Sarah Gibbons spoke to Northumbria Police Superintendent Andy Huddlestone, head of the National Rural Crime Unit, about the need for better data sharing, more resources, and greater prioritisation by forces to tackle a growing crime trend.

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