National Drugs Intelligence Unit
The National Drugs Intelligence Unit (NDIU) is a British police service providing law enforcement agencies with information and intelligence about criminal activity.[http://www.police999.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=56%3Apolice-history&id=1339%3Athe-police-serving-the-community&Itemid=95&limitstart=11 Police999.com ] Retrieved 2011-10-19
Its functions as defined in statute are to "gather, store and analyse information in order to provide criminal intelligence".
History
The first unit tasked with dealing with international crime focused on illicit drugs to be formed in the UK was during the latter parts of the 1970s and consisted of officers from the Association of Chief Police Officers, customs officers and Interpol Drug Enforcement Administration.A Leong - [https://books.google.com/books?id=bnEk6zmoR0MC&dq=National+Drugs+Intelligence+Unit&pg=PA78 The Disruption of International Organised Crime: An Analysis of Legal and Non-Legal Strategies] Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2007 Retrieved 2012-07-10 {{ISBN|075467066X}} The unit was created without consulting parliament.N Fielding - [https://books.google.com/books?id=2hgzqgquOS4C&dq=National+Drugs+Intelligence+Unit&pg=PA114 The Police And Social Conflict] Routledge, 20 Dec 2005 Retrieved 2012-07-10 {{ISBN|1904385230}}
During 1985 a National coordinator was appointed by the Home office, this person was subsequently involved in the transition from the Central Drugs Intelligence Unite to the NDIU.N Dorn, K Murji, N South - [https://books.google.com/books?id=k0v2mfoI_0UC&dq=National+Drugs+Intelligence+Unit&pg=PA154 Traffickers: Drug Markets and Law Enforcement] Psychology Press, 1992 Retrieved 2012-07-10
The NDIU became the National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS) in 1992.Shanty,F - [https://books.google.com/books?id=-L8B8ydtHZ4C&dq=national+drugs+intelligence+unit&pg=PA432 Organized crime: from trafficking to terrorism, Volume 2] Retrieved 2011-10-19
The NCIS was created in April 1992 to deal with organized crime, at that time from concerns particularly about drug trafficking.The Independent newspaper - [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/police-consider-national-database-of-informers-criminal-intelligence-service-targets-britains-50-most-wanted-criminals-as-its-chief-estimates-80-per-cent-of-organised-crime-is-linked-to-drugs-1542308.html 25 August 1992] Retrieved 2011-10-19
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1992/feb/20/national-drugs-intelligence-unit © UK Parliament] retrieved 11:30 19/10/2011 (interview with Member of Parliament)
- [http://eu.mvr.bg/en/News/news040902_01.htm governmental statement] retrieved 11:43 19/10/2011 (information on the co-operation between British and European Drug Intelligence agency)