Staff training & awareness

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Crime prevention

We have a number of materials designed to help educate your staff on crime prevention generally, as well as more tailored training materials particularly geared towards specific areas of crime:

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    Training materials—organised crime

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    Staff guide on the offence of participating in activities of an organised crime group

Anti-bribery and corruption

In terms of raising awareness, organisations may wish to highlight to staff typical warning signs of bribery and corruption which would normally require further investigation. You may wish to use Precedent: awareness tool: Indicators of corruption—for staff.

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