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Reports on the need for Great Britain-based business enterprises to demand the government to bolster its anti-corruption legislation. Need to prosecute more British companies suspected of foreign bribery practices; Aim of the Anti-Terrorism Act; Investigation of bribery allegations by the National Criminal Intelligence Service.

Reports on the conflict between British Chancellor Gordon Brown and Home Secretary Jack Straw over the tax status of two crime-fighting organizations. Argument over the Treasury's refusal to allow the National Crime Squad and the National Criminal Intelligence Service to reclaim their value-added tax (VAT) payments; Suggestion that the VAT ruling could mean a loss of hundreds of police officers.

Reports on the possibility of losing police officers as a consequence of the value-added tax (VAT) ruling in Great Britain. Decision not to allow the National Crime Squad and the National Criminal Intelligence Service to claim back their VAT payment; VAT increase; Statutory concessions given to the police bodies.

Focuses on the role of police forces and security services on crime prevention in Great Britain. Effects on cost-effective programs of spending on police and prisons; Creation of the National Criminal Intelligence Service; Weakness of the cabinet government for detective functions.