It is estimated that the UK's black market in illegal drugs is worth between £2.6 billion and £5.2 billion.

Threats

Think threats, and you probably think of terrorism. It's true that this remains a significant focus of our work, but there are many others. Increasingly, we're finding our efforts directed towards the digital threat. The internet is a wide open and largely unmonitored media which is being used for both good and bad. Consequently it has risen up our agenda. The following give an idea of the types of threats we're helping tackle:

  • Terrorism
  • Computer hacking
  • Internet fraud
  • Drug smuggling
  • Organised crime
  • Weapons and arms smuggling
  • Money laundering
  • Military action
  • Nuclear and chemical weapon proliferation

Experience some of the threats we face on a day to day basis.