New white collar crime agency; Further pay rise for lower paid Ulster Bank workers

The Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE), the white collar crime agency, is to now become a statutory and independent agency called the Corporate Enforcement Authority. The new body will be given additional resources to investigate and prosecute white collar crime as part of a government promise to increase the fight against such crime. Staffing levels at the organisation are to increase 50 per cent and the budget is to rise 30 per ...