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The Scottish Business Crime Centre is a non-profit making organisation created in 1996 under the Business Crime Reduction Strategy for Scotland, to establish a unique partnership approach between the Police, business community and Government.
The main function of the Centre is to provide practical advice to the business/commercial sectors on how to develop business crime reduction and prevention strategies. We aim to reduce business crime using a number of measures:
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promoting specific initiatives within industry sectors and community groups
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sharing good practice approaches to business related crime prevention
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raising awareness of the level, impact and cost of business crime
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creating and supporting a network of relevant partnerships and programmes
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'Our mission is to reduce business crime in Scotland to create a safe and secure trading environment in which businesses and communities flourish, employment opportunities are developed and prosperity is encouraged'
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05/01/2009 15:27
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Payment Myths
APACS reviews some popular payment myths in order to separate fact from fiction.
Myth 1: If you are at a cash machine and you enter your PIN code in reverse it will send a signal to the police to alert them that you are in danger
Fact: This urban myth spread far and wide thanks to the power of the internet. It isn’t true, if only because many PINs will be the same when reversed i.e. 6226.
Did you know?
• There are more than 90 cash machine withdrawals per second from the UK’s 63,420 cash machines
• Cash machines supply 70% of all cash acquired
Top tip:
• Stand close to the cash machine and always shield your PIN with your free hand and your body to avoid anyone seeing you enter your PIN
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30/12/2008 12:02
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THREE WEEKS into an annual festive safety campaign and the number of drivers under 25 being arrested for drink driving in Scotland is causing increasing concern.
During the third week of the month-long, Scotland-wide campaign, being led by the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland (ACPOS), 168 motorists were arrested by police officers, bringing the total to 516 people who have been arrested since December 8 and who will face the prospect of losing their driving licence in the New Year.
The advice to all drivers is not to drink any alcohol before driving.
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