Claims extracted
24
sentences that state something as happening or true
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0 of 24 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Crime & Law
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A police officer was stabbed in the leg during a dawn raid in north London this morning - as 17 arrests were made in a huge crackdown on an organised crime group.
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arrests → stab → group
The officer was injured while carrying out a warrant at an address in Cockfosters in Barnet.
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officer → injure → Barnet
Colleagues and paramedics treated him at the scene before he was rushed to hospital.
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he → treat → hospital
Police said the officer's injuries were non-life changing.
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injuries → say → ?
In a statement, police revealed that 17 people were arrested in dawn raids at 24 properties in London and four other counties.
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people → reveal → London
More than 800 officers took part in the operation in the capital, Essex, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Suffolk.
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officers → take → capital
Police said the arrests follow months of "intense investigation" by specialist Met detectives working alongside His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
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arrests → say → Revenue
As part of the wider operation, the FCA has disrupted seven firms and is actively pursuing a further 30.
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FCA → disrupt → 30
A Met Police spokesperson said: “These arrests mark a significant point in this investigation.
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arrests → say → investigation
Those arrested are suspected of leading or being involved at a senior level in serious and organised crime and related financial offending.
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Those → arrest → crime
“We know the impact of serious and organised crime stretches well beyond those at senior levels of the organisations involved.
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impact → know → organisations
Lines can often be drawn from the top, all the way to those involved in the criminality that blights communities, including serious violence and exploitation.
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that → draw → violence
“Investigating these groups is among the most complex work the Met undertakes.
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Met → investigate → work
It requires a significant investment of time and money and the expertise not just of specialist police officers but of colleagues from partner organisations like HMRC and the FCA.
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It → require → HMRC
“We hope these arrests show how determined we are to ensure organised crime groups cannot operate freely in London.
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groups → hope → London
We will work tirelessly to identify them, to gather evidence and to take action.”
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We → work → action
A Financial Conduct Authority spokesperson said: “Tackling financial crime requires the type of partnership shown by today’s joint action and the many months of close cooperation leading to it.
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Tackling → say → it
“We’ll continue to work with the police and others to identify and disrupt organised crime groups who abuse our financial system to launder dirty money.”
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who → continue → money
An HMRC spokesperson said: "Today’s action highlights the importance of close collaboration between HMRC and other law enforcement partners in tackling serious and organised crime, including suspected money laundering and other criminal activity.
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action → say → laundering
The 17 arrested include 15 men and two women.
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17 → arrest → men
Their ages range from 26 to 65.
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ages → range → 65
Eleven of them are accused of money laundering.
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Eleven → accuse → laundering
Other offences levelled against some of them include tax evasion and and false accounting.
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offences → level → evasion
A 56-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of GBH in relation to the stabbing of the police officer.
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man → arrest → officer
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