UK justice system ‘ill-equipped’ for rise in fraud, say MPs

Justice select committee calls Action Fraud unfit for purpose' as number of victims rises 25% in two years

The UK's justice system is ill-equipped" to tackle a spiralling fraud epidemic and needs a rapid overhaul, a cross-party committee of MPs has concluded.

The justice select committee found that traditional crimes were being wrongly prioritised by police and prosecutors in a report released on Tuesday, and described Action Fraud, the UK's centre for collating allegations of cybercrime, as unfit for purpose".