The Private Sector Financial Investigator; a cross sectoral conceptualisation of the roles created by the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 significantly impacted the pluralisation of policing by creating new policing roles in the public and private sectors. The private sector role in particular has, however, received little academic attention, in part because it has not been fully conceptualised, presenting significant challenges to research despite extant literature suggesting it is crucial to address money laundering, fraud and organised crime. The research presented here will address this challenge by: (1) Conceptualising the private sector roles created by POCA; and (2) Presenting a new methodological tool to identify those who carry out the role.