Prosecution by Government Agencies Available to Purchase

The Scott Report provides guidance on the role of Government agencies in bringing prosecutions. The inquiry was triggered by the collapse of the prosecution of three directors of an engineering company for exporting machine tools to Iraq in breach of export controls. Export control licensing is the responsibility of the Department of Trade and Industry (‘the DTI’). The prosecution, along with a number of others considered by the inquiry, was brought by Customs and Excise.