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SOAC, Special Branch and the Secret Service
HMForces.co.uk
Many law enforcement companies,investigative agencies in particular, are involved in very complex investigations every day of the year – investigations that cannot be solved without a specific expertise. Agencies such as SOAC (Serious Organised Crime Agency), Special Branch and the Secret Service have identified the following disciplines as providing job applicants with critical skills:
Finance / Accounting
Most white collar crimes that crime agencies investigate involve financial transactions. Personnell with degrees and backgrounds in finance are relied upon to follow money trails that can identify additional suspects and organisations in crime, and to gather evidence to help prosecutors build cases.
Foreign Languages
Agents from the largest agencies are now stationed in countries around the world. Coupled with the fact that there are millions of citizens and non-citizens in the UK who speak foreign languages, knowledge of a foreign language is extremely desirable.
Information Technology
Today’s criminals rely on computers and the Internet for everything – including committing very serious crimes. Rogue hackers and organiSed crime, not to mention sexual predators, all pose a very real and serious threat to British citizens every day. Special staff with knowledge of computer science, computer engineering, and Internet technologies are becoming as critical today as agents who specialize in solving murders.
Master’s Degree Criminology and Criminal Justice
The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
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