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Applications from existing Detective Constables are invited for a Financial Investigator within the Serious Organised Crime Unit based at HQ Lindle Lane.

The primary role is to conduct comprehensive financial investigations including, money laundering and complex confiscation cases in order to identify, locate and confiscate the criminally derived assets of criminals.

Key responsibilities that will be required of this role are as follows:

• Support covert investigations, including drugs conspiracies and conduct covert money laundering and financial investigations, to identify and deny organised crime groups of criminal property. This will include the compilation of file preparation for presentation to the Crown Court in compliance with the POCA and PACE legislation.
• Obtain relevant investigative orders via the Crown Court to support Financial Investigations, including Production Orders, Disclosure Orders and Account Monitoring Orders where necessary.
• Prepare Restraint Orders to prevent dissipation of assets. Conduct complex confiscation investigations for multiple defendants following successful prosecutions using the provisions of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 and the Criminal Finances Act 2017.
• Advise SIO's on financial strategies, money laundering, cash seizures and asset recovery.

You must have successfully completed your probationary period as a Constable to be eligible to apply for this role.

Please note, as a condition of your appointment you must undergo and pass MV Vetting.

Please be aware there is a minimum 5 year UK residency required for Management Vetting.

If you are currently an adjusted duties officer, as deemed by the Force Medical Advisor, and are awaiting a permanent posting please make contact with the Workforce Planning Implementation team on HRWorkforcePlanning@lancashire.police.uk .

Further details of the requirements and duties of the post can be found on the attached Role Profile. If you require additional information about this role, please contact Detective Chief Inspector James Edmonds on James.Edmonds2@lancashire.police.uk

Candidates applying for Lancashire Constabulary should be aware that the use of online 'Artificial Intelligence' (AI) systems such as ChatGPT to generate application answers is NOT permitted, any candidate found to have submitted an application form using online 'AI' software to generate answers will be removed from the recruitment process with immediate effect. This may result in future applications with the Constabulary also being rejected, based on integrity.

Before you complete the online application, we would advise you to read the attached Information and Guidance documents.

THE CLOSING DATE FOR THIS VACANCY IS THURSDAY 17TH APRIL 2025 AT 10AM.

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