War Crimes Unit Explained

The Metropolitan Police War Crimes Unit was a specialist unit of the Metropolitan Police Service investigating cases relating to the War Crimes Act 1991. It was formed on 28 May 1991[1] and - with no more leads on any such cases remaining after the trial of Anthony Sawoniuk - it was disbanded in summer 1999 and its work transferred to the Organised Crime Group, part of the Specialist Operations (SO) Department.[2] As of 2015 such work was carried out by Counter Terrorism Command, also part of Specialist Operations.[3]

References

  1. Web site: Metropolitan Police Service: Specialist Operations Branch (SO1): Records of the War Crimes Unit 1991-1999 (MEPO 41). The National Archives. 15 September 2022.
  2. Web site: FOI release - Reasons for the disbanding of the Metropolitan Police War Crimes Unit. Home Office. 10 March 2006. 15 September 2022.
  3. Web site: Counter Terrorism Command website. 2015-12-16. Counter Terrorism Command. MPS.