Case Study: Operation Oak: Statement Taking Statement T aking 420 126 3 95.5% 18 months Why? To obtain further evidence to support the case in a timely manner. Outcome: Completion of a detailed matrix showing times, dates and persons of interest within the given timeframe. How? Deployment of investigative practitioners to obtain statements from witnesses. Success rate with statements submitted Successful prosecutions on this case Statements obtained on one case, Statements obtained since 2018 Managed Services Due to the highly scrutinised nature of statement taking, it can be a costly and time-consuming process. Trading Standards (TS) often work within limited timeframes on their investigations and statement taking can therefore cause a challenge in terms of operational eff

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