The UK's National Crime Agency (NCA) contests a report from the Social Market Foundation, which claimed the FBI is nearly three times more effective based on arrest figures. An NCA spokesperson criticized the use of arrest numbers for comparison, stating that the NCA and FBI have substantially different responsibilities. The report identified various weaknesses within the NCA related to recruitment and technology alignment, indicating issues in the UK's approach to serious organized crime, which the NCA is tasked with addressing.
Arrest figures alone are not an authoritative measure of impact, and while both are national law enforcement bodies, the remits of the NCA and FBI are substantially different.
The FBI covers more ground than the NCA... tasked with investigating crimes such as murders and armed robberies, and it also leads on counter-terrorism, none of which fall under the NCA's remit.
Whilst arrests are a crude proxy, it is nevertheless a useful one for comparatively assessing the efficacy of a law enforcement entity, especially when there is a paucity of other data on which to base comparisons.
the report isn't so much a hit piece on the NCA as it is a scathing critique of the UK's approach to tackling serious organized crime.
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