Amazon is supporting a new Crimestoppers campaign warning the public about the dangers of buying fake goods and how to spot them. Amazon aims to be Earth’s most customer centric company and this new campaign is part of our wider efforts to protect and support British businesses, and protect consumers.

By making consumers better aware of the risks counterfeit goods pose, we are supporting our activity in the UK and worldwide to ensure counterfeiters are held accountable, and stopping them from abusing Amazon’s stores or other retailers across the industry.

“We’re extremely proud to support this Crimestoppers campaign as part of our wider efforts to tackle counterfeit products, protect and support British businesses and consumers.

“Amazon works with brands and law enforcement around the world and groups like Crimestoppers to help rid the industry of counterfeit goods. In 2021, we identified, supported the seizures of, and appropriately disposed of more than 3 million counterfeit products, preventing them from potentially harming our customers or being resold elsewhere.

“We won’t stop until we drive counterfeits to zero in our stores, and this new partnership with Crimestoppers represents another positive step in the industry-wide fight against counterfeits.”

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"Crimestoppers and the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) have been in partnership since 2010, and have worked to raise awareness of violence against local shops, while also offering rewards of up to £50,000 per incident for information passed on to Crimestoppers about serious crimes committed in shops within local communities, leading to a positive outcome."

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Altia is a trusted partner for intelligence and investigation organisations globally. We specialise in improving the management of criminal and civil investigations, fraud and financial investigations, incident management and covert operations.

Our solutions and software help make investigations more efficient and effective, while also meeting regulatory, evidentiary and legislative requirements. We’re also ISO 27001 certified.

“At Altia, we’ve long admired Crimestoppers’ dedication to making it safe for individuals and communities to talk about crime.

“For almost three decades, our software has been empowering organisations to improve their investigations and make the most of digital advances. But all our technology would achieve nothing without information and intelligence being at the heart of it. The work Crimestoppers and Altia do really does go hand-in-hand and I’m incredibly excited to see how our partnership develops."

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Crimestoppers works with the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) to provide British Racing’s anonymous reporting service which covers four critical areas: the Welfare of racehorses, protecting the Integrity of the sport, addressing Safeguarding and welfare concerns, and maintaining Equality for everyone. The RaceWISE service aims to give those who work in, bet on, and follow the sport more options to speak up and report potential breaches of the Rules of Racing, or practices which concern them, thereby ensuring that the BHA can react in a more agile and efficient manner to those concerns.
 

We have worked with the Environment Agency for over 10 years passing on information given to us by members of the public, 100% anonymously, on a number of issues, including large-scale illegal disposal and illegal export of waste, fraud & money laundering connected to waste crime, illegal fishing and the contamination of land and waterways.

The Environment Agency is an intelligence-led organisation, and our partnership helps them to create better places for people and wildlife, and to support sustainable development.

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ESRI and Crimestoppers have worked together for a number of years. ESRI supports the charity to enable us to continue our vital work, and their software assists us in ensuring the information we receive reaches the right law enforcement agency or organisation.

“We are delighted to both support and work with Crimestoppers, who use our platform to turn data into a true information advantage - helping keep society safe and secure.”

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"Harod have been delighted to work closely with the Crimestoppers family for over 4 years. During that time, we have particularly benefitted from their professionalism and innovative willingness to listen and develop solutions. No problem is too big for them. During the past year we took that a step further and undertook a joint operation utilising a hotline solution.

"The consequent provision of such a first class whistleblower service during a major sports investigation was vital to receiving high quality intelligence."

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Crimestoppers has run the NHS Counter Fraud Authority reporting line for England and Wales for more than four years. Our highly skilled and experienced Contact Centre staff are key to the successful running of this service and understanding the complex fraud issues.

“The NHS is facing a time of extraordinary challenge and change following the COVID-19 pandemic. The NHS Counter Fraud Authority’s work has never been more important in protecting NHS resources. Crimestoppers has helped us in this fight by powering our telephone reporting line.”

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The Joint Unit for Waste Crime (JUWC) is comprised of nine enforcement organisations: Environment Agency, the police, HM Revenue & Customs, National Crime Agency, Natural Resources Wales, Scottish Environment Protection Agency, Northern Ireland Environment Agency, British Transport Police, and the National Fire Chiefs Council.

We also have two partners that represent the waste industry – the Environmental Services Association and Chartered Institution of Wastes Management.

Through intelligence-led work, we work to reduce the impact of serious and organised crime in the UK waste industry, protecting the economy, environment, communities and UK infrastructure by targeting those criminals posing the greatest risk.

The approach is that of a true partnership. It does not matter which agency gets the final result; the aim is to make the waste industry a difficult place for criminals to operate in, through whatever means possible.

As a charity, Crimestoppers receives information on all types of criminal activity and wrongdoing. In many instances, this information can involve a commercial organisation. Morrisons have partnered with Crimestoppers to receive information that involves their supermarkets so that they can work to reduce crime around their estate with the aim of protecting their brand, their colleagues, and the neighbourhoods in which they operate. Morrisons understands the importance of information in protecting their business and local communities.

Our IP, rewards and information sharing services have helped Openreach deter and combat crimes against the company.

We work closely with their internal security taskforce to fight the damage and theft  of cables that disrupt their network and in turn affect local businesses, communities and emergency services. 

“The information provided anonymously by members of the public via Crimestoppers is invaluable in bringing the people responsible for damaging our infrastructure to justice. Attacks to our network can leave local communities and businesses without vital telephone, broadband and TV services. Even the smallest piece of information, like a description of someone acting suspiciously, or a vehicle registration number, can help to catch the individuals responsible and prevent further attacks.

"Thanks to Crimestoppers, people from all around the country have been arrested and convicted, enabling us to continue to provide our services to the public.”

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“Our partnership with Crimestoppers is long-standing and they are entrusted to provide the ‘Next Integrity Line’, which allows all colleagues across the Next Group the opportunity to report a multitude of different work-related issues with the strictest confidence.
 
"Recently we worked with Crimestoppers to produce a secure, mobile phone-friendly online form and made it accessible by QR code. In addition to this, we worked collaboratively to produce a short animation that highlighted the benefits of using the service (by phone or online). This has delivered a significant improvement in incident reporting since its launch, and enabled Next to investigate and conclude matters that may not have previously been brought to our attention.”

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Peoplesafe and Crimestoppers are both organisations that work to keep people and communities safe. Peoplesafe have been leading the way in keeping people safe, through technology, for over 20 years and currently protect over 200,000 people across the UK. Their in-house Alarm Receiving Centre works 24/7 to provide immediate response to an emergency no matter when or where.

With our aligned safety objectives, the partnership was an obvious one, and we look forward to keeping people safer together.

Read Peoplesafe CEO Naz Dossa's blog on working together to stay safer.

The FireStoppers service was launched in 2018, to assist County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service to address the issue of of arson in two high risk areas. Since then the initiative has grown from strength to strength and now has ten Fire Service partners: Cleveland, County Durham and Darlington, Derbyshire, Essex, Humberside, Kent, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire, and Tyne and Wear. FireStoppers offers a way for members of the community with information on those setting deliberate fires to pass on what they know, 100% anonymously. It has also proved to act as a deterrent at key points/events throughout the year. Our partnership with Fire Services aims to keep communities safe from the severe dangers that fire poses to property, health and life.

“Year one of the FireStoppers trial provided more than a 20% reduction in deliberate fires, following year-on-year increases within our service over five years. The service has provided a tool for fire crews and the Arson Reduction Team to use effectively through both social media platforms and face-to-face contact in our approach to reducing the impact of deliberate fire setting within our communities.”

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Police CPI is a police-owned not-for-profit organisation that works to deliver a wide range of innovative and ground-breaking crime prevention and demand reduction initiatives to support the wider UK Police Service, Government and the general public.

As a national crime prevention scheme, Police CPI has achieved significant successes, with all initiatives in its extensive portfolio designed to keep the public safe from crime and reduce the demand on the police service.

Police CPI works with many public and private sector bodies, including the Home Office, Ministry of Housing, local authorities, trade associations, the construction industry, manufacturers and companies involved in security products.

Among its many crime prevention projects, Police CPI operates the Secured by Design initiative, which improves the security of buildings and their immediate surroundings, and provides an accreditation scheme on behalf of the UK Police Service for products or services that have met recognised security standards.

Ring's mission is to reduce crime in neighbourhoods. We align with Ring on their commitment to public safety, to make a positive impact on homes and communities.

Ring's innovative, effective home security solutions discourage crimes around the home to help keep communities safe.

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We work with this independent elections body to raise awareness of and help prevent electoral fraud.

Together, we tell voters what electoral fraud is; we empower people to protect their vote; and we encourage people to report any concerns to us 100% anonymously.

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In 2016, Crimestoppers set up an anonymous reporting service on behalf of the UK energy industry, to enable the public to report on energy theft. The Stay Energy Safe service now takes over 9,000 contacts each year. As part of this service we also undertake marketing activity, which runs throughout the year, highlighting the dangers of energy theft, and empowering people to speak up and stay safe. Find out more about our Stay Energy Safe service.

“Crimestoppers has delivered growth every year that the Stay Energy Safe service has been in place, with the number of reports tripling over the past 3 years.”

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"Since 2017, Crimestoppers has provided a hotline for all members of staff working on the project, both on our constructions sites and in our office, encouraging them to report suspected wrongdoing in the knowledge that their concerns will be taken seriously."

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"We have been gathering intelligence, investigating crime and prosecuting criminals since 1983. Regarded as the leaders in intellectual property protection in the film and broadcasting sectors, we also investigate cybercrime, fraud and other IP crime. Our intelligence-gathering investigations and global due diligence services mitigate risk and assist governments, law enforcement and private organisations in making informed decisions.

"Our partnership with Crimestoppers allows consumers to anonymously report any content they see that doesn’t look right so we can take effective action and hold those responsible accountable for their actions."

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UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) works to ensure sport in the UK is free from doping and to promote and protect clean sport through education, testing and enforcement. UKAD has been working with Crimestoppers since 2010. Thanks to a close working relationship, together we have been able to help raise awareness of UKAD’s vital Protect Your Sport campaign.
 
Protecting clean sport depends on everyone in sport playing their part, to maintain a level playing field. Clean competition rests on athletes, parents and support staff having the know-how to speak out when something wrong in sport – no matter how small the information may seem. To find out more, search ‘Protect Your Sport’ or visit UKAD’s website here.