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Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department

Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department

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The Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department, or IFED for short, is a task force formed by the City of London Police that tracks criminals who commit insurance fraud.[1] The task force was founded in 2012 and is funded by a consortium of British and European insurance companies, including the Association of British Insurers, for £9 million during its first three years.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

The IFED have been featured several times on BBC One's Claimed and Shamed.[8][9]

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  1. [1]
    "Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department". www.cityoflondon.police.uk.
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    "About IFED". www.cityoflondon.police.uk. Archived from the original on 2018-07-22. Retrieved 2018-07-21.
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    O’Dwyer, Peter (2018-07-04). "Insurers back specialist fraud unit". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2018-07-30.
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    "Q&A: DCI Andy Fyfe, Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department - Insurance Post". Insurance Post. 2018-02-14. Retrieved 2018-07-30.
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    "DCI Dave Wood, Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department". Strategic Risk Europe. Retrieved 2018-07-30.
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    admin (2012-01-26). "Flurry of arrests mark Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department launch". Action Fraud. Retrieved 2018-07-30.
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    Barrett, David; Mendick, Robert (5 February 2012). "Private firms give UK police forces millions of pounds to investigate crimes". The Telegraph. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
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    "Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department officers to feature in BBC documentary". cityoflondon.police.uk. 15 February 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
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    "Claimed and Shamed Series 8 - Orange Smarty". Retrieved 30 July 2018. Back for another series Claimed and Shamed looks at exposing even more insurance fraudsters lying on the phone or caught out on camera. We follow the Met Police and the Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department on a number of early morning raids, as they hunt down, arrest and convict suspected insurance fraudsters.
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