Organised Immigration Crime

Develop your awareness of Organised Immigration Crime (OIC) to enable you to understand the nature of the crime, its impact within the United Kingdom, the immigration rules, relevant legislation and how you can respond. This course will enable participants to understand other factors within the environment they are working within and be able to work collaboratively with colleagues from other organisations to combat crime and anti-social behaviour in our communities.

Who should attend

This session is aimed at Trading Standards professional and allied enforcement officers involved in enforcement activity within local communities. Suitable for officers undertaking the public facing work or those supervising and managing teams.

What you will learn

By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

Outline the key immigration principles within the United Kingdom
Explain what Organised Immigration Crime (OIC) is
Describe how it occurs within the United Kingdom
Recognise it during their enforcement activity
Outline how they can respond appropriately
Advise their colleagues on how to respond

Our Trainer

John Clements, Senior Manager, Organised Immigration Crime Domestic Taskforce

John Clements is the training manager for the Organised Immigration Crime Domestic Taskforce, a national policing unit established in April 2026 to support policing across the United Kingdom in combating organised immigration crime (OIC). John is a former police officer, working for many years in enforcement and safeguarding. He has been involved in training police officers for many years and is part of a training team of four who travel around the United Kingdom delivering OIC training to the police service and multi-agency partners. He has formerly delivered training on modern slavery in a similar way. Additionally, John has worked for the Home Office in independent assurance roles looking at modern slavery and the detention on migrants pending their removal from the United Kingdom. John is experienced in working with multi-agency partners, seeking to bring about the best outcomes on behalf of local communities and partner agencies.

Schedules and Booking Details

Available Session:

Session 1: 16 December 2026 (10:00-11:30)
Session 2: 29 January 2027 (11:00-12:30)
Session 3: 11 February 2027 (10:00-11:30)
Session 4: TBC
RATE: FREE
LOCATION: via MS Teams
CPPD: 1.5 hours

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